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Life’s Only Constant is Change: Impacts of the VMware Acquisition
Former VMware Product Marketing Manager Gina Rosenthal examines Broadcom's $69B VMware acquisition, highlighting drastic pricing changes, SKU cuts, workforce reductions, and new opportunities for competitors in virtualization.
Robots That Play Music By Ear & Other Highlights from SC24
TechArena Editorial Director Rachel Horton covers highlights from SC24, including Georgia Tech’s robot xylophonist, leaps in quantum computing, and NASA’s exploration of the cosmos.
VAST Data Showcases an AI Hall of Fame at SC24
This blog explores VAST Data’s showcase of its Data Platform, powering breakthroughs at XAI, CoreWeave, and Harvard Medical School, and driving innovation in training, inference, and scientific discovery.
How Ocient is Revolutionizing Data Warehousing for AI
Discover how Ocient’s innovative architecture boosts data efficiency, reduces costs, and supports AI-intensive workloads while prioritizing sustainability in the data warehousing industry.
Flex Demonstrates Leadership with Acquisition of JetCool
Flex strengthens its direct liquid cooling portfolio with its acquisition of JetCool, adding their MIT-developed tech to Flex’s broad offerings across power, cooling and data center infrastructure.
JetCool Tackles AI’s Power Demands with Precision Cooling
JetCool's innovative liquid cooling targets hotspots directly, supporting AI's growing power needs while enhancing sustainability through efficient heat reuse and scalable solutions for data centers.
AMD Leaps Ahead with Zen Architecture Powered EYPC Processors for the Cloud
TechArena’s Cloud Field Day report on AMD’s strategy for cloud native computing.
The Connectivity Broker for the AI Era: AlphaWave Semi
TechArena’s take on the importance of connectivity to AI and how Alphawave Semi is poised to deliver the perfect portfolio for solution activation.
The Future of VMware: Going Down the Rabbit Hole at VMware Explore 2023
Allyson Klein goes down the rabbit hole of Broadcom’s pending acquisition of VMWare and posits that NSX may be the jewel of the VMWare portfolio.
The Future of Silicon Innovation in the Chiplet Era
TechArena’s take on Alphawave Semi and how Letizia Guiliano and her team are poised to win in the chiplet era
MemCon and the Path Forward with Memory in a Post Moore’s Law World
TechArena’s take on the path to memory innovation from MemCon
Intel Showcases IT Strengths with Sapphire Rapids Delivery
TechArena’s take on Intel’s 4th Generation Xeon Processor launch (aka the arrival of Sapphire Rapids).
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Podcasts
Flexibility at the Edge: Pragmatic Semiconductor’s Bold Approach
In this podcast, Pragmatic Semi CEO David Moore shares how flexible, sustainable ICs are unlocking new edge AI and IoT applications—powered by a low-carbon, high-volume fab model.
Protecting Against Quantum Cybersecurity Threats with Winbond
In this In the Arena episode, Winbond’s Jun Kawaguchi discusses their industry-leading strategies for tackling next-gen cybersecurity threats, ensuring robust protection for the future.
PCI-SIG’s Al Yanes on PCIe 7.0, HPC, and the Future of Interconnects
In this podcast, PCI-SIG President Al Yanes explores PCI-SIG's journey to PCIe 7.0, advancements in copper and optical specs, and their pivotal role in HPC and AI.
Bill Gropp on the NCSA and the Future of Supercomputing Innovation
In this podcast, NCSA Director Bill Gropp explores the latest advanced computing trends, from AI innovations to groundbreaking research on supercomputing climate models, and how this tech is transforming science and society.
Revolutionizing AI Workloads with Advanced Data Center Solutions
Discover how AI is transforming data centers, with innovations in high-speed networking, emulation, and hyperscale infrastructure driving efficiency and performance in the era of AI workloads.
OCP Summit Recap: Innovation, Collaboration & Future Focus
OCP’s Rob Coyle shares insights on AI, cooling innovations, and open hardware’s role in transforming data centers as the industry accelerates toward scalable, sustainable infrastructure.
From OCP 2025: Arm’s Chiplet Push and the AI Ecosystem Play
Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski sit down with Arm’s Eddie Ramirez to unpack Arm Total Design’s growth, the FCSA chiplet spec contribution to OCP, a new board seat, and how storage fits AI’s surge.
Immersion, Not Hype: Midas on Liquid Cooling at OCP
Midas Immersion Cooling CEO Scott Sickmiller joins a Data Insights episode at OCP 2025 to demystify single-phase immersion, natural vs. forced convection, and what it takes to do liquid cooling at AI scale.
Castrol on Liquid Cooling: Additives, Filters, Failure Modes
From hyperscale direct-to-chip to micron-level realities: Darren Burgess (Castrol) explains dielectric fluids, additive packs, particle risks, and how OCP standards keep large deployments on track.
PEAK:AIO on Smarter Storage for AI—Data Insights @ OCP
From OCP San Jose, PEAK:AIO’s Roger Cummings explains how workload-aware file systems, richer memory tiers, and capturing intelligence at the edge reduce cost and complexity.
CelLink PowerPlane: Flat Power for AI Server Racks
Innovative power delivery unlocks a shift in data-center design. CelLink PowerPlane routes thousands of amps in a flat, flexible circuit—cutting cabling and accelerating AI factory builds.
Hybrid Quantum + HPC: CESQ’s Lesya Dymyd at OCP 2025
Recorded live at OCP in San Jose, Allyson Klein talks with CESQ’s Lesya Dymyd about hybrid quantum-classical computing, the new Maison du Quantique, and how real-world use cases may emerge over the next 5–7 years.
