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In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: Hanan Youssef, Senior Product Leader at Google Cloud Platform (GCP), joins host Jake Smith to talk about how General Purpose N2 virtual machine (VM) customers will be able to automatically upgrade to the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and immediately see the benefits for their […]

Hanan Youssef, Senior Product Leader at Google Cloud Platform (GCP), joins host Jake Smith to talk about how General Purpose N2 virtual machine (VM) customers will be able to automatically upgrade to the 3rd Generation Intel® Xeon Scalable processors and immediately see the benefits for their workloads. Hanan talks about her experience with Google Compute Engine and how customers use N2 to build social media apps, run ecommerce, and to power the latest online games at great price-performance. Hanan also talks about the near decade of collaboration between Intel and Google Cloud and how the two companies have developed performance improvements and optimizations for various customer needs, such as SAP HANA and high performance computing (HPC). For more information about 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors, visit: https://intel.com/xeonscalable Follow Hanan on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/hsyousef Follow Jake on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/jakesmithintel

In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: Hanan Youssef, Senior Product Leader at Google Cloud Platform (GCP), joins host Jake Smith to talk about how General Purpose N2 virtual machine (VM) customers will be able to automatically upgrade to the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and immediately see the benefits for their […]

In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: Hanan Youssef, Senior Product Leader at Google Cloud Platform (GCP), joins host Jake Smith to talk about how General Purpose N2 virtual machine (VM) customers will be able to automatically upgrade to the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and immediately see the benefits for their […]

In this Intel Conversations in the Cloud audio podcast: Hanan Youssef, Senior Product Leader at Google Cloud Platform (GCP), joins host Jake Smith to talk about how General Purpose N2 virtual machine (VM) customers will be able to automatically upgrade to the 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and immediately see the benefits for their […]

Balaji Iyer, Principal of Product Management at Intel, joins Chip Chat with host Allyson Klein to talk about his work with various Intel partners to develop proof-of-concept projects that showcase the value of Intel technology. Balaji and Allyson talk in-depth about why bfloat16 capability in Intel® Deep Learning Boost with 3rd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable marks an important evolution for AI on general purpose processors. Discussing how Intel optimized TensorFlow, BERT, PyTorch and other AI workloads, Balaji highlights how these advancements will have substantial impacts to businesses in a variety of fields. For more information, visit intel.com/ai. Notices & Disclaimers Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Your costs and results may vary. © Intel Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, and other Intel marks are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

On this episode of Chip Chat, Alex Quach, Vice President and General Manager of the Wireline and Wireless Core Network Division at Intel, updates on his team’s work to deliver the best platform solutions for 5G wireless core. Efforts have been made to virtualize the wireless core for years, starting with 4G networks, and Intel has enabled the industry to make impressive gains as the transition to 5G ramps in 2020. Quach and host Allyson Klein discuss the new requirements imposed on network infrastructure by 5G, and how Intel is working with customers and customers’ customers to define and deliver an unmatched solution portfolio for 5G network infrastructure, including 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. Quach additionally highlights several recent proof points by Intel partners and customers that are important milestones on the path to the mobile core that future networks will depend on. To learn more about Intel’s unparalleled portfolio for 5G network infrastructure, visit intel.com/network and follow Alex Quach on Twitter at @quachalexander. Notices & Disclaimers Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Your costs and results may vary. © Intel Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, and other Intel marks are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: On this episode of Chip Chat, Dan Speck, Vice President Technology at Burwood Group, talks with host Allyson Klein about performance improvements gained from the new C2 compute instances offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP), powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Customers, like […]

In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: On this episode of Chip Chat, Dan Speck, Vice President Technology at Burwood Group, talks with host Allyson Klein about performance improvements gained from the new C2 compute instances offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP), powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Customers, like […]

In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: On this episode of Chip Chat, Dan Speck, Vice President Technology at Burwood Group, talks with host Allyson Klein about performance improvements gained from the new C2 compute instances offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP), powered by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Customers, like […]

On this episode of Chip Chat, Dan Speck, Vice President Technology R&D at Burwood Group, talks with host Allyson Klein about performance improvements gained from the new C2 compute instances offered by Google Cloud Platform (GCP), powered by 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. Customers, like genomics researchers needing large scale parallel workloads, rely on Burwood Group to help design and architect workloads that can operate efficiently in the cloud. To meet these needs, the company carefully considered performance, flexibility, and security before selecting the new C2 instance from GCP. To learn more about Burwood Group, visit www.burwood.com. Notices & Disclaimers Intel technologies may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Your costs and results may vary. © Intel Corporation. Intel, the Intel logo, and other Intel marks are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others.

