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Silicon Valley’s Largest Fuel Cell-Powered Intel HPC Data Center

Taylor Graham — Fri, 10 May 2024 17:00:10 +0000

Bloom Energy has announced a power capacity arrangement with Intel Corporation, paving the way for Silicon Valley’s largest data center for high-performance computing powered by fuel cells.

The agreement calls for the installation of additional megawatts (MW) of Bloom Energy’s fuel cell-based Energy Server at Intel’s existing high-performance computing data center in Santa Clara, CA. The additional capacity expands an existing Bloom Energy fuel cell installation already deployed at the tech giant’s location since 2014. The resulting installation will be the single largest fuel cell-powered high-performance computing data center in Silicon Valley.

Bloom’s fuel cell technology offers an ideal power solution for energy-intensive data centers that demand reliable electricity generation. Bloom’s offerings can be deployed as Grid Parallel in conjunction with utility power to meet dual source energy needs of a Data Center or as Grid Independent by completely avoiding transmission infrastructure. With the ability to operate in a fully islanded microgrid mode, Grid Independent configurations circumvent delays, costs, and constraints associated with grid-based power and can be deployed in weeks on a skid mounted, moveable platform.

“Bloom Energy is proud to be a long-term supplier to Intel and to support the company’s data center capacity building at a time when the grid is severely constrained,” said Ravi Prasher, Bloom Energy’s Chief Technology Officer. “Bloom Energy technology is compatible with hydrogen fuel in addition to natural gas. We are working with governments and industries to adopt hydrogen as a primary fuel when it becomes economically viable. Intel’s confidence in our fuel cell technology is a testament to Bloom’s ability to reliably meet the energy needs of cutting edge and high-performance IT infrastructure.”

“Intel is leading the industry in extreme energy-efficient high-performance computing data centers with existing hyperscale Intel Santa Clara Data Center operating at 1.06 PUE, enabling the HPC scale needed for complex Intel chip design and technology development,” said Shesha Krishnapura, Intel Fellow, and Intel IT Chief Technology Officer. “Intel HPC Data Center infrastructure currently powers 400,000+ Intel® Xeon® based servers (5+ million highest clock cores), 700+ petabytes of storage, and 800,000+ network ports. To meet additional HPC scale needed for Intel Products and Intel Foundry, Intel is leveraging Bloom Energy technology to power the next Data Center expansion.”

As the energy demands of data centers surge across the globe, Bloom Energy’s fuel cells offer a proven solution. Rapidly deployable, on-site energy generation provides operators with the ability to scale to meet the future needs of ever-changing businesses.

To learn more about Bloom Energy’s fuel cell powered technology, visit the website here.

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AI Workloads Supercharged from the Datacenter to the Edge

Taylor Graham — Thu, 09 May 2024 15:59:23 +0000

Red Hat, Inc. has revealed a partnership with Intel aimed at enhancing enterprise AI capabilities through Red Hat OpenShift AI. This collaboration aims to streamline the deployment of end-to-end artificial intelligence (AI) solutions using Intel AI technologies, such as Intel® Gaudi® AI accelerators, Intel® Xeon® processors, Intel® Core Ultra and Core processors, and Intel® Arc GPUs. These solutions will cover various aspects of AI, including model development and training, model serving, as well as management and monitoring, ensuring smooth operation across hybrid cloud infrastructure.

To balance the costs of maintaining existing systems with the adoption of new solutions, organizations require flexible, scalable and resilient AI infrastructures that combine hardware and software from multiple vendors. Red Hat and Intel are addressing these needs with a hybrid cloud approach wherein the AI stack is not confined to a single cloud or single datacenter. A hybrid cloud strategy empowers organizations with interoperability from the datacenter to the cloud to the edge, and enables greater AI workload portability for them to build, run and deploy AI workloads wherever needed.

Red Hat OpenShift AI offers a more consistent foundation to power AI applications across any environment, from cloud to edge, and provides streamlined support for Intel’s AI products. Intel’s comprehensive product portfolio for enterprises includes the full suite of Intel’s AI hardware and software offerings. In the data center, Intel® Gaudi AI accelerators, Intel® Xeon® processors with Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) and Intel® Infrastructure Processing Units (IPU) cater to a diverse set of AI use cases, including generative AI (GenAI) training, fine-tuning, retrieval augmented generation (RAG), inferencing, as well as confidential AI to protect data in use with Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (TDX). At the edge, Intel supports local execution of large language models (LLMs) on platforms based on Intel® Core Ultra, Intel Xeon® processors, and Intel Arc GPUs. Red Hat is collaborating with Intel to certify its hardware solutions on Red Hat OpenShift AI to ensure interoperability and enable comprehensive AI capabilities.

In addition, Intel brings together a rich set of scalable open source and commercial software, ready to go out of the box, which can be integrated with Red Hat OpenShift AI and validated for interoperability to run seamlessly in IT environments. Supported software includes Intel® Tiber Edge Platform, including Intel®OpenVINO; Intel®Tiber AI Studio; and oneAPI AI Tools. Qualified customers can request access to Intel® Gaudi® AI accelerators through Intel® Tiber Developer Cloud.

Red Hat and Intel’s open source approach to AI innovation empowers organizations to deploy anywhere on their platform of choice, accelerating time to market and providing ubiquitous AI building blocks that are more cost-effective at scale. With this collaboration, Red Hat and Intel bring together the might of their respective ecosystems, spanning leading solution providers, software vendors, equipment manufacturers and more, to further extend and build AI capabilities, solutions and services on Intel® AI products with Red Hat OpenShift AI.

Supporting Quotes

Chris Wright, chief technology officer and senior vice president, Global Engineering, Red Hat
“The AI landscape is evolving at breakneck speed, and organizations need solutions that are both agile and powerful to keep pace. Red Hat OpenShift AI, combined with the breadth and performance of Intel’s AI portfolio, offers a compelling solution for businesses to accelerate their AI journey and unlock new possibilities.”

Daniel McGinnis, vice president, Product Management, Cisco
“Cisco is actively working to advance generative AI technology to bring new and exciting opportunities to customers, such as faster innovation, enhanced decision-making and mitigated risks. We strongly support the collaboration between Red Hat and Intel as we continue to work closely with them to offer new and innovative solutions for our joint customers.”

Greg Findlen, senior vice president, Product Management, Dell Technologies
“Dell Technologies helps customers take full advantage of artificial intelligence by enabling the deployment of AI models and applications, especially generative AI, across enterprise environments. Dell collaborates with Red Hat and Intel to make it easy for customers to deploy and operate Red Hat OpenShift AI on Dell APEX Cloud Platform and Dell PowerEdge with Intel accelerators.”

Justin Hotard, executive vice president and general manager, Data Center and AI Group, Intel
“Together, Red Hat and Intel are committed to helping organizations develop and unlock the full potential of scalable and more secure AI systems based on open ecosystems and standards. Intel’s AI technologies help minimize the complexities associated with AI workloads and unlock improved performance, empowering businesses to innovate faster and achieve their AI goals.”

Kamran Amini, vice president and general manager, Server, Storage & Software Defined Solutions, Lenovo Infrastructure Solution Group
“Lenovo is committed to shaping a future where AI enhances every aspect of computing environments. This commitment is embodied in our collaboration with Red Hat and Intel, aiming to harness the full potential of AI through our Lenovo Edge-to-Cloud Solutions. By using Red Hat OpenShift AI, powered by the latest 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors with Intel AMX, and soon-to-include Intel Gaudi 3 AI Accelerators, we are optimizing and speeding up AI deployments. This synergy allows us to deliver sophisticated AI solutions that operate seamlessly across the hybrid cloud, meeting the evolving needs of our diverse clientele.”

Ray Pang, vice president, Technology & Business Enablement, Supermicro
“At Supermicro, we envision a world where AI is seamlessly integrated into every facet of our computing solutions. To bring this vision to life, Supermicro is working closely with industry leaders like Red Hat and Intel. By leveraging Red Hat OpenShift AI and the powerful capabilities of 5th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable Processors with Intel AMX and Intel’s Gaud 2 and Gaudi 3 AI Accelerators—we are enhancing and accelerating AI operations across hybrid cloud environments, ensuring our customers have access to the most advanced AI tools on Supermicro servers.”

To learn more about how to integrate and simplify AI workloads with Intel and Red Hat, visit the website here.

Confidential Computing Capabilities with Cohesity and Intel Collaboration

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Confidential Computing Capabilities with Cohesity and Intel Collaboration

Taylor Graham — Thu, 11 Apr 2024 17:30:44 +0000

Cohesity has announced a partnership with Intel to integrate Intel’s confidential computing capabilities into the Cohesity Data Cloud. By combining this technology with Cohesity’s renowned cyber vault service, Fort Knox, they introduce a groundbreaking data-in-use encryption solution, marking a pioneering advancement in the data management industry.

Together, Cohesity and Intel are solving one of the most pressing cybersecurity challenges for CIOs. Traditionally, options have been limited for protecting data in use while it is actively processed in memory, which can leave data unencrypted and vulnerable to insider attacks. Confidential computing enabled by Intel® Software Guard Extensions (Intel® SGX) will support Cohesity customers to reduce the risk posed by potential bad actors accessing data while it is being processed in main memory. This is especially critical for highly regulated industries like financial institutions, healthcare, and government.

Cohesity’s flagship platform, Cohesity Data Cloud, has long included many proven and cutting-edge technologies to help the world’s largest organizations manage and secure their most critical data from cyber criminals. Cohesity and Intel are joining forces to reduce customers’ risk of cyber threat by:

Creating a unique solution that will protect encryption keys that secure customer data in a hardware-secured environment leveraging Intel SGX for confidential computing in the cloud.
This solution dramatically reduces the risk posed by data exfiltration, as the data is not viewable or downloadable by any privileged accounts when the data is being processed in memory as it is encrypted.
Providing a way for Cohesity customers to verify that their Intel SGX is legitimate by using Intel® Trust Authority, which has the latest patches and only runs the dedicated Cohesity application before extracting the data encryption key.

“We are relentlessly focused on innovation that furthers our mission: To protect, secure, and provide insights into the world’s data. Collaborations with the biggest and most trusted names in tech, like Intel, are the reason why the largest global enterprises rely on us to strengthen their business resilience,” said Sanjay Poonen, CEO and President of Cohesity. “With Intel SGX, Intel Trust Authority, and confidential computing, our customers will benefit from reduced risk and increased security in cloud environments, allowing them to focus on what really matters, their business.”

“Intel is a pioneer and leader in data center confidential computing technologies, enabling customers, especially those handling sensitive or highly regulated data, to address their needs of confidentiality, integrity, and attestation for their workloads,” said Greg Lavender, executive vice president and chief technology officer at Intel Corporation. “Cohesity’s adoption of our technology reflects the growing customer need to protect critical data in the cloud and advances our common goal of delivering a secure computing environment combined with the trust customers expect.”

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PCIe Gen5 Transition Lead by Collaboration of QCT, Samsung, and Intel

Taylor Graham — Fri, 29 Jul 2022 18:04:07 +0000

Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT) announced the world’s first validation of Samsung PM1743 PCIe Gen5 SSDs in their new all-flash NVMe servers powered by 4th Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors will deliver substantial compute performance across traditional data center usages with unique purpose-built workload optimizations for today’s edge to cloud models. These technology updates in QCT’s growing line of QuantaGrid servers add additional performance for Samsung’s high-bandwidth flash storage due to the 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors support of leading industry standard technologies such as DDR5, Intel® Optane persistent memory, and PCIe Gen5. Furthermore, these unique solutions provide flexibility for modern data center needs ranging from low latency applications to data processing, and hyper-converged infrastructures (HCI).

To accommodate the rapidly increasing performance requirements of data centers, PCIe Gen5 doubles IOPS per watt and throughput compared to the previous generation. Samsung’s PM1743 SSD for enterprise servers integrates the PCIe Gen5 interface with Samsung’s advanced sixth-generation V-NAND to deliver 30% enhanced power efficiency than the previous generation, resulting in lower server operating costs and increasing scalability for virtualized environments like HCI and software-defined storage.

With the evolution of data centers to the rapid growth of data and proliferation of applications that demand high performance, QCT’s upcoming QuantaGrid series offer flexibility for scaling out with Samsung’s new storage innovation. The QuantaGrid D54X-1U and D54Q-2U are designed for dual 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors with 32 DDR5 DIMM slots and support for Intel Optane persistent memory, which provides affordable memory capacity expansion and support for data persistence. The two servers mainly differ in storage capacity and number of expansion slots that will be further revealed with the release of 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors.

“QCT worked closely with Samsung to test and be among the first to validate Samsung’s PM1743 PCIe Gen5 SSDs on our Intel powered systems,” said Mike Yang, President of QCT. “Together with Samsung, and Intel, our technology leadership will continue to drive new applications as we accelerate the growth of the server market and deliver unparalleled performance advantages for IOPS-intensive applications.”

“Samsung has been working closely with QCT and Intel to show PCIe Gen5 PM1743 SSDs provide optimized performance for all-flash NVMe workloads in their QuantaGrid 1U and 2U systems,” said Yongcheol Bae, Executive Vice President of the Memory Application Engineering Team at Samsung Electronics. “Collectively, with the introduction of our PCIe Gen5 SSD, Intel’s 4th Gen Xeon Scalable processors, and QCT’s QuantaGrid server line we will further solidify our technological leadership in the enterprise server market.”

“Our goal is to deliver industry leadership to accelerate data center performance and user experiences with our upcoming 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors,” said Zane Ball, Intel Corporate Vice President and General Manager of Data Platforms Engineering and Architecture. “The collaboration with QCT and Samsung signifies Intel’s commitment to providing our customers with a multitude of ways to enhance their applications with high-speed NVMe SSDs that enable deployments from edge to cloud.”

Learn more about the global data center solution provider, Quanta Cloud Technology (QCT), here.

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Cloud-to-Edge Technology Challenges Solved with Intel

Taylor Graham — Thu, 12 May 2022 22:01:50 +0000

Intel announced at the Intel Vision 2022 event advancements across silicon, software and services, showcasing how it brings together technologies and the ecosystem to unlock business value for customers today and in the future. Among the benefits highlighted across real-world examples are improved business results and insights, reduced total cost of ownership, accelerated time to market and value, and positive global impact.

“We are in the most dynamic global market of our lifetime. The challenges organizations face today are complex and interconnected, and success depends on their ability to quickly adopt and maximize leading-edge technologies and infrastructure,” said Intel CEO Pat Gelsinger. “Today, we are excited to share how we are applying our scale, resources and the magic of silicon, software and services to help customers and partners accelerate digital transformations in this complex environment.”

New Silicon, Software and Services to Fuel Digital Transformations

The technology superpowers of artificial intelligence, ubiquitous computing, pervasive connectivity and cloud-to-edge infrastructure are fueling unprecedented demand for semiconductors and opening the door to infinite possibilities, from a truly hybrid workforce to entirely new immersive experiences. At the same time, businesses face growing pressures around supply chain, security, sustainability and the ability to adapt to the complexity of new workloads. Intel is working to help address these challenges with the introduction of new hardware, software and services from cloud to edge to client.

Announcements include:

A major leap in deep learning processing with Habana Gaudi2: Gaudi processors are used for the highest end deep learning AI training and are known for their ability to enable customers to train more and pay less. Launching, Habana Gaudi2 and Greco AI accelerators are built on a single software stack, Synapse AI, that easily supports different architectures, enabling end-users to take advantage of the processors’ performance and efficiency. In addition, Gaudi2 delivers two times better AI training performance compared with current in-market A100-based offerings for key vision and NLP workloads.
4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable sets a new standard for modern performance: Intel is shipping initial SKUs of 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named Sapphire Rapids). These are the first of many SKUs, with more due to ramp throughout the remainder of the year. The 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors deliver exceptional overall performance, will support DDR5, PCIe Gen5 and CXL 1.1, and are equipped with new integrated accelerators that deliver up to 30x performance versus the prior generation through software and hardware optimizations for AI workloads². For telco networks it also has new capabilities that deliver up to two times capacity gains for virtual radio access network (vRAN) deployments. In high performance computing, Intel Xeon processors, code-named Sapphire Rapids with high bandwidth memory (HBM), will dramatically boost memory bandwidth available to the processor, super-charging high-performance computing.
AI made more accessible for enterprises through Project Apollo: In partnership with Accenture, Intel kicked off Project Apollo, a program that will provide enterprises with more than 30 open-source AI solutions kits that are optimally designed to make AI more accessible to customers in on-prem, cloud and edge environments. The first Project Apollo kits will be released in the next few months.
Preparing for the data center of the future with IPUs: Intel unveiled its IPU roadmap extending through 2026, featuring new FPGA + Intel architecture platforms (code-named Hot Springs Canyon) and the Mount Morgan (MMG) ASIC, as well as next-generation 800GB products. IPUs are dedicated products with hardened acceleration for infrastructure compute needs, allowing businesses to accomplish tasks quicker and solve problems faster.
Single GPU solution for media transcode, visual graphics and inference in the cloud: Intel’s data center GPU, code-named Arctic Sound-M (ATS-M), is the industry’s first discrete GPU with an AV1 hardware encoder. ATS-M is a versatile GPU with leadership transcode quality and performance targeting 150 trillion operations per second (TOPS). Developers will be able to easily design for ATS-M with an open software stack through one API. ATS-M will be available in two form factors and in more than 15 system designs from partners including Dell Technologies, Supermicro, Cisco, HPE, Inspur and H3C. It will launch in 2022’s third quarter.
New 12th Gen Intel Core HX processors for hybrid work: The company completed the 12th Gen family with the launch of the new 12th Gen Intel Core HX processors. Created for professionals who need maximum performance and flexibility to navigate a hybrid environment, and with up to 16 cores and clock speeds up to 5 GHz, the Intel Core i9-12900HX processor is the world’s best mobile workstation platform.

Recognizing that users also want the flexibility to tap into compute resources when and where they need them, Intel provided a first concept demonstration of its software infrastructure initiative: Project Endgame. Applications can take advantage of this software infrastructure layer that enables devices to harness computing resources from other devices within the network to provide an always-available, low latency, continual compute service. For example, a demanding GPU workload running on one device can sense and tap into additional graphics processing horsepower from a more powerful machine to enhance the user’s experience. Project Endgame is in development, and Intel will begin beta testing the first milestones of the technology this year.

Announcements also included an early look at steps Intel is taking to enable service models across the ecosystem. The introduction of the Intel On Demand Service offering helps enterprises meet the needs of evolving workloads, product sustainability and opportunities to scale systems near the data. Currently offered through select partners HPE GreenLake, Lenovo TruScale and PhoenixNAP’s Bare Metal Cloud, Intel introduced a new consumption business model to enable customers to align their infrastructure with their business needs and requirements.

Working Together to Create World-Changing Technology

The power and positive impact of Intel’s broad portfolio truly comes to life through examples that show not only how the hardware, software and services work together, but also the deep way that Intel collaborates with customers, partners and the ecosystem.

Highlights from the Intel Vision event include:

High performance computing to solve the world’s most complex challenges: Argonne National Laboratories is on track to deliver 2 exaflops of peak performance with the Aurora supercomputer running on the Intel Xeon processor, code-named Sapphire Rapids with High Bandwidth Memory (HBM), and the Intel data center GPU, code-named Ponte Vecchio, with Intel oneAPI providing developers seamless system integration. During the opening keynote, Rick Stevens, laboratory director for Computing, Environment and Life Science of Argonne, showed the installation of the Aurora supercomputer for the first time, discussing how it will help solve some of humankind’s most complex problems, such as more accurate climate predictions and discovery of new cancer treatments, while making exascale accessible for more research and development, and innovation.
Confidence with confidential computing: In an increasingly dynamic regulatory landscape, global companies must address several considerations when determining how to use regulated data to effectively train and develop neural networks. Bosch and Intel collaborated on a research effort to develop a confidential AI solution that allows Bosch to train its neural networks confidentially in the public cloud. To help achieve this at scale, Bosch Corporate Research has built a confidential AI platform powered by Intel® Software Guard Extensions available with 3rd Gen Intel® Xeon® Scalable platforms.
Agriculture autonomy with private wireless networks: Intelligent edge solutions have the potential to transform food cultivation by helping farmers increase yields and operational efficiency while addressing labor shortages and human error. Data analytics also offer the opportunity to deliver insights that help farmers to increase yields and improve crop health while reducing the resources they require. Blue White Robotics developed a new type of autonomous agricultural solution that transforms a grower’s existing equipment into a fleet of autonomous tractors connected to an internet-based management platform. With help from Intel and Federated Wireless, Blue White Robotics made this a scalable solution that leverages Intel® Smart Edge and Intel® Xeon® D processors, and employs the power of edge computing and shared spectrum to create a private wireless network on any farm anywhere.
Frictionless retail experience: The pandemic has changed the way people want to shop, with many preferring stores with touchless or self-checkout options. Nourish + Bloom Market set out to design a frictionless shopping experience that embraced automation without replacing jobs. To accomplish this, Nourish + Bloom worked with Intel and UST, a leading transformation solutions company, to tap into the collective technical knowledge for building innovations like a next-generation self-checkout using computer vision technology and a fully autonomous store shopping experience.
Tech for good: Intel works across the ecosystem to drive positive global change for future generations, such as working to further reduce its direct and indirect greenhouse gas emissions and ensuring the brightest future and next-generation skills for tomorrow’s workforce through programs like Intel’s AI Festival and collaboration with The Hidden Genius Project and Autodesk.

For more information about Intel or Intel Vision please visit the website.

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Composable Memory Solutions Collaboration for Big Memory Computing

Taylor Graham — Thu, 24 Mar 2022 22:10:48 +0000

Liqid announced it is collaborating with MemVerge and Intel to deliver composable memory solutions for big memory computing. With Liqid Matrix composable disaggregated infrastructure (CDI) software and MemVerge® Memory Machine software, Liqid and MemVerge can pool and orchestrate DRAM and storage-class memory (SCM) devices such as Intel® Optane Persistent Memory (PMem) in flexible configurations with GPU, NVMe storage, FPGA, and other accelerators to perfectly match unique workload requirements. The joint solutions, available today, deliver unparalleled scale for memory intensive applications for a variety of customer use-cases, including AI/ML, HPC, in-memory database and data analytics.

“We are pleased to collaborate with technology industry leaders like MemVerge and Intel, leveraging our shared expertise in software-defined data center architectures to deliver composable, big-memory solutions today,” said Ben Bolles, Executive Director, Product Management, Liqid. “Intel Optane-based solutions from MemVerge and Liqid provide near-memory data speeds for applications that must maximize compute power to effectively extract actionable intelligence from the deluge of real-time data.”

Pool & orchestrate Intel Optane Persistent Memory for memory hungry applications today

DRAM costs and the physical limitations of the media have hampered deployment of powerful, memory-centric applications across use cases in enterprise, government, healthcare, digital media, and academia. Customers who need big memory solutions can deploy fully composable, disaggregated, software-defined big memory systems that combine MemVerge’s in-memory computing expertise with Liqid’s ability to compose for Intel Optane PMem and other valuable accelerators.

“Our composable big memory solutions are an important part of an overall CDI architecture,” said Bernie Wu, VP Business Development, MemVerge. “The solutions are also a solid platform that customers can leverage for deployment of future memory hardware from Intel, in-memory data management services from MemVerge, and composable disaggregated software from Liqid.”

With the joint, big memory CDI solutions from Liqid and MemVerge users can:

Achieve exponentially higher utilization and capacity for Intel Optane PMem with MemVerge Memory Machine software;
Enable ultra-low latency, PCI-Express-based composability for Intel Optane-based MemVerge solutions with Liqid Matrix CDI software;
Granularly configure and compose memory resources in tandem with GPUs, FPGAs, or network resources on demand to support unique workload requirements, release resources for use by other applications once the workload is complete;
Pool and deploy Intel Optane PMem in tandem with other data center accelerators to reduce big memory analytical operations from hours to minutes;
Increase VM and workload density for enhanced server consolidation, resulting in reduced capital- and operational expenditures
Enable far more in-memory database computing for real-time data analysis and improved time-to-value.

Building a bridge to future CXL performance

CXL, a next-generation, industry-supported interconnect protocol built on the physical and electrical PCIe interface, promises to disaggregate DRAM from CPU. This allows both the CPU and other accelerators to share memory resources at previously impossible scales and delivers the final disaggregated element necessary to implement truly software-defined, fully composable data centers.

“The future transformative power of CXL is difficult to overstate,” said Kristie Mann, vice president of Product for Intel Optane Group at Intel. “Collaboration between organizations like MemVerge and Liqid, whose respective expertise in big memory and PCI-Express (PCIe)-composability are well-recognized, deliver solutions that provide functionality now that CXL will bring in the future. Their solution creates a layer of composable Intel Optane-based memory for true tiered memory architectures. Solutions such as these have the potential to address today’s cost and efficiency gaps in big-memory computing, while providing the perfect platform for the seamless integration of future CXL-based technologies.”

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AACC AI Incubator Network Launched with Intel and Dell Technologies

Taylor Graham — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 21:25:43 +0000

The American Association of Community Colleges (AACC), Intel and Dell Technologies announced an 18-month initiative to design and build Artificial Intelligence (AI) Incubators across the country, utilizing the expertise and industry connections of America’s community college system. The announcement follows the joint commitment of AACC, Intel and Dell Technologies to grow Intel’s AI for Workforce program from 18 states to 50 by 2023. The program empowers students with the necessary AI skills for employability in the digital economy.

The AACC AI Incubator Network will bear the demand for higher education AI technical and literacy skills, attract educators and support community colleges with the tools they need to teach AI courses. According to a 2021 EdScoop survey, underwritten by Dell Technologies and Intel, higher education administrators responded that the demand for AI skills training is outpacing their current ability to meet said demand. Fifty-three percent of survey respondents suggested AI would account for the most significant increase in instructional demand over the next three years, and 50 percent said they would like support from a consortium/association of peer institutions.

Since the AI for Workforce program launched in 2020, Intel has expanded it to 31 schools across 18 states. The AACC AI Incubator Network initiative will quickly expand the AI for Workforce program across the entire nation, fostering a national dialogue and bringing coordinated resources to the broader community college system.

“Building upon Intel’s partnership with the AACC and Dell Technologies by establishing incubators for emerging technology education across the U.S. will provide greater access to critically needed technical skills and training in AI,” said Michelle Johnston Holthaus, Executive Vice President and General Manager of the Client Computing Group at Intel. “This specialized program is a starting point for the next generation of U.S. technologists, engineers, and inventors to expand their innovative thinking and go on to land careers in all sectors of the digital economy.”

For colleges that choose to participate, AACC will support the implementation of the AACC AI Incubator Network. By joining the network, colleges will have the opportunity to participate in discussions about learning pathways, connect on strategic economic development opportunities, strategize on student engagement in AI programs, share resources for student AI projects between and among the participating colleges and gather the best practices from the field as identified by AACC, Intel, Dell Technologies and other industry-relevant partners.

The program will support colleges seeking to design and build an AI incubator as a physical laboratory on campus, on a virtual platform or as both in a hybridized model. Participating colleges will be eligible to apply for one of 10 12-month grants of $40,000 to build out their AI labs. The selections will be made based on criteria determined by AACC, Intel and Dell Technologies.

“AI has become an increasingly important focus for community colleges as providers of workforce education for multiple industries,” said Dr. Walter G. Bumphus, AACC’s president and CEO. “Working together with peers and across sectors will enhance the ability of our colleges to advance and scale this curriculum across the nation to ensure that students earn the skills needed to fill these jobs and begin meaningful careers.”

“Dell Technologies has an organizational goal to make a positive impact on 1 billion lives by advancing health, education and economic opportunity. This partnership between AACC, Intel and Dell gives us an opportunity to meet this goal,” said Leslie Harlien, Vice President of State and Local Government and Education Strategy, Dell Technologies. By lending our technical expertise to the AACC AI Incubator Network, we will help community colleges develop virtual and on-campus artificial intelligence in education labs. This will prepare the AI-ready future workforce and provide skills and training that will lead to real-world jobs.”

Dell Technologies will provide technical expertise to the 10 selected schools to configure AI labs for teaching in-person, hybrid, and online students. The labs will provide students with more access to AI computing power, tools and resources, helping foster the skills needed for future jobs. In addition, the curriculum from the AI for Workforce program and taught in the AI labs will support courses on data analytics, computer vision, natural language processing, AI model training, coding, the societal impacts and ethics of AI technology, and more.

Learn about American Association of Community Colleges (AACC) or Intel’s AI for Workforce Program in the US and download the 2021 EdScoop survey

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Silicon Valley’s Largest Fuel Cell-Powered Intel HPC Data Center

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PCIe Gen5 Transition Lead by Collaboration of QCT, Samsung, and Intel

Cloud-to-Edge Technology Challenges Solved with Intel

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