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AMD updates Instinct data center GPU line

Network World

Computex 2024 is taking place in Taiwan this week, which means lots of hardware news as the OEM and parts suppliers of the world gather to show off their latest wares. CDNA 3 is based on the gaming graphics card RDNA architecture but is expressly designed for use in data center applications like generative AI and high-performance computing.

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Meet Microsoft, the New Face of Open Source Data Center Hardware

Data Center Knowledge

If you’re running a cloud platform at Microsoft’s scale (30-plus regions around the world, with multiple data centers per region) and you want it to run on the best data center hardware, you typically design it yourself. But what if there are ideas out there — outside of your company’s…

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Microsoft acquires Fungible, a data center infrastructure company

GeekWire

Microsoft has acquired Fungible , a 6-year-old startup that helps companies with data center storage and networking needs. (Fungible Photo). Fungible, based in Silicon Valley, raised a $200 million Series C round led by SoftBank in 2019 and cut its workforce in August. Earlier reports pegged the deal at $190 million.

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Capital spending soars in the cloud as Microsoft, Google, and others bet big on AI demand

GeekWire

These servers inside a Microsoft data center in Quincy, Wash., Microsoft Photo / John Brecher) Analysts, investors, and the media are suddenly focused intensely on capital expenditures by tech giants including Microsoft, Meta, Google, and others to size up the industry’s bet on the cloud and artificial intelligence.

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Google, Microsoft, Meta and More to Develop Open Standard for AI Chip Components in UALink Promoter Group

Tech Republic Data Center

Eight tech giants, including Google, Microsoft and Meta, are combining their expertise to create an open standard for an AI chip technology called Ultra Accelerator Link.

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Microsoft is now submerging servers into liquid baths

The Verge

Microsoft is starting to submerge its servers in liquid to improve their performance and energy efficiency. This immersion process has existed in the industry for a few years now, but Microsoft claims it’s “the first cloud provider that is running two-phase immersion cooling in a production environment.”. Image: Microsoft.

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Microsoft Improves Windows Security with a Path to Move Off NTLM

Tech Republic Data Center

Microsoft is making it easier to switch to secure modern options. It’s time to stop relying on the insecure authentication protocol built into Windows.

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