Dan Rodriguez, Corporate Vice President and General Manager for the Network Platforms group at Intel, joins Chip Chat to update on Intel's strategy and solutions for transforming network infrastructure for 5G. In this interview, Rodriguez and host Allyson Klein dig in to Intel's announcements from February 24th, 2020, which expanded Intel's unmatched portfolio of solutions for network infrastructure. Rodriguez highlights updated 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, the critical component fueling network transformation and the delivery of new services. The latest 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors deliver 36% more performance and 42% more performance per dollar compared to the prior generation [1]. Rodriguez also shares excitement over Intel Atom® P5900, a new 10nm System on a Chip (SoC) with the right mix of compute cores, connectivity, and acceleration to power 5G radio access network base stations well into the future. Intel Atom P5900 is already seeing significant interest from the industry and end customers and is expected to help Intel achieve a leading 40% market segment share for base station silicon by 2021, one year earlier than previously forecast. Finally, Rodriguez discusses two new complementary technologies: Intel structured ASIC codenamed "Diamond Mesa" and Intel Ethernet 700 Series Network Adapter XXV710-DA2T with Hardware-Enhanced Precision Time Protocol. Less complex than a true ASIC and less expensive and more power efficient than an FPGA, Diamond Mesa targets 50% more performance or 50% better power efficiency versus the previous generation. The new Intel Ethernet 700 Series is Intel's first 5G-optimized network adapter and enables accurate time synchronization across the network without the added complexity and expense of specialty timing hardware for 5G, industrial, and financial applications. For more on Intel's unmatched solution portfolio for 5G infrastructure, please visit https://intel.com/network and follow Rodriguez on Twitter at https://twitter.com/danrod2000 [1] Updated 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors deliver 36% more performance and 42% more performance per dollar compared to the prior generation. For details, see https://networkbuilders.intel.com/blog/network-momentum. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products. For more complete information visit www.intel.com/benchmarks. Performance results are based on testing as of dates shown in configurations and may not reflect all publicly available security updates.No product or component can be absolutely secure. Results have been estimated or simulated using internal Intel analysis or architecture simulation or modeling and provided to you for informational purposes. Any differences in your system hardware, software or configuration may affect your actual performance. Your costs and results may vary.

Dana Chang, Vice President and Co-founder at Atipa Technologies, joins Conversations in the Cloud to discuss Atipa’s Polaris High Performance Computing and Visualization (HPCV) platform. Atipa has over 18 years of experience in HPC. The company researches, builds and configures HPC clusters, servers and workstations. Atipa’s development of the Polaris HPCV platform won them Intel's 2018 Partner of the Year Award for HPC Technical Solutions. Today’s scientists need faster insights and visualize increasingly large data sets. Atipa’s Polaris Select HPCV clusters are optimized for high-performance computation and visualization to meet these growing demands. The Atipa Polaris HPCV Platform uses 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and the Intel® Rendering Framework for CPU-based rendering. This enables a balanced performance for simulation and modeling or simulation and visualization. The pre-validated hardware of Intel® Select Solutions saves time that would have been spent assessing and procuring configurations. Atipa and Intel collaborated this year to deploy a Polaris HPCV platform at Northern Illinois University. The deployed HPCV platform allows students to quickly model and solve complex data. In addition, students get to train with tools used at the most advanced industry settings. Dana discusses the importance of student access to HPC technology at all ages, from K-12 to college. The future will likely see HPC clusters moving from off-site to on-premise, especially for researchers. Dana and Jake both dream of having ‘a cluster in a box’ or data server designed for the office. Learn more about the Polaris HPCV platform by visiting https://www.atipa.com/intel-select-solutions. Explore the Intel® Select Solutions for HPC at www.intel.com/selectsolutions.

The Texas Advanced Computing Center (TACC) has created some of the most powerful scientific supercomputers in the world, and currently supports over 3,500 different projects. TACC’s system’ capabilities are built with large-scale scientific data in mind, and it has provided millions computational hours for partners like CERN, LIGO Lab, and individual researchers tackling data-intensive problems. In this interview, we talked to Dr. Dan Stanzione, the Associate Vice President for Research at the University of Texas at Austin and the Executive Director of TACC. He discusses the architecture and capabilities of Frontera, TACC’s newest HPC cluster. In June 2019, Top500 ranked Frontera as the fifth most powerful supercomputer in the world making it the most powerful HPC system at any academic institution, and Stanzione theorizes that it may be the most capable general-purpose HPC system in the world for some applications. Frontera’s architecture includes 8,000 servers, each powered by 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. The cluster includes hundreds of thousands of processing cores and a liquid-cooled infrastructure enabling a higher clock rate for even more performance. These and other features provide broadly-balanced capabilities that can support numerous and diverse large-scale, data-intensive scientific research projects the world over. For more on HPC on Intel® architecture, please visit https://www.intel.com/hpc Watch a video about Frontera here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2EnEN4EBQTs&feature=youtu.be For more on TACC, please visit https://www.tacc.utexas.edu/ Intel technologies' features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com. Intel, the Intel logo, and Xeon Scalable are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

This week we welcome back Todd Christ, Enterprise Solutions Architect at Intel, to discuss Intel® Select Solutions for Google Cloud’s Anthos. Google Cloud’s Anthos is a scalable hybrid cloud solution, built with VMware vSAN and powered by Intel processors, storage, and networking technologies. Hybrid cloud solutions are increasing important to help businesses meet regulatory needs, control data placement, and incorporate existing equipment securely. Todd discusses how the new solution stems from years of engineering collaborations between Intel and Google. The result is a pre-tested solution, validated from the hardware up through the firmware stack to the vSAN software and Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) On-Prem. The new Intel Select Solutions for Google Cloud’s Anthos is optimized for 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and gives customer’s flexibility wherever their cloud resides. A big goal of the hybrid model is to help customers manage data easily across on-premises and cloud environments. Todd also explains how Anthos works with existing systems, and the benefits of managing clusters across on-premises and multi-cloud environments with a single pane console view. Data continues to grow by leaps and bounds, with the majority being generated on-premise. The future of hybrid cloud will see big innovations in data placement to give users more choice and flexibility. Explore the Intel® Select Solutions for Hybrid Cloud at www.intel.com/selectsolutions. For more information on Google Cloud’s Anthos, visit https://cloud.google.com/anthos/.

The insurance industry is no stranger to leveraging data in decision making. Underwriters have been checking ledgers and consulting information for over a hundred years, and today the industry has access to more data than ever before. The amount of data that goes into a quote is immense, often more than a single professional can easily manage. DataCubes is giving underwriters the ability to use AI to derive value from that data and asses risk efficiently. Phil Alampi is the Vice President of Customer Engagement at DataCubes, and his goal is to allow insurance professionals to do more in the way of decision-making and less in the way of administrative work that can be easily automated. Using AI powered by 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, DataCubes transforms unstructured data like PDFs into pre-populated applications, saving underwriters hundreds of hours. Armed with machine learning, Alampi and his team are helping bring data-driven decision-making to a centuries-old industry. For more about DataCubes go to https://www.datacubes.com. Intel, the Intel logo, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

In this episode we’re joined by Carlos Morales, the General Manager of the AI Software Group at Intel, to talk about Nauta, an open-source deep learning training platform. Nauta (the Latin word for “sailor”) runs on Kubernetes* (the Greek word for “helmsman”) and is intended to give data scientists and their teams better control as they navigate the seas of data. It’s multi-node, and multi-user integrated, combining years of best practices into a single easy-to-install software package. Scaling deep-learning processes over multiple nodes can be challenging. Nauta is built for easy resource sharing over large teams. This allows for better access to valuable deep-learning resources. Nauta is fine-tuned to run over multiple 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor based servers with multiple users, granting more flexibility and better access to valuable deep-learning resources. For more on Nauta-enabled solutions, check out this episode of Intel on AI: https://soundcloud.com/intelonai/dell-emc-ready-solutions-ai-nauta Information about AI and Intel technologies is available at http://www.intel.com/ai.

Dr. Rene Meyer, Vice President of Technology at AMAX joins Chip Chat to talk about how enterprises are preparing for emerging workloads being fueled by the convergence of artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing (HPC). In addition to leading the AI & High Performance Technology group at AMAX, Dr. Meyer is a former research fellow and adjunct professor at Stanford University with multiple patents and published work in the space of emerging non-volatile memory technologies. In this interview, Dr. Meyer discusses AMAX’s focus on appliances for storage, cloud, and hyper-scale integration. Dr. Meyer goes into more depth about why training in AI is now moving to deploying models at the edge, and why 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors can be a good fit for such tasks given their advancements in machine learning and security technologies. He also explores how the oil and gas industry is one of the driving forces behind AI and HPC convergence, and how Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory is improving storage options for in-memory databases. For more on HPC on Intel® architecture, please visit http://www.intel.com/hpc. Learn more about AMAX offerings at http://www.amax.com. Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon, and Optane are trademarks of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

Not all advanced computing takes place in data centers. Maxx Garrison, product manager with Logic Supply, talked with Chip Chat about how the Internet of Things (IoT) is evolving and advantages that come with moving compute power to the edge with help from Intel technology. Logic Supply’s sealed systems turn up in demanding settings where contamination is a concern – farms, factories, hospitals, emergency vehicles – close to users and environmental data. As applications get smarter, data is coming from a variety of sources, and the amount is increasing. Sending it to the cloud can be expensive, and transmission can be a liability in decision-critical situations that demand low latency. The ability to gather, analyze, and deliver information quickly makes computing at the edge vital, and also opens complex use cases, like sensor fusion, where visual, thermal, and vibration data from local and remote sensors are combined and run through models. Sensor fusion with edge AI could expand what systems can do autonomously. Garrison sees data, sensors, and inputs continuing to increase, with systems advancing to meet the growing demand for intelligent compute at the edge. Logic Supply’s goal is to make input easy and, whatever the application, scale up seamlessly without rewriting or retraining models. They’re already getting close with the Intel® Distribution of OpenVINO™ toolkit, and they’re adding compute-intensive capabilities to their entire line of edge products, from entry-level devices to the high end, which features 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. For more about Logic Supply, visit https://www.logicsupply.com/ or twitter.com/LogicSupply For more about Intel products and technologies, visit https://intel.com. Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com. Intel, the Intel logo, OpenVINO, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

As AI expands into the mainstream, how will it succeed at the edge? Matt