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Marvell, Microsoft and Oracle Form OCP Group to Standardize Data Center Hardware Security
Marvell Technology, Inc., Microsoft Corporation and Oracle have formed an Open Compute Project (OCP) working group to standardize integrated hardware security for cloud and hyperscale data centers. The effort aims to define a NIST FIPS 140-3 Level 3 integrated hardwar
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TrendForce Projects 2027 CSP CapEx Above $1.5 Trillion and AI Server Revenue Growth Over 90%
TrendForce projects AI server revenue will rise more than 90% YoY to nearly $920 billion in 2027, as shipments and prices increase. Combined CapEx among the world’s nine leading CSPs is projected to surge 106% YoY to US$957 bi
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Texas Instruments Unveils ADC34DSO75 for Nanosecond AI Data Center Telemetry
Texas Instruments has introduced the ADC34DSO75, a 3 gigasamples per second (GSPS) analog-to-digital converter (ADC) for 24/7, low-power, event-based remote monitoring of AI data center power rails at nanosecond resolution. As
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Tower Semiconductor and Semtech Expand SiGe Agreement for AI Data Center Interconnects
Tower Semiconductor and Semtech Corporation have expanded a multi-year agreement that secures dedicated silicon germanium (SiGe) capacity for Semtech's AI data center optical interconnect components. The companies describe power as
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AMD Details Helios Production and Helion Rack Plans for Agentic AI at OCP 2026
AMD CEO and Chair Lisa Su outlined the company’s open, full-stack infrastructure portfolio for agentic AI at the opening keynote of the 2026 OCP Global Summit in San Jose, California, on October 12, 2026. The portfolio spans systems from enterprise deployments t
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AMD Introduces Helion Rack Blueprint for Hyperscale and Enterprise Agentic AI Compute
AMD has introduced the AMD Helion agentic AI rack, an open blueprint for agentic AI infrastructure with CPU-only hyperscale and combined CPU/GPU enterprise configurations. Based on an Open Compute Project (OCP) spec-design, Helion c
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Marvell Unveils Structera X 3406 and 3506 CXL 3.2 Memory Expanders for AI Inference
Marvell Technology, Inc. has announced the second-generation Marvell Structera X 3406 and Marvell Structera X 3506 CXL 3.2 memory expanders for AI inference, with six DDR4/DDR5 channels and PCIe Gen 6 connectivity. The controllers are designed to help cloud, enterpris
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Omdia Reports 21.2% Decline in Global PC Shipments in 3Q26
Omdia reported worldwide shipments of desktops, notebooks and workstations fell 21.2% year on year to 58.1 million units in 3Q26. Desktop shipments, including desktop workstations, fell 23.5% to 11.7 million units, while notebook shipments, including mobile workstatio
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PM Modi Inaugurates Param Pragya AI Supercomputing Facility at Sonipat Campus
Prime Minister Narendra Modi participated in the 57th Convocation Ceremony of the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Delhi as the Chief Guest on 8 August. He addressed over 3,000 graduating students, including 587 Ph.D. scholars who received their degrees. Modi presented the institute&rs
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Microsoft Expands Azure AI Infrastructure with AMD Helios Rackscale Solution and 6th Gen EPYC Processors
AMD announced an expanded strategic partnership with Microsoft that covers AMD GPUs, CPUs, networking, and software on Azure. Under the expanded partnership, Microsoft will deploy the AMD Helios Rackscale Solution at scale on Azure. The deployment will power frontier model inference for Microsoft
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IBM Rolls Out New Power Systems and AI Tools to Automate Enterprise IT Operations
IBM has introduced IBM Power Autonomous Operations, an AI agent designed to continuously monitor Power systems and resolve issues on its own, alongside the recently launched IBM Bob Premium Package for i, which uses agentic AI to speed up application development on IBM i. The company also unveile
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GIGABYTE Showcases Four-Node AI TOP ATOM Clustering for Scientific Computing Workloads
GIGABYTE, a leading computer brand, has demonstrated how its AI TOP ATOM four-node clustering setup scales local AI computing to handle increasingly demanding workloads. As AI models, scientific simulations, and enterprise applicatio
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