Tag: CPUs
“‘Elemental’ was their most ambitious film to date, where each character was its own volume. It had ridiculous amounts of geometry to render each character,’” says AMD executive James Knight. “Previous to AMD and Supermicro getting together, they couldn’t have done it.” Pixar’s visually ambitious “Elemental” film required more than 150,000 EPYC CPU cores from…
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James Knight, AMD’s global media and entertainment director, says content creation professionals should view AI technologies as an ‘elevated toolset’ for their work and not as a threat. The impact of AI on jobs in media and entertainment has been a contentious issue. AMD executive James Knight said content creation professionals should view AI technologies…
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Intel’s partner-centric Sales and Marketing Group plans to cut jobs and ‘simplify programs’ as part of a directive to slash costs by more than 35 percent by the end of the year, CRN has learned. The chipmaker says it remains ‘deeply committed to the channel.’ Intel’s partner-centric Sales and Marketing Group (SMG) plans to cut…
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“Combining our high-performance Instinct AI accelerator, EPYC CPU, and networking product portfolios with ZT Systems’ industry-leading data center systems expertise will enable AMD to deliver end-to-end data center AI infrastructure at scale with our ecosystem of OEM and ODM partners,” said AMD CEO Lisa Su. Chipmaker superstar AMD is acquiring server supplier and cloud computing…
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It’s a situation that would seem nonsensical on the surface, but AMD’s James Knight and Supermicro’s Ken Kajikawa say the unique customer engagements reflect the highly collaborative nature of their partnership and how they differ from competitors. AMD and Supermicro are large tech companies, but senior leaders at both firms said they have the capacity…
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When tech companies look for ways to optimize operations, respond to changing market conditions, re-adjust priorities, or even shut down their operation, the impact on employee livelihood can be big. CRN looks at 10 of the most significant tech layoffs that have made their mark so far in 2024. IT Sector Layoffs Still Happening In…
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For the 39th year, solution providers scored vendors across 27 technology categories based on their performance in product innovation, support, partnership, and managed and cloud services. Here’s a roundup of the companies with the highest overall scores. Making The Grade For the 39th year, CRN offered solution providers in North America the opportunity to grade…
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The semiconductor giant’s stock sank nearly 30 percent on Friday, the day after announcing a 15 percent workforce cut and other cost-saving measures, including the suspension of dividends. Shares of semiconductor giant Intel Friday plummeted nearly 30 percent a day after the company unveiled major moves to cut costs, including a massive layoff of roughly…
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AWS capabilities around “operational performance and security … and a deeper partner ecosystem” remain differentiators in the cloud race, Amazon.com CEO Andy Jassy said. Amazon Web Services partners, and Amazon itself, are seeing increased work around preparing customer data for artificial intelligence – which will also drive growth in the vendor’s cloud business, though AI…
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‘Our revenues have not grown as expected – and we’ve yet to fully benefit from powerful trends, like AI. Our costs are too high, our margins are too low. We need bolder actions to address both – particularly given our financial results and outlook for the second half of 2024, which is tougher than previously…
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