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Terrabyte: Germany’s New High Performance Data Analytics Platform for Earth Observation
Satellites and the data they generate enable scientists to monitor changes in the Earth’s environment such as deforestation, desertification, melting ice caps, and other forms of environmental degradation. They can als Read more…
A New Era of Natural Language Search Emerges for the Enterprise
Large language models and their applications are suddenly a hot topic due to the popular release of OpenAI’s ChatGPT and the subsequent search engine wars between Google and Microsoft. ChatGPT and similar systems are r Read more…
Google Claims Its TPU v4 Outperforms Nvidia A100
A new scientific paper from Google details the performance of its Cloud TPU v4 supercomputing platform, claiming it provides exascale performance for machine learning with boosted efficiency. The authors of the resear Read more…
Hyperscale Analytics Growing Faster Than Expected, Ocient Says
After spending more than five years and close to a hundred million dollars to rewrite the innards of an analytics database around the superfast I/O of NVMe drives, Ocient enjoyed better-than-expected 2022 results, the co Read more…
AnyScale Bolsters Ray, the Super-Scalable Framework Used to Train ChatGPT
ChatGPT developer OpenAI is using Ray, an open-source unified compute framework, to ease the infrastructure costs and complexity of training its large language models. Anyscale, the company behind Ray, has made enhanceme Read more…
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Nvidia Debuts Enterprise Reference Architectures to Build AI Factories
The advent of generative AI has supersized the appetite for GPUs and other forms of accelerated computing. To help companies scale up their accelerated compute investments in a predictable manner, GPU giant Nvidia and se Read more…
MotherDuck Launches Beta Extension to Enhance PostgreSQL with DuckDB Analytics
MotherDuck, known for its innovative cloud data platform that focuses on simplifying data management and analysis, has announced the beta release of pg_duckdb - a PostgreSQL extension that integrates DuckDB's analytics Read more…
All Jobs Are Becoming Tech Jobs: Pearson’s Latest Report
As artificial intelligence (AI) technologies and automation evolve, the way we work is changing faster than ever. Traditional jobs are being redefined, and our growing dependence on technology is altering how we tackle t Read more…
MOSTLY AI Launches Synthetic Text Generator to Tackle Critical AI Training and Data Challenges
Finding data to train AI models has become a major headache for enterprises, as they have largely exhausted the most useful publicly available datasets. While organizations possess valuable proprietary data that cou Read more…
Zenlytic’s $9 Million Funding Round Aims to Transform Data Analytics for Non-Technical Users
Zenlytic, a fast-emerging self-service business intelligence (BI) platform, has announced the successful closure of a $9 million early-stage funding round. Funds from this Series A round will be used to fuel its amb Read more…
This Just In
SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 20, 2024 — Patronus AI has announced the release of GLIDER, its new 3.8B parameter model designed as a fast, flexible, and explainable judge for language models. Read more…
SAN JOSE, Calif., Dec. 19, 2024 — Quantum Corporation has announced development of a new highly parallel file system client for the Quantum Myriad all-flash file system, designed to fully enable NVIDIA GPUDirect Storage capability while offering on-the-fly client node deployments with cross platform compatibility, including NVIDIA Grace Hopper with Grace ARM-based architectures. Read more…
REDLANDS, Calif., Dec. 19, 2024 — The United States Census Bureau has just released the latest annual update to its American Community Survey (ACS) data, the premier government source for detailed national population information. Read more…
MENLO PARK, Calif., Dec. 18, 2024 — Menlo Ventures, a leading venture capital firm investing at the forefront of AI, announced its first cohort of 18 companies backed by the $100 million Anthology Fund today. Read more…
Dec. 10, 2024 — Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL) recently hosted the 5th annual Department of Energy (DOE) Data Days event, bringing together data scientists, researchers and policymakers for three days of discussion on the latest advancements in data management, AI and high-performance computing (HPC). Read more…