Ampere’s Data Center Penetration Shows Cloud Software Platforms Perform Best On Cloud Native Processors
Ampere’s Data Center Penetration Shows Cloud Software Platforms Perform Best On Cloud Native Processors

Highly optimized cloud software and silicon have begun to emerge with refined cloud-native platforms targeted at servicing the needs of global cloud compute workloads, the majority of which are straightforward applications like web hosting, database management, search, encoding and analytics. As such, a new class of “Cloud Native Processors” has emerged, highly tuned for data center workloads, and a fairly new but now well-established player by the name of Ampere Computing has begun to define this market segment of chips.

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Dave AltavillaAmpere, CloudComment
Radeon RX 7900 Series Benchmarks Show AMD Bringing The Fight To NVIDIA
Radeon RX 7900 Series Benchmarks Show AMD Bringing The Fight To NVIDIA

In a battle that seems as old as time, Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) has launched new gaming GPUs (Graphics Processing Units) based on its latest RDNA 3 microarchitecture, to do battle with chief rival NVIDIA and its latest GeForce RTX 40 series cards that launched back in October of this year. The new Radeon RX 7900 XTX and 7900 XT are AMD’s newest flagship cards, and the company has managed to deliver a competitive offering for PC Gamers at more attractive price points that deliver a solid value proposition. But before we dig into the particulars on performance and retail pricing, let’s have a high-level look at what makes AMD’s Navi 31 GPU, that powers these new gaming beasts, tick.

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Dave AltavillaAMD, Radeon, RDNA3, GPUComment
Synopsys To Play A Key Role In Enabling Intel Foundry Services For US DOD Chip Program
Synopsys To Play A Key Role In Enabling Intel Foundry Services For US DOD Chip Program

Late last year, the US Department of Defense (DOD) put in motion a program called RAMP-C (Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes – Commercial). The goal of this program is to help create state-of-the-art commercial semiconductor design, foundry and fabrication services with access for critical DOD systems and infrastructure. In the process, the US DOD awarded Intel an agreement to provide commercial chip foundry services in the first phase of this program. In-turn Intel Foundry Services (IFS) will be working with key partners such as Synopsys.

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Dave AltavillaSynopsys, AI, Intel, FabComment
NVIDIA's Campaign To Empower STEM Students Brings More Capable Mobile Solutions To Accelerate Learning
NVIDIA's Campaign To Empower STEM Students Brings More Capable Mobile Solutions To Accelerate Learning

There is a common misconception that NVIDIA’s GeForce RTX GPUs are meant solely for gaming and some content creation workloads, but that couldn’t be further from the truth. While NVIDIA does offer an array of powerful, purpose-built enterprise products for specialized engineering, data science, economic, and AI / ML applications, GeForce RTX GPUs can accelerate many of these workloads as well – all GPUs are massively-parallel processors after all.

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Guest UserNVIDIA, STEMComment
Innovation And The Implications Of The CHIPS And Science Act With Synopsys CEO
Innovation And The Implications Of The CHIPS And Science Act With Synopsys CEO

Built into in the CHIPS and Science Act is approximately $52.7 billion designated for the American semiconductor industry. Of that number, roughly $39 billion is earmarked for manufacturing incentives, including $2 billion for already-designed chips currently used in automobiles and defense systems. Another $13.2 billion is targeted at R&D and workforce development, with an additional $500 million destined for international information communications technology security and semiconductor supply chain activities.

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