NEW YORK – May 21, 2025 – VAST Data unveiled its VAST AI Operating System, intended “to create an intelligent platform architecture that can harness this new generation of AI supercomputing machinery and unlock the potential of AI at scale.” VAST said its AI Operating System is the product of nearly 10 years of engineering […]
DDN Teams With NVIDIA on AI Data Platform Reference Design
CHATSWORTH, Calif.– AI and data intelligence vendor DDN today announced the NVIDIA AI Data Platform reference design, built in collaboration with NVIDIA to support organizations’ generative AI strategies by simplifying how unstructured data is stored, accessed and activated. With more than 90 of new data being unstructured — from documents and videos to code and conversations — […]
Nutanix Partners with Pure Storage
Washington, D.C. and Santa Clara, CA – May 7, 2025 — Nutanix (NASDAQ: NTNX), a hybrid multicloud computing company, and data storage platform companyPure Storage today announced a partnership aimed at providing an integrated solution for deploying and managing virtual workloads on a scalable infrastructure. The companies said the solution comes at a pivotal time for […]
Animationsinstitut Deploys Hammerspace as Data Platform for Distributed Campus Infrastructure
SAN MATEO, Calif. – May 5, 2025 – AI data platform company Hammerspace today announced that the Animationsinstitut, an academic institutions for animation, visual effects, technical directing and interactive media, has chosen Hammerspace as the data platform for students and faculty across its distributed campus. The Animationsinstitut is part of Filmakademie Baden-Württemberg (FABW) in Ludwigsburg, Germany, and […]
DDN and Nebius Cloud Collaborate on AI Infrastructure for Enterprise
CHATSWORTH, CA – April 30, 2025 – AI and data management company DDN has partnered with AI cloud provider Nebius for enterprise AI workloads. By integrating DDN Infinia and EXAScaler into its AI cloud, Nebius offers enterprises a solution tailored to the demands of next-generation AI, the companies said. Nebius said that as an AI […]
Backblaze Launches B2 Overdrive for AI/ML and HPC Workloads
SAN MATEO, Calif. — Cloud storage company Backblaze, Inc. (Nasdaq: BLZE) today announced Backblaze B2 Overdrive, a cloud storage solution delivering terabit-speed throughput starting at $15 per terabyte. Built for organizations pushing the limits of data throughput performance, B2 Overdrive eliminates the all-too-common compromise between performance and economics that has constrained data-intensive workloads. “Today’s AI, […]
HPC News Bytes 20250421: Chips and Geopolitical Chess, Intel and FPGAs, Cool Storage, 2nm CPUs in Taiwan and Arizona
Good April morning to you! It’s been an active week in the world of HPC-AI, here’s a quick (8:43) rundown of recent industry news: Nvidia, AMD and China export ….
Hammerspace Raises $100M
AI data platform company Hammerspace announced that several venture investors have invested $100 million in growth capital in the company. Altimeter Capital, which inveted in Meta, MongoDB, NVIDIA, Snowflake and Uber, led the Series B round.
DDN Collaborating with Google Cloud on AI
LAS VEGAS, May 9, 2025 — Today at Google Cloud Next 2025, AI and data intelligence solutions vendor DDN announced it is working with Google Cloud on AI-powered infrastructure with Google Cloud Managed Lustre based on DDN’s EXASCaler. Accessible on Google Cloud, this solution features a persistent parallel file system, delivering speed, scalability, and efficiency […]
Qumulo Launches NeuralCache for AI
Seattle, April 8 2025 — Enterprise data management and hybrid cloud file storage compan y Qumulo today announced Qumulo NeuralCache, a predictive caching solution designed to enhance data performance for AI-driven enterprise applications and critical line-of-business workloads. Integrated into Qumulo’s Cloud Data Fabric, this technology leverages an ensemble of AI and machine learning models to […]