Nvidia launches liquid-cooled A100 GPUs for data centers
Nvidia announced a new series of A100 data centre GPUs. Most strikingly, the GPUs are cooled with fluids. This should become the standard for future Nvidia data center GPUs.
Nvidia A100 data centers GPUs are often used for AI and machine learning. The newest introductions feature liquid cooling... Read more
Nvidia releases open-source GPU kernel modules
The new Linux models promise to greatly benefit Linux distribution providers.
NVIDIA is openly publishing Linux GPU kernel modules with a dual GPL/MIT license, starting with the R515 driver. The source code for these kernel modules can now be found in the NVIDIA Open GPU Kernel Modules repo on G... Read more
NetApp and Nvidia enhance turnkey supercomputing infrastructure
The joint offering provides a new infrastructure for HPC and AI.
This week, NetApp announced that its EF600 all-flash NVMe storage combined with the BeeGFS parallel file system is now certified for NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD. The latter is an AI data center infrastructure platform, which is now optimiz... Read more
Nvidia fined €5.2 million for lying about revenue
Cryptominers are a bigger source of revenue than Nvidia cared to admit.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) supervises markets in the United States. The SEC enforces several laws, including rules on communications between shareholders and organizations. Organizations must communicate... Read more
Boris Johnson joins the final push to get Arm to list in London
The Financial Times reported on Monday that UK Prime Minister Boris Johnson has backed a final drive to persuade SoftBank Group Corp-backed chip designer Arm to list in London, citing people familiar with the subject.
Johnson has written to SoftBank executives in a last-ditch effort according to... Read more
SoftBank intends to keep its controlling stake in Arm after IPO
According to sources familiar with the matter, SoftBank Group Corp. plans to hold a majority share in Arm Ltd. following the scheduled initial public offering of the semiconductor company, selling a lower amount than initially intended.
After a deal to sell Arm to Nvidia fell through earlier thi... Read more
SK Hynix CEO: ‘I want to buy Arm’
SK Hynix is considering the acquisition of Arm. "We are reviewing the possibility of forming a consortium to jointly acquire it."
"I want to buy Arm, entirely or not", said CEO Park Jung-ho during an annual shareholder meeting. "It doesn't have to be a majority of shares to be able to control th... Read more
Nvidia CEO would like to collaborate with Intel for chip manufacturing
Last year, Intel decided to extend its business by manufacturing chips designed by others. They coined this as “Foundry Business” and announced a slew of multi-billion dollar projects for creating centers in America and Europe. Following Nvidia CEO Huang’s comments, Intel’s shares increased... Read more
SoftBank aims for 54 billion euros with Arm IPO
SoftBank's IPO plans are definitive: Arm will be listed on the stock exchange. The Japanese tech giant has taken the first steps and values Arm at over €54 billion ($60 billion).
Bloomberg reports that SoftBank hired financial specialists from Goldman Sachs, JPMorgan Chase & Co and the Miz... Read more
Nvidia introduces new CPU and GPU for AI
Nvidia announced a range of new solutions for AI functionality in data center environments. Key introductions include the new Grace CPU Superchip processor and the Nvidia H100 GPU.
The Nvidia Grace CPU Superchip processor is the key introduction for AI functionality in data center environments. ... Read more