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‘A single chip to outperform a small GPU data center’: Yet another AI chip firm wants to challenge Nvidia’s GPU-centric world — Taalas wants to have super specialized AI chips

[ad_1] Toronto-based AI chip startup Taalas has emerged from stealth with $50 million in funding and the lofty aim of revolutionizing the GPU-centric world dominated by Nvidia. Founded by Ljubisa Bajic, Lejla Bajic, and Drago Ignjatovic, all previously from Tenstorrent (the creator of Grayskull), Taalas is developing an automated flow for quickly turning any AI…
March 15, 20240Comments

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Shattering the ‘copper or optics’ paradigm: humble plastic could become key material in race to conquer AI data center market – it is cheaper, lighter, thinner and more power efficient

[ad_1] With the expansion of data centers and the rise of generative AI, LLMs, IoT and video streaming services, the demand for advanced interconnects is higher than ever. Conventional interconnects using copper have critical bandwidth limitations caused by the 'skin effect', where the current flowing through the cable is concentrated at the surface of…
February 24, 20240Comments

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Fiber optic cables transport petabytes of data every second around the world — scientists say they could also save lives by detecting tsunamis early

[ad_1] Scientists at the National Physical Laboratory (NPL) have discovered a novel technique that can turn undersea power and telecom cables into arrays of environmental sensors, opening the door to extensive ocean monitoring.  The findings, published in Science Magazine, could revolutionize the way we monitor our planet by providing real-time environmental data from the…
February 20, 20240Comments

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AI set to face its day of reckoning as it confronts biggest threat yet — China and other countries want to slash exponential rise in data center power consumption

[ad_1] Governments worldwide are tightening regulations on the construction of data centers due to concerns over their enormous energy consumption and the impact on national climate goals and power grids. According to the Financial Times, countries including China, Singapore and Ireland have imposed restrictions on new data centers in recent years to comply with…
February 18, 20240Comments

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UK’s Southern Water reports huge leak – hundreds of thousands of customer’s data stolen by hackers

[ad_1] Up to 470,000 UK customers of water provider Southern Water may have had their data stolen by hackers, the company has warned. While investigations into exactly how many customers have been affected are still ongoing, Southern Water released a statement saying that they are planning to notify “5 to 10 percent” of its…
February 15, 20240Comments

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Forget about AI GPU scarcity: data center operators may have to wait a whopping three years to get key component — and this may be killing off competition by driving smaller operators out

[ad_1] The GenAI GPU scarcity has already sparked a surge in demand, increased costs, and reduced availability. However, another pressing issue is looming: data centers are running out of space and power. This is particularly problematic for small companies providing high-performance computing (HPC) colocation services, who are finding current data centers maxed out.  A…
February 12, 20240Comments

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