All posts by Patrick Kennedy

Deploying AMD Instead of Arm in our Infrastructure 2025 Here is Why

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Recently, we made a U-turn in deploying Arm-based all-flash storage servers and swapped to AMD EPYC. Our experience is what enterprises face

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NVIDIA Starts to Tackle GPU Power Smoothing with the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/nvidia-starts-to-tackle-gpu-power-smoothing-with-the-nvidia-gb300-nvl72/

NVIDIA showed GPU burn and its plan to help the NVIDIA GB300 NVL72 clusters handle huge spikes in power during AI training

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Inside the NVIDIA Cedar Module with 1.6Tbps of Networking Capacity

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/inside-the-nvidia-cedar-module-with-1-6tbps-of-networking-capacity-connectx-7/

We take a look at the NVIDIA Cedar module, combining four NVIDIA ConnectX-7 NICs onto one custom module capable of 1.6Tbps of throughput

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Gigabyte G893-ZX1-AAX2 AMD Instinct MI325X Server Review

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/gigabyte-g893-zx1-aax2-amd-instinct-mi325x-server-review/

In our Gigabyte G893-ZX1-AAX2 review, we see how this 8x GPU AMD Instinct MI325X system (2TB of HBM3E!) with dual AMD EPYC CPUs works

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IBM Power11 Launched with Up To 2048 Threads and DDIMM Support

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/ibm-power11-launched-with-up-to-2048-threads-and-ddimm-support/

The new IBM Power11 systems range from 2U dual socket edge servers to 16 socket 2048 thread servers with custom memory modules

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This is the New Double Wide NIC with 8x 25GbE Ports Using the Intel E830 NIC

Post Syndicated from Patrick Kennedy original https://www.servethehome.com/this-is-the-new-double-wide-nic-with-8x-25gbe-ports-using-the-intel-e830-nic/

At HPE Discover 2025 we found this 8-port 25GbE NIC using the new DSFF layout and based on the new Intel E830 200Gbps NIC silicon

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New Intel E610 NICs Shown for Low Power 10Gbase-T and 2.5GbE

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We found the new Intel E610 NICs for 5.1W dual 10Gbase-T and the new quad port 2.5GbE at HPE Discover 2025 sitting quietly in a booth

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