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2 weeks ago | 
servethehome.com | Cliff Robinson
Kioxia, AIO Core, and Kyocera now have a faster PCIe Gen5 over optical SSD. The new generation builds on the previous PCIe Gen4 version but doubles the speeds. This is a technology really designed for future data centers, but it is also one that we saw the previous generation of at FMS 2024 in August 2024. Kioxia, AIO Core, and Kyocera Develop PCIe Gen5 Over Optics SSDThis is the new demonstration unit of putting a Kioxia SSD’s PCIe Gen5 signaling over optical fibers.
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2 weeks ago | 
princetonlibrary.org | Cliff Robinson
When in 2023 I left academia to take up my role at the library as the public humanities specialist, I knew I would have a lot to learn.
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3 weeks ago | 
servethehome.com | Cliff Robinson
Today, the MLPerf Inference v5.0 results were released. This release was, as one might expect, mostly dominated by NVIDIA Hopper systems, but there were a number of Blackwell GPUs out there as well. We also saw AMD and Intel have a number of submissions, but both were focused on two different parts of the market. What we did not see was a lot of chipmakers outside of those three, except for a Trillium result.
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3 weeks ago | 
servethehome.com | Cliff Robinson
NVIDIA has a secret weapon in the fight for next-gen AI server dominance. For the higher-density NVIDIA Rubin NVL576 generation, NVIDIA plans to ditch the cable cartridge and switch to a midplane design. The NVIDIA Rubin NVL576 Kyber Midplane is HugeAt NVIDIA GTC 2025, we saw the next-gen NVIDIA Rubin NVL576 generation rack, codenamed “Kyber.” If you have seen in our coverage, the Kyber rack moves fans and power supplies (currently) out of the rack to increase the compute density.
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4 weeks ago | 
servethehome.com | Cliff Robinson
At NVIDIA GTC 2025, NVIDIA launched what we expect to be the ultra popular platform in the GB10 with small options like the NVIDIA DGX Spark and ASUS Ascent GX10. There was another, much larger platform released, the new NVIDIA DGX Station GB300 edition. Despite sporting a NVIDIA Grace Arm-based CPU and a NVIDIA Blackwell GPU, the platform requires installing another GPU to get video output.
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1 month ago | 
servethehome.com | Cliff Robinson
Just over a week ago, we covered the new Kioxia LC9 122.88TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSD. At NVIDIA GTC 2025, we were able to see one in person. Since last week, we only had a stock image that we turned into a cover we figured it was worth showing off photos of the actual drive.
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1 month ago | 
servethehome.com | Cliff Robinson
CoolIT showed off a new 4000W cold plate for liquid cooling this week. What is neat about this design is that it is one that can extend the longevity of single-phase direct liquid cooling well beyond the next generation or two of accelerators. CoolIT Shows off a 4kW Coldplate for Liquid CoolingHere is a look at the coldplate. We can see the inlet and outlet nozzles and then what looks like a test fixture that it is attached to.
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1 month ago | 
servethehome.com | Cliff Robinson
Kioxia is joining the high-capacity NVMe SSD game. The Kioxia LC9 is the company’s new 122.88TB SSD designed for high-capacity and high-density AI clusters. It is also a new entrant bumping interface speeds to the faster PCIe Gen5 NVMe spec. Kioxia LC9 is the 122.88TB PCIe Gen5 NVMe SSDThe new LC9 is designed to fit 122.88TB of capacity into a standard 2.5″ SSD form factor.
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1 month ago | 
servethehome.com | Cliff Robinson
Altera is announcing a big step for the company, and this time not one tied to its planned corporate spin-off from Intel. Instead, the company is announcing the new Altera Agilex 3 family as it brings Agilex to lower-cost segments of the market. Altera Agilex 3 Launch Starting the Path of Lower-end UpgradesThe new Agilex 3 will bring the 2nd gen HyperFlex architecture to the lower-end of the segment. Altera is promising higher performance at lower power than the Cyclone V.
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1 month ago | 
servethehome.com | Cliff Robinson
Apple just did something that AMD, Intel, and perhaps especially NVIDIA should take notice of. It launched new systems with updated chips and ton of unified memory. The new Apple Mac Studio M3 Ultra can be configured with up to 512GB of unified memory and there is also a M4 Max option. In our chats, Patrick has been asking for high-memory capacity SoCs for a few quarters now, and when I got sent this announcement today, I knew he already had one on order.
