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It’s Gettin’ Hot in Here: Industry veteran Jim Fister unpacks the history of the data center

July 30, 2024

In this blog post, industry veteran Jim Fister explores the evolution of data centers from early 2000s servers to modern AI/ML racks. Highlighting engineering and logistical challenges, he emphasizes the need for ongoing innovation and celebrates engineers while anticipating future advancements to meet increasing power demands.

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The State of Open Compute Infrastructure Innovation

June 5, 2024

TechArena spoke to over a dozen industry experts from OVH, Qarnot, PLVision, ZeroPoint Technologies, the Research Institutes of Sweden, London South Bank University, and the Open Compute Project to publish this comprehensive report on the state of open compute infrastructure innovation and how organizations should align data center planning and oversight with sustainability and performance objectives. If you manage an IT organization or oversee data center infrastructure, software, or sustainability initiatives, this report offers practical value for your organization.

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Microsoft and AMD Extend AI Collaboration at Build

May 22, 2024

TechArena’s take on Microsoft Build announcement of the world’s first MI300X instances arriving on Azure AI.

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Supermicro Leverages Its Heritage of Innovation to Fuel AI Era Compute

May 15, 2024

TechArena’s take on a recent Data Insights conversation featuring Supermicro and Solidigm on how Supermicro’s solutions are targeting AI data pipeline requirements and the role SSDs play in delivering high performance, efficiency and density for Supermicro solutions.

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A Revolution of Open Infrastructure in Lisbon at OCP Regional Summit

April 23, 2024

We kick off this week’s reporting from Open Compute Project’s Regional Summit in Lisbon with some thoughts on historic innovation and how it shapes society.

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Delivering AI Performance at Scale with CoreWeave

April 15, 2024

The TechArena’s reflection on the disruptive innovation that CoreWeave is driving into the AI service arena fueled by Solidigm QLC NAND and VAST Data platform innovation.

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November 15, 2022

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Flexibility at the Edge: Pragmatic Semiconductor’s Bold Approach

February 24, 2025

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.

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Protecting Against Quantum Cybersecurity Threats with Winbond

January 21, 2025

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.

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PCI-SIG’s Al Yanes on PCIe 7.0, HPC, and the Future of Interconnects

November 21, 2024

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.

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Bill Gropp on the NCSA and the Future of Supercomputing Innovation

November 19, 2024

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.

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Revolutionizing AI Workloads with Advanced Data Center Solutions

November 18, 2024

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.

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OCP Summit Recap: Innovation, Collaboration & Future Focus

November 1, 2024

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.

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Exploring Data in the AI Era with Solidigm - New Data Insights Series

The TechArena kicks off a Data Insights Series in collaboration with Solidigm, and TechArena host welcomes co-host Jeniece Wronowski and Solidigm data center marketing director Ace Stryker to the program to talk about data in the AI era, the series objectives, and how SSD innovation sits at the foundation of a new data pipeline.

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Charting Architectural Innovation in the Chiplet Era with OCP's Cliff Grossner

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with OCP’s Cliff Grossner regarding the chiplet era, how architectural evolution has evolved to a chiplet economy, and how the OCP is helping create an open marketplace for innovation.

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Building Composable Data Systems with Voltron Data CEO Josh Patterson

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Voltron Data CEO Josh Patterson about delivery of Theseus, a composable data system framework that unleashes develops with new interoperability and flexibility for AI era data challenges.

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Ampere Advances in the Data Center with Jeff Wittich

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Ampere Chief Product Officer Jeff Wittich about his company’s progress in winning data center deployments, advances in performance and sustainability, and pushing the limits on core density.

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Security in the AI Era with Fortinet’s Srija Allam and Julian Petersohn

TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Fortinet security experts Srija Allam and Julian Petersohn about the expansive Fortinet solution portfolio and how the company is leaning into AI to help deliver the protection customers require.

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Delivery of the CXL Vision with the CXL Consortium's Kurtis Bowman and Kurt Lender

TechArena host Allyson Klein sits down with the marketing co-chairs of the CXL Consortium at SC’23 to discuss the introduction of the new 3.1 spec, the emergence of true CXL 2.0 solutions, and what comes next from this disruptive standard that will re-define data center infrastructure.

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