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Qualcomm to Acquire Alphawave Semi for $2.4B in Data Center Push
The deal marks a strategic move to bolster Qualcomm’s AI and custom silicon capabilities amid challenging competition and the potential start of a wave of AI silicon acquisitions.
WEKA and Nebius Unite to Supercharge AI Workloads with GPUaaS Powerhouse
A new partnership combines WEKA’s AI-native storage with Nebius’ GPUaaS platform to accelerate model training, inference, and innovation with microsecond latency and extreme scalability.
AMD Doubles Down on Inference Efficiency with New Acquisitions
As the battle for AI market share continues, AMD’s recent acquisitions signal a strategic move toward optimizing both software and hardware for inference workloads and real-world AI deployment.
OpsRamp Shows Unified IT Operations for Fast Incident Management
The HPE-owned platform combines unified observability, smart alert correlation, and automation to tackle hybrid IT complexity while also working with existing monitoring tools.
MinIO Redefines Object Storage Architecture for Exabyte Scale
AIStor’s stateless, gateway-free design solves legacy storage issues, enabling high-performance object-native infrastructure for exabyte-scale AI and analytics workloads.
TechArena Great Debate: Google Talks OCP LOCK and Open Standards
Amber Huffman and Jeff Andersen of Google join Allyson Klein to discuss the roadmap for OCP LOCK, post-quantum security, and how open ecosystems accelerate hardware trust and vendor adoption.
Europe Enters the AI Race with €200 Billion InvestAI Initiative
The EU’s massive investment in AI gigafactories positions Europe as a global AI contender, amid rising competition from China's DeepSeek and the U.S.'s Stargate projects.
DeepSeek’s AI Breakthrough: Cheaper, Faster, but at What Cost?
DeepSeek claims its open-source AI model rivals top LLMs at a fraction of the cost—but is the hype justified? Here’s what you need to know about its tech, impact, and potential risks.
5 Top Takeaways from Day 2 of the Oregon AI Conference
During day two of the Oregon AI conference, attendees focused on the ethical implications of AI and how small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMBs) can integrate AI into their operations.
3 Day-One Trends from the Oregon AI Conference
The first day of the inaugural Oregon AI Conference showcased how quickly AI can unite small-to-medium-sized businesses, spotlighted DeepSeek’s evolution, and championed responsible innovation.
The Great Debate: Navigating AI Ethics
Our own Allyson Klein moderates a powerhouse panel on AI ethics, with panelists representing Loyola University Chicago, Google, MLCommons, VAST Data and Momethesis.
Synopsys’ Multi-Die Technology Enhances Chiplet Capabilities
In this video from Chiplet Summit, Shekhar Kapoor discusses how Synopsys’ transition to a multi-die approach to chiplet development has allowed them to innovate beyond the limitations of traditional monolithic chips.
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Podcasts
How Verge.io is Rethinking Compute, Storage & AI Readiness
Tune in to our latest episode of In the Arena to discover how Verge.io’s unified infrastructure platform simplifies IT management, boosts efficiency, & prepares data centers for the AI-driven future.
How AI-Optimized Storage is Eliminating Data Bottlenecks
Join us on Data Insights as Mark Klarzynski from PEAK:AIO explores how high-performance AI storage is driving innovation in conservation, healthcare, and edge computing for a sustainable future.
Unpacking AI Inference at the Edge with Untether AI
Untether AI's Bob Beachler explores the future of AI inference, from energy-efficient silicon to edge computing challenges, MLPerf benchmarks, and the evolving enterprise AI landscape.
AI-Era Computing Drives Innovation in Memory Interconnects
Explore how OCP’s Composable Memory Systems group tackles AI-driven challenges in memory bandwidth, latency, and scalability to optimize performance across modern data centers.
MLCommons’ Peter Mattson on the New AILuminate AI Safety Benchmark
In this podcast, MLCommons President Peter Mattson discusses their just-released AILuminate benchmark, AI safety, and how global collaboration is driving trust and innovation in AI deployment.
Bloor Group CEO Eric Kavanagh's 2025 enterprise AI Predictions
In this episode, Eric Kavanagh anticipates AI's evolving role in enterprise for 2025. He explores practical applications, the challenges of generative AI, future advancements in co-pilots and agents, and more.
Cornelis and OCP Examine Why AI Infrastructure Must Evolve
From the OCP Global Summit, hear why 50% GPU utilization is a “civilization-level” problem, and why open standards are key to unlocking underutilized compute capacity.
How Axelera Scales Inference From Edge to Data Center
In the Arena: Allyson Klein with Axelera CMO Alexis Crowell on inference-first AI silicon, a customer-driven SDK, and what recent tapeouts reveal about the roadmap.
Data Insights: AI in Healthcare with Dr. Rohith Vangalla
In this episode of Data Insights, host Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Dr. Rohith Vangalla of Optum to discuss the future of AI in healthcare.
Metrum AI’s Steen Graham on Multi-Agent AI and Smarter Storage
From OCP Summit, Metrum AI CEO Steen Graham unpacks multi-agent infrastructure, SSD-accelerated RAG, and the memory-to-storage shift—plus a 2026 roadmap to boost GPU utilization, uptime, and time-to-value.
AI in Finance: Governance, Compliance, and Innovation
Anusha Nerella joins hosts Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski to explore responsible AI in financial services, emphasizing compliance, collaboration, and ROI-driven adoption strategies.
Cerebras Scales Real-Time AI with Wafer-Scale Innovation
At AI Infra Summit, CTO Sean Lie shares how Cerebras is delivering instant inference, scaling cloud and on-prem systems, and pushing reasoning models into the open-source community.
