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To InfiniBand, maybe beyond?
Nvidia's latest roadmap was teased at Computex in Taiwan last month. Whilst details were a little light on PFLOPS and TDP for either the GPU or CPU, we did get some interesting information for the next-gen products. * GPU: Rubin (HBM3e to HBM4 memory) - TSMC 3N process * CPU: Vera (NVIDIA's 2nd gen ARM processor) - TSMC 3N process * Interconnect: NVLink6 (2x performance to 3600 GB/sec) * NIC: ConnectX9 (2x speed to 1.6Tb/sec) * Switch: SpectrumX1600 (2x speed to support CX9 NICs) NVIDIA

Apple, not Artificial, Intelligence
Just last month, Apple hosted their yearly WWDC - an event where they showcase all the updates to their platforms. Whilst a lot of it is very interesting, and AI centric, I'm going to mostly focus on Private Cloud Compute. But first…the first half. WWDC Regular Programming The first hour of the keynote provided great updates for the Apple ecosystem. I'm personally excited about Siri getting a huge kick in the pants, and into this decade, plus a bunch of quality-of-life upgrades across each

Oh great, another podcast...
As you may have seen (or heard my "Ausmerican" accent) recently, I've started a podcast, and wanted to share a little insight into why. I created this, "Infrastructure as a Newsletter", for *checks calendar* just shy of a year ago, and grateful to now have over 1300 subscribers. For something I was quite hesitant to start, I have definitely seen the fruits of my labor, and thankful my wife Victoria Hume encouraged me to put hands to keyboard, and to wade into the uncomfortable. I have quite en

OCP 2024 Regional Summit wrap
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Regional Summit was hosted in Lisbon, Portugal last month, the 5th (and largest) regional summit the group has hosted. Whilst I wasn't able to make it in person, I’d be remiss if I didn't write a (very) quick summary about the conference, and pertinent updates to scaling digital infrastructure in a sustainable way. The hot topic continues to be GenAI, such that OCP has created a new track for Artificial Intelligence, and a strategic initiative for Open AI Systems