… I think folks know that I am a big fan of the SP6 platform we have bought a few for our infrastructure , and having a lower-power Zen 5 chip with lower-cost server platforms and fewer memory channels to populate is an interesting option for this era of servers, even beyond the telco and edge. …
… For our test platform, we used AMD’s Ryzen 9 9950X3D2 setup. …
… Instead of 8x 25GbE, this platform gives us 2x QSFP28 100GbE in the same general front-I/O 1U format. With the 36-core Intel Xeon 6 SoC 6553P-B, we wanted to see what changes in terms of performance. …
… NVLink Fusion is about fusing NVIDIA’s and Marvell’s platforms. The time is now for Marvell and NVIDIA to work together to scale up platforms for agentic AI. …
… Database and Application Server Updates Ubuntu 26.04 LTS brings major updates to database servers and application runtimes: PostgreSQL 18 – New I/O subsystem with up to 3x performance improvements for storage reads, improved index utilization, virtual generated columns, uuidv7 function for better i… …
… The PowerEdge R9810 will be a single-socket 2U server for the high-end of the market based around the Diamond Rapids platform. …
… Vera Rubin Now In Full Production, Systems Due In Fall First and foremost, NVIDIA’s Vera Rubin server platform is now in full production, with NVIDIA continuing to ramp chips. …
… Next up is one of the major changes between the NVIDIA HGX B200 and HGX B300 platforms. …
… After struggling to capture consumer interest with the first two Core Ultra series platforms, Meteor Lake and Arrow Lake, Intel and its partners have seemingly turned the corner with Intel’s third-generation Ultra platform. …
… Though the AMD platform is also notable for having one meaningful performance regression, with 707.ntest r performance dropping by 3.1%. Finally, the NVIDIA platform is a similar picture as well, but with even larger gains in some cases. …