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Data Center Frontier reports that AMD has unveiled its AI roadmap, which includes new GPUs and optimizations for its EPYC CPUs. The company aims to provide a full range of AI hardware, from the edge to the cloud, and has promised to unify previously disparate software stacks for CPUs and GPUs. AMD's CEO, Dr. Lisa Su, has stated that AI is the company's number one strategic priority moving forward, and they are working to get the required hardware and software out to meet the growing demand for AI on a priority basis.
Energy News
The US is set to receive a major boost in energy infrastructure, with new transmission lines being developed across the country to transport green energy from wind and solar fields to urban areas. The development of these new transmission lines will enable electricity to be distributed more effectively and efficiently. The move towards renewable energy sources is also being accelerated by the passage of the Inflation Reduction Act in the US, which provides massive incentives and subsidies for renewable energy sources.
Thomas Dan Peterson from Copenhagen Atomics gives a speech on THORIUM Molten Salt Reactors. Thorium is a radioactive element that has been touted as a potential source of clean energy. Unlike traditional nuclear reactors that use uranium, thorium reactors can use depleted uranium as fuel, which is more abundant and less expensive. Thorium reactors also produce less waste and are safer than traditional nuclear reactors. However, there are still challenges that need to be overcome before thorium reactors can become a reality, including the need for further research and development and the lack of commercial-scale testing. While thorium energy has the potential to be a gamechanger in the nuclear energy industry, it remains unproven on a commercial scale and is not renewable or sustainable.
Lumen, Google, and Microsoft create new on-demand, optical interconnection ecosystem. Called ExaSwitch, the new platform caters to high bandwidth needs for routing traffic dynamically and quickly between networks, without third-party intervention.
Intel releases Tunnel Falls, its newest Quantum computing chip. Aimed at the research community, Intel says the chip is based on silicon chip technology, using some of the same techniques it uses to make classical computing chips. Intel will be providing chips to the Sandia National Laboratory as well as labs at the University of Maryland, the University of Rochester, and the University of Wisconsin-Madison.
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