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TSMC Can’t Be Caught Or Bought, Only Sought Or Stolen

It is not hard to figure out who is in the catbird seat in the semiconductor foundry business. In 2024, according to CC Wei, chief executive officer of Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Co, the overall industry, including making chip masks, etching logic wafers, and packing and testing finished chips, grew by

AI

Can Synthetic Data Help Us Scale AI’s Data Wall?

COMMISSIONED: As with any emerging technology, implementing generative AI large language models (LLMs) isn’t easy and it’s totally fair to look side-eyed at anyone who suggests otherwise. From issues identifying use cases that maximize business value to striking the right balance between hard-charging innovation and sound governance, companies face their fair

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Red Hat Woos VMware Shops With OpenShift Virtualization Engine

Broadcom’s $61 billion acquisition of VMware in November 2023 and the subsequent changes to venerable virtualization company’s business model and pricing have rankled many long-time enterprise users, a situation that has been highly publicized despite assertions by Broadcom and VMware executives that such reports are little than FUD – short

Compute

It’s January: Datacenter Compute Rumors And Moves

As one year ends and another begins, this is often the time when people change jobs and companies change strategies. So it is never much of a surprise to see key people in datacenter compute change jobs, seeking new opportunities and better strategies, or to hear about potential acquisition targets.

AI

The Future Is The One We Generate

If you want to be at the top of the food chain on Earth, as human beings have ascended to after millions of years of evolution, there are a bunch of things that you need to be able to do. One important one is to be able to take in

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Oracle Revs Up Exadata Database Machines To X11M

Transaction processing against relational databases may not be the focus of the datacenter, as it was when IBM created the first relational database and Oracle was founded to compete against it in the late 1970s. But transaction processing – counting the money that passes between customers and the companies that

AI

Scaling Retrieval Augmented Generation With RAGOps And Agents

COMMISSIONED: Retrieval-augmented generation (RAG) has become the gold standard for helping businesses refine their large language model (LLM) results with corporate data. Whereas LLMs are typically trained with public information, RAG enables businesses to augment their LLMs with context or domain specific knowledge from corporate documents about products, processes or

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From Black Friday To Christmas Eve: The Data-Driven Holiday Hustle

COMMISSIONED  AI and advanced storage systems ensure a smooth and profitable winter shopping season, so retailers don’t miss a beat during the holiday rush. As the clock strikes 12:01 a.m. on Black Friday, retailers everywhere unleash a frenzy of highly anticipated doorbuster deals. You jump online to snag the must-have