MetaRoCE reimagines Ethernet data transfers to fix network latency at AI scale

Nebulous Hot Chip updates include apparent acceleration for north-south traffic and a multiplane configuration ‘spotlight’

Ciena among backers of DWDM link player using gallium arsenide over supply-chain-constrained indium phosphide

Trio weather industry flux while DDN drops off

South Korean giant backs light to unlock next-gen AI memory performance

Successful tests in Europe will see the pair deploy Omni-Path and eventual Ethernet-based platforms

CS-4 promises 30-times faster AI workloads compared to GPU platforms with latency as low as two milliseconds

Lightweight Serial Interconnect effort looks to create open options to smash the AI memory wall

Lightmatter and OCP work to standardize silicon photonic interconnects for future AI cluster backbones

AI infrastructure push pays off with triple-digit hyperscale order growth

Qualcomm-backed Lumilens debuts at a $5.5 billion valuation, with a mystery hyperscale customer already on board

SCADA and cuFile API push AI storage past the processor straight onto the GPU

Thiel Foundation fellow-led startup entices Nicira, Barefoot Networks co-founder to lend networking expertise

NAND flash alternative to HBM redefine low latency for AI inference infrastructure

CEO Wendell Weeks sees exponential adoption for co-packaged optics in AI infrastructure across scale-up and scale-out networking

Network giant touts potential of OpenAI’s distributed AI training transport

Sovereignty-centric team up to challenge non-European AI networking dominance

Scale-up interconnects emerge as a multihundred-billion-dollar market category

Literal chip giant to integrate Wafer-Scale Engine in Helios racks for enhanced AI inferencing

Featuring programmable 400G DPUs and a single-hop fabric, Helios targets a streamlined, open-standards approach to rival NVL72

Gartner server CPU gong goes to AMD while Marvell outclasses on optical connectivity

Hyperscale wants photonics boffins to wire up its AI infrastructure with light

HPC and AI veteran joins to scale global quantum business

First-ever cloud AI infrastructure report pits hyperscale giants against agile, purpose-built neocloud alternatives