Lenovo and NVIDIA Announce Hybrid AI Solutions for Enterprise GenAI 

AUSTIN, TX, Oct. 24, 2023 – Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today announced an expansion of their partnership with new, hybrid solutions and engineering collaboration intended to bring generative AI to enterprises.     In collaboration with NVIDIA, Lenovo will deliver fully integrated systems “that bring AI-powered computing to everywhere data is created, […]

AMD MI300 Accelerators Expected to Bring Choice to GPU Market

[Sponsored Guest Article]  If you agree that generative AI signifies a new chapter in IT, then you may also agree there’s a major storm gathering among GPU accelerator chip vendors vying for position in the GenAI market. It’s a competition with the potential to roil not only the microprocessor sector….

Hyperion: HPC Community’s Interest in LLMs Has ‘Exploded,’ with Complexity, Cost Concerns

HPC-AI industry analyst firm Hyperion Research said its new study on Large Language Models in the HPC community shows that interest in LLMs has exploded in the last six months driven by unique capabilities of the technology to answer queries, generate concise summaries, and even produce unique works of fiction….

HPC User Forum: ‘Lawyers Who Use AI Will Replace Lawyers Who Don’t’

“Lawyers who use AI will replace lawyers who don’t.” That was the coda of a presentation given at the recent HPC User Forum in Tucson by Arizona State University law professor Gary Marchant, a graduate of Harvard Law School and a professor at ASU since 1999. Marchant’s presentation at the Forum, hosted by Hyperion Research, was one of the conference’s most talked-about sessions. In this interview, Marchant shares his observations on how generative AI and large language models….

NVIDIA-Powered CoreWeave and VAST Data Partner on Public Cloud for GenAI, HPC

VAST Data and CoreWeave today announced a partnership to build an NVIDIA GPU-powered computing cloud for generative AI, high performance computing and visual effects workloads. Startup CoreWeave is a GPU cloud services provider that has attracted more than $400 million in investment funding (including $100 million from NVIDIA and $200 million from….

Large Language Models: The Largeness, the Power and the ‘Emergent’ Mystery

Large language models fit the classic model of a red-hot technology in an early stage of commercial viability: there’s more talk about it than knowledge, and FOMO – the fear that your competitors are implementing it at your peril – is helping to drive explosive demand. There’s also an allure and mystery around LLMs: some of the awe-inspiring “zero shot” things they do surprise even the data scientists who trained the models (more on this below). Against this backdrop….

SambaNova: New AI Chip Runs 5 Trillion Parameter Models

Specialty AI chip maker SambaNova Systems today announced the SN40L processor, which the company said will power SambaNova’s full stack large language model (LLM) platform, the SambaNova Suite. Manufactured by TSMC, the SN40L can serve a 5 trillion parameter model, with 256k+ sequence length possible on a single system node, according to the company.

$100M Series B for Generative AI Platform Writer

SAN FRANCISCO — Writer, a generative AI platform for enterprises, announced its Series B funding round of $100 million today. The round is being led by ICONIQ Growth with participation from WndrCo, Balderton Capital and Insight Partners, who led the Series A, and Aspect Ventures, who led the seed round. This round includes participation from […]

VMware and NVIDIA Partner on Generative AI for Enterprises

August 22, 2023 — VMware Inc. (NYSE: VMW) and NVIDIA (NASDAQ: NVDA) today announced the expansion of their partnership with a focus on generative AI. The companies said VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA will enable enterprises to customize models and run generative AI applications, including intelligent chatbots, assistants, search and summarization. The platform will feature generative AI…

Lenovo and VMware Partner on NVIDIA-Powered Generative AI and Multi-Cloud Solutions

August 22, 2023 — Today at VMware Explore 2023, Lenovo (HKSE: 992) (ADR: LNVGY) and VMware, Inc. (NYSE: VMW) announced a turnkey solution from their joint Edge and Cloud Innovation Labs, delivering hybrid multi-cloud capabilities to mid-size companies and helping customers more easily harness data to empower their intelligent transformation. Lenovo also unveiled its Reference […]