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MLPerf Training v5.1: GenAI Drives, Scale Ramps, Field Widens
Two new genAI tests (Llama 3.1 8B, Flux.1) align with production stacks as multi-node results climb. NVIDIA posts many fastest times; University of Florida, Wiwynn, and Datacrunch expand the ecosystem.
Wanjiku Kamau on Her Book: Out of the Loop, Into the Algorithm
Allyson Klein talks with author and Google/Intel alum Wanjiku Kamau on moving past AI skepticism, learning fast, and using new tools with intention—so readers start where they are and explore AI with hope.
Cooling the Future: Where Does Cold Plate End and Immersion Begin?
AI racks are blowing past air’s limits. Here’s a frank framework for when cold plate still wins, when it fails, and how to plan the pivot to immersion—without stranding today’s investments.
KubeCon Atlanta: CNCF Sets AI Standard for Kubernetes
On Day 1 of KubeCon + CloudNativeCon Atlanta, CNCF unveiled Kubernetes AI Conformance to make workloads portable—arriving as inference surges to ~1.33 quadrillion tokens/month across Google’s systems.
How Financial Services Can Responsibly Scale AI
FinTech expert Anusha Nerella shares insights on staying ahead of fraud, navigating regulation, and building collaborative teams to scale responsible AI across the financial services sector.
Under the Hood: The Alphabet Soup of Car Connectivity
Modern software-defined cars blend multiple links—CAN/LIN, MIPI, SerDes, and Ethernet/TSN—to shrink wiring and cost, manage EMI, and deliver reliable, deterministic timing from sensors to actuators.
Rewriting the Data Center Playbook for AI with Solidigm
With explosive data growth and power demands forcing transformation, the future belongs to those who plan for what’s “next-next.”
Solidigm Redefines Measuring Storage Efficiency for AI Workloads
As GPU racks hit 150kW, throughput per watt has become the efficiency metric that matters, and SSDs are proving their worth over legacy infrastructure with 77% power savings and 90% less rack space.
Anusha Nerella: Innovation Is Responsibility in Motion
Voice of Innovation Anusha Nerella shares how fintech, AI, and responsible automation are reshaping the future and why true innovation is less about disruption and more about trust.
AMD Lands OpenAI Deal, Challenging NVIDIA’s AI Dominance
A landmark multi-year deal positions AMD as a core compute partner for OpenAI’s expanding AI infrastructure—diversifying its silicon base and reshaping GPU market dynamics.
Rafay Systems: Building the Foundations of AI Infrastructure
Rafay Systems is emerging as a key enabler of global AI infrastructure, helping enterprises and neoclouds operationalize large-scale deployments in the dawn of the AI era.
Daniel Wu on Scaling AI with Trust and Strategy
Daniel Wu joins TechArena and Solidigm on Data Insights to share his perspective on bridging academia and enterprise, scaling AI responsibly, and why trustworthy frameworks matter as AI adoption accelerates.
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Podcasts
How Hedgehog Brings Hyperscaler Networking to Enterprise AI
Hedgehog CEO Marc Austin joins Data Insights to break down open-source, automated networking for AI clusters—cutting cost, avoiding lock-in, and keeping GPUs fed from training to inference.
Nebius at SC25: Building the Neocloud for Enterprise AI
From SC25 in St. Louis, Nebius shares how its neocloud, Token Factory PaaS, and supercomputer-class infrastructure are reshaping AI workloads, enterprise adoption, and efficiency at hyperscale.
Inside Runpod’s GPU Cloud for Long-Running AI Agents
Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.
Walmart and Cornelis Expose the Costs of Network Inefficiency
Billions of customer interactions during peak seasons expose critical network bottlenecks, which is why critical infrastructure decisions must happen before you write a single line of code.
Giga Computing on Rack-Scale AI: From Training to Inference
Recorded at #OCPSummit25, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Giga Computing’s Chen Lee to unpack GIGAPOD and GPM, DLC/immersion cooling, regional assembly, and the pivot to inference.
Data Insights at OCP: DataraAI on Edge Robotics
Durgesh Srivastava unpacks a data-loop approach that powers reliable edge inference, captures anomalies, and encodes technician know-how so robots weld, inspect, and recover like seasoned operators.
How Hedgehog Brings Hyperscaler Networking to Enterprise AI
Hedgehog CEO Marc Austin joins Data Insights to break down open-source, automated networking for AI clusters—cutting cost, avoiding lock-in, and keeping GPUs fed from training to inference.
Nebius at SC25: Building the Neocloud for Enterprise AI
From SC25 in St. Louis, Nebius shares how its neocloud, Token Factory PaaS, and supercomputer-class infrastructure are reshaping AI workloads, enterprise adoption, and efficiency at hyperscale.
Inside Runpod’s GPU Cloud for Long-Running AI Agents
Runpod head of engineering Brennen Smith joins a Data Insights episode to unpack GPU-dense clouds, hidden storage bottlenecks, and a “universal orchestrator” for long-running AI agents at scale.
Walmart and Cornelis Expose the Costs of Network Inefficiency
Billions of customer interactions during peak seasons expose critical network bottlenecks, which is why critical infrastructure decisions must happen before you write a single line of code.
Giga Computing on Rack-Scale AI: From Training to Inference
Recorded at #OCPSummit25, Allyson Klein and Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Giga Computing’s Chen Lee to unpack GIGAPOD and GPM, DLC/immersion cooling, regional assembly, and the pivot to inference.
Data Insights at OCP: DataraAI on Edge Robotics
Durgesh Srivastava unpacks a data-loop approach that powers reliable edge inference, captures anomalies, and encodes technician know-how so robots weld, inspect, and recover like seasoned operators.
