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AMD, Google Encrypt Data on Confidential VMs
AMD and Google Cloud are collaborating on a “confidential VM” security effort that uses encrypted virtualization to secure data “in use”. The confidential cloud computing effort is based on ...Full Article
With Strong Q2 Earnings, Nvidia’s System Play Comes Into Focus
Nvidia has announced its Q2 2021 earnings: $3.87 billion, outperforming analyst expectations amid a global pandemic and showing signs of a successful (and ongoing) reorientation of its business strategy. ...Full Article
Op-Ed: Intel Confronts Its IBM Moment
On July 28, 1993, IBM announced a staggering quarterly loss of over $8 billion, the second largest in corporate history after GM’s $21 billion the previous year. Louis V. ...Full Article
AI Career Notes: August 2020 Edition
In this monthly feature we bring you up to date on the latest career developments in the enterprise AI community -- promotions, new hires and accolades: Katy Crist The ...Full Article
10nm, 7nm, 5nm…. Should the Chip Nanometer Metric Be Replaced?
The biggest cool factor in server chips is the nanometer. AMD beating Intel to a CPU built on a 7nm process node* – with 5nm and 3nm on the ...Full Article
AMD Epyc Rome Tabbed for Nvidia’s New DGX, but HGX Has Intel Option
AMD continues to make inroads into the data center with its second-generation Epyc “Rome” processor, which last week scored a win with Nvidia’s announcement that its new Ampere-based DGX ...Full Article
AMD’s Q1 Sets Records and Meets Expectations, but COVID-19 Looms
AMD has reported its Q1 2020 revenue, slightly outperforming analyst expectations and dodging the first financial blows of COVID-19 to deliver $1.79 billion – a whopping 40 percent year-over-year ...Full Article
‘Natural Language Understanding’ Appliance Targets the Email Deluge
“Eighty percent of customer service should go to the other 20 percent.” - Yogi Berra Like many things he said, Yogi never said that. But the statement gets ...Full Article
What’s New in Computing vs. COVID-19: Groceries, Smartphones, Competitions & More
Artificial intelligence, big data and high performance computing are crucial tools in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. Around the world, researchers, corporations and governments are devoting computing resources ...Full Article
AMD Launches High-Frequency Epyc 7F-Series CPUs
AMD today announced three new SKUs based on the 7nm second-generation Epyc “Rome” platform aimed at commercial high-demand workloads as well as hyperconverged infrastructure and database applications. Dell EMC, ...Full Article
