Tag: workloads

Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/pytorch-xla-2-6-helps-improve-ai-model-performance/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Improving model performance with PyTorch/XLA 2.6 Feedly Summary: For developers who want to use the PyTorch deep learning framework with Cloud TPUs, the PyTorch/XLA Python package is key, offering developers a way to run their PyTorch models on Cloud TPUs with only a few minor code changes. It…

Cloud Blog: Blackwell is here — new A4 VMs powered by NVIDIA B200 now in preview

Jan 31, 2025

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/introducing-a4-vms-powered-by-nvidia-b200-gpu-aka-blackwell/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Blackwell is here — new A4 VMs powered by NVIDIA B200 now in preview Feedly Summary: Modern AI workloads require powerful accelerators and high-speed interconnects to run sophisticated model architectures on an ever-growing diverse range of model sizes and modalities. In addition to large-scale training, these complex models…

The Register: What better place to inject OpenAI’s o1 than Los Alamos national lab, right?

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/openai_los_alamos_national_lab/ Source: The Register Title: What better place to inject OpenAI’s o1 than Los Alamos national lab, right? Feedly Summary: Tackling disease, tick. High-energy physics, tick. Nuclear weapon security, also tick OpenAI has announced another deal with Uncle Sam, this time to get its very latest models in the hands of US government…

Cloud Blog: Simplify the developer experience on Kubernetes with KRO

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Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/containers-kubernetes/introducing-kube-resource-orchestrator/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Simplify the developer experience on Kubernetes with KRO Feedly Summary: We are thrilled to announce the collaboration between Google Cloud, AWS, and Azure on Kube Resource Orchestrator, or kro (pronounced “crow”). kro introduces a Kubernetes-native, cloud-agnostic way to define groupings of Kubernetes resources. With kro, you can group…

Slashdot: SoftBank in Talks To Invest Up To $25 Billion in OpenAI

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Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/01/30/1114205/softbank-in-talks-to-invest-up-to-25-billion-in-openai?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: SoftBank in Talks To Invest Up To $25 Billion in OpenAI Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: SoftBank is negotiating a significant investment of up to $25 billion in OpenAI, aiming to become its largest financial backer. This partnership involves a substantial joint venture that will focus…

The Register: Microsoft talks up ‘significant capital investments’ in AI as sector reels over DeepSeek

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/microsoft_q2_2025/ Source: The Register Title: Microsoft talks up ‘significant capital investments’ in AI as sector reels over DeepSeek Feedly Summary: Windows vendor posts more bumper financials, but markets shrug Microsoft’s latest earnings results exceeded expectations, yet comments from CEO Satya Nadella and CFO Amy Hood signaled turbulence in AI and execution, alongside signs…

The Register: Startup plugs AI datacenters into biogas-powered energy

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/startup_datacenter_biogas/ Source: The Register Title: Startup plugs AI datacenters into biogas-powered energy Feedly Summary: Sidestepping the grid led to 44% cheaper electricity and 70% fewer emissions, CEO says A UK datacenter startup realized it could have to wait until the late 2030s for power grid connection dates, and has instead turned to modular…

The Register: Tiny Linux kernel tweak could cut datacenter power use by 30%, boffins say

Jan 29, 2025

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Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/29/linux_kernel_tweak/ Source: The Register Title: Tiny Linux kernel tweak could cut datacenter power use by 30%, boffins say Feedly Summary: Not bad for 30 lines of code Hardware keeps getting faster, but it’s still worth taking a step back periodically and revisiting your code. You might just uncover a little tweak that wrings…

Cloud Blog: Introducing custom rules in Workload Manager: Evaluate workloads against customized best practices

Jan 29, 2025

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