Intel today unveiled its most advanced semiconductor process and previewed Xeon 6+ (code-named Clearwater Forest), its first Intel 18A-based 2nm data center server chip ….
Intel Announces 18A-based 2nm Clearwater Forest Server CPU from Fab 52 in Arizona
October 9, 2025 by
NVIDIA Takes Surprise Stake in Intel
September 18, 2025 by
The implications, the possibilities, the sheer surprise of today’s news that NVIDIA has taken a $5 billion stake in Intel has come as a shock to the tech system. Wall Street was staggered as well, boosting Intel stock by more than 30 percent ….
Study: Merchant GPUs and Custom Accelerators to Reach $446B, HBM to Exceed $130B by 2029
August 12, 2025 by
REDWOOD CITY, Calif. – August 12, 2025 – According to a recently published report by Dell’Oro Group, the global data center accelerator market is projected to reach $446 billion by 2029. Accelerators now account for roughly one-third of total data center capex, making them the single largest driver of growth, the firm said. “The worldwide […]
A Conversation with AMD’s Director of Data Center GPU Marketing, Mahesh Balasubramanian
July 2, 2025 by
At AMD’s recent “Advancing AI” event in San Jose, we had the opportunity to speak with Mahesh Balasubramanian, AMD’s Director of Data Center GPU Marketing. We previously interviewed him in 2023 when AMD was rolling out the AMD Instinct MI300X AI Accelerator, so it was good to reconnect and learn more about AMD’s advancements upcoming […]
AMD Announces New GPUs, Development Platform, Rack Scale Architecture
June 13, 2025 by
AMD issued a raft of news at their Advancing AI 2025 event this week, an update on the company’s response to NVIDIA’s 90-plus percent market share dominance in the GPU and AI markets. And the company offered a sneak peak ….
Intel Unveils Next-Gen Xeon 6 and Gaudi 3 Aimed at AI
September 24, 2024 by
Amid swirling reports of a multi-billion capital infusion offer from an investment firm along with a reported acquisition attempt, Intel proceeded today with launches of the Xeon 6 CPU and the Gaudi 3 AI GPU, both chips aimed at exploding demand for AI compute — and at competitors Nvidia and AMD. Intel said the Xeon 6 (“Granite Rapids”) with Performance-cores (P-cores) delivers twice the performance of its predecessor and features increased core count, double the memory bandwidth ….
Supermicro Adds Intel-Based X14 Servers for AI, HPC, Cloud and Edge
September 24, 2024 by
SAN JOSE, Calif., Sept. 24, 2024 — Supermicro today announced GPU, multi-node and rackmount systems to the X14 portfolio, which are based on the Intel Xeon 6900 Series Processors with P-Cores (formerly code named Granite Rapids-AP). The new servers are designed to address the needs of modern data centers, enterprises, and service providers. Joining the efficiency-optimized […]
HPE ‘Kestrel’ Supercomputer Operational at NREL
August 21, 2024 by
The National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) announced it has completed the buildout of its Kestrel supercomputer, slated to reach 44 petaflops of computing power focused on renewable energy and energy efficiency research. Built by Hewlett ….
Trillions for Chips: A Roiled Semiconductor Industry Strains to Meet AI Demand
February 9, 2024 by
We’re seeing the chip industry’s version of the scientific aphorism: “nature hates a vacuum.” The vacuum is the short supply of – and vast demand for – AI chips, and it’s roiling the semiconductor industry. Chip foundry companies TSMC, Intel and Samsung are straining to expand GPU fab capacity….
HPC News Bytes 20230918: New AMD CPUs and Intel FPGAs, Arm’s IPO and Strategic Pivot, AI for Science
September 18, 2023 by
A happy mid-September morning to you. Here’s a hop (4:54) through recent HPC news, including: AMD launches EPYC 8004 CPUs for energy- and space-constrained workloads; Intel announces FPGAs going into its Innovation 2023 event; Arm’s successful IPO and strategic pivot; a report on AI for science….
