Engineering the AI Factory Converge Digest tracks the technologies defining next-generation AI data centers—from GPUs and CPUs to networking fabrics, storage, cooling, power systems and hyperscale infrastructure. Coverage spans the complete architecture of modern AI factories. |
Technology Pillars AI Infrastructure ›GPUs ›CPUs ›Ethernet Fabrics ›Storage ›DCI ›Liquid Cooling ›Power › |
Key Players NVIDIA ›AMD ›Intel ›Broadcom ›Arista ›Cisco ›Supermicro ›Equinix › |
| Tracking: Scale Up • Scale Out • AI Factories • Rack-Scale Systems • Ultra Ethernet • InfiniBand • PCIe • CXL • HBM • 1.6T |
ECL, a Silicon Valley start-up led by Yuval Bachar, unveiled plans to construct the world’s first fully sustainable 1-gigawatt (GW) AI factory data center, TerraSite-TX1, located on a 600+ acre...
FS introduced its new 400G and 800G Ethernet switches aimed at large AI clusters, leveraging the Broadcom Tomahawk 5 chipset. The switches deliver up to 51.2 Tbps (102.4 Tbps Full...
Napatech introduced its new N3070X AI SmartNIC, designed to meet the growing demands of AI infrastructure. The 400 Gbps SmartNIC is built using Altera’s Agilex 7 FPGA technology and targets...
Molex introduced new VaporConnect Optical Feedthrough Modules for immersion cooling in high-performance data centers. VaporConnect uses a cassette-based design that bolts directly onto immersion tanks. This solution allows optical transceivers...
Nokia has launched its Event-Driven Automation (EDA) platform, a next-generation solution built to enhance data center operations in the AI era. The EDA platform, powered by Kubernetes, aims to reduce...
Nokia and NL-ix have announced the deployment of Nokia’s Deepfield Defender across NL-ix’s network, creating the largest anti-DDoS solution implemented at an Internet Exchange Point (IXP) in Europe. This advanced...
CyrusOne KEP, a joint venture between global data center provider CyrusOne and Kansai Electric Power Co. (KEPCO), has officially broken ground on its first data center in Japan. The project,...
FS has announced the release of its new 1.6T OSFP Close Top Direct Attach Copper (DAC) cables, designed to meet the growing demands of hyperscale data centers, machine learning, and...
Credo announced a new line of HiWire Active Electrical Cables (AECs) aimed at China’s growing hyperscale data centers, specifically for the 400G Q112 network port market. These new cables are...
At its NETWORKING @SCALE 2024 event in Santa Clara, California, Meta engineers Shivkumar Chandrashekhar and Lee Hetherington outlined how the company’s global edge infrastructure is evolving to meet the growing...
Oracle unveiled plans to build the first zettascale cloud computing cluster, powered by NVIDIA Blackwell GPUs. This new AI supercomputer, available via Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI), will be the largest...
Data center customers spent significantly on merchant-built server-class Ethernet NICs (including adapters, controllers, and LOMs) in calendar Q2 2024, with total market revenues increasing 40% year-over-year, according to a recent...
Xockets, a Texas-based developer of advanced Data Processing Units (DPUs), has filed a lawsuit in the U.S. District Court for the Western District of Texas against Nvidia, Microsoft, and RPX...
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