Samsung unveils “ruler form factor” NVMe SSDs for OCP
Samsung announced a solid state drive with an E1.S form factor and full PCIe Gen 4 support. The new drive, ...
In Focus: OCP
🏛️ Open Compute Project (OCP) Open Hardware Collaboration for Hyperscale and AI Infrastructure | |
| The Open Compute Project (OCP) is an industry organization focused on open designs and specifications for data center infrastructure, including servers, networking, storage, power, cooling, racks and AI systems. OCP brings together hyperscalers, equipment vendors, semiconductor companies and infrastructure operators to accelerate open innovation across large-scale computing environments. | |
| Why It Matters | AI infrastructure is pushing data center architectures toward higher density, greater power demand and new networking requirements. OCP provides a neutral forum where the industry can define open hardware and system-level approaches for hyperscale cloud and AI deployments. |
| Category | Industry Consortium |
| Mission | Advance open hardware, system design and infrastructure specifications for scalable, efficient and interoperable data centers. |
| Focus Areas | AI infrastructure • Data center networking • Open hardware • Power and cooling • Rack-scale systems • Optical interconnects • Cloud infrastructure |
| Key Members | Google • Meta • Microsoft • NVIDIA • Intel • AMD • Broadcom • Cisco |
| Related Technologies | AI Infrastructure • MRC • Ultra Ethernet • Co-Packaged Optics |
| Related Organizations | Linux Foundation • OIF • Ultra Ethernet Consortium |
Wiwynn unveils liquid-cooled Open Rack for OCP
Taiwan-based Wiwynn unveiled a standalone rack-level, liquid cooling solution for next-generation Open Compute Project (OCP) servers. Wiwynn’s advanced liquid cooling ...
OCP Summit in San Jose is cancelled
The Open Compute Project Foundation (OCP) has decided to cancel the OCP Global Summit due to the COVID-19 situation. The ...
AT&T contributes Distributed Disaggregated Chassis white box to OCP
AT&T has contributed its specifications for a Distributed Disaggregated Chassis (DDC) white box architecture to the Open Compute Project (OCP). ...
Edgecore contributes Cell Site Gateways work to OCP and TIP
Edgecore Networks announced a series of cross-contributions of Cell Site Gateways across the Telecom Infra Project (TIP) and the Open ...
TE intros straddle-mount connectors for OCP NICs
TE Connectivity (TE) introduced its new Sliver straddle-mount connectors, which are the new standard form factor supporting a faceplate-pluggable Open ...
Wiwynn offers edge server based on OCP OpenEDGE
Taiwan-based Wiwynn introduced an Edge Platform based on the Nokia-led OCP OpenEDGE specification. Wiwynn EP100 is a 3U edge system ...
Huawei adopts Open Rack in its cloud data centers
Huawei Technologies will adopt Open Rack in its new public cloud data centers worldwide. The Open Rack initiative proposed by ...
OCP 2019: Edgecore debuts “Minipack” Switch for 100G and 400G
At OCP Summit 2019, Edgecore Networks introduced an open modular switch for 100G and 400G networking that conforms to the ...
OCP 2019: Netronome unveils 50GbE SmartNICs
Netronome unveiled its Agilio CX 50GbE SmartNICs in OCP Mezzanine 2.0 form factor with line-rate advanced cryptography and 2GB onboard ...
OCP 2019: Inspur and Intel contribute 4-socket Crane Mountain design
Inspur and Intel will contribute a jointly-developed, cloud-optimized platform code named "Crane Mountain" to the OCP community. The four-socket platform ...
OCP 2019: Wiwynn intros Open19 server based on Project Olympus
At OCP 2019, Wiwynn introduced an Open19 server based on Microsoft’s Project Olympus server specification. The SV6100G3 is a 1U ...
OCP 2019: Toshiba tests NVM Express over Fabrics
At OCP Summit 2019, Toshiba Memory America demonstrated proof-of-concept native Ethernet NVMe-oF (NVM Express over Fabrics) SSDs. Toshiba Memory also ...
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