HPE and Ampere work on Arm processor for telecom networks
HPE and chip manufacturer Ampere are collaborating on an Arm server processor for use in Open Radio Access Network (ORAN) environments based on "inline acceleration" technology, according to DataCenter Knowledge.
The server processor that the tech giant and chip manufacturer are now jointly deve... Read more
Ampere processor has 192 cores
Ampere recently presented the 192-core Ampere One processor. This processor is the first high-performance data center processor focused on cloud applications that the chip manufacturer designed itself.
Whereas Ampere used to base its processors on Arm designs, such as with Altra processors, the ... Read more
Microsoft launches Azure vm’s with Ampere Altra ARM chips
Azure virtual machines based on Arm's Ampere Altra architecture are now generally available.
Microsoft previewed the virtual machines (VMs) throughout the past months. Companies can now use the Arm-based Azure VMs to run large workloads at lower cost. These include highly extensible, cloud-based... Read more
Ampere to buy OnSpecta for AI inference workloads acceleration
Chipmaker Ampere announced on Wednesday that it plans to acquire OnSpecta, a startup that makes software used to accelerate AI inference workloads at the edge and in the cloud. The terms of the deal have not been made public.
OnSpecta was founded in 2017 and is headquartered in Redwood City, Cal... Read more
Oracle expands its portfolio of free developer resources
The company unveiled an additional baker's dozen of free services available to developers.
Oracle announced this week that it has greatly expanded the the number of “Free Tier” services it offers to developers The company said that the move aimed to encourage more people to try out its Oracl... Read more
Nvidia announces new workstation GPUs and conversational AI
Nvidia has announced several workstation GPUs based on the new Ampere architecture. The chip developer is also coming up with a new AI that can carry out real-time conversations.
The new graphics cards consist of two cards for desktop computers, four for mobile workstations and two for data cent... Read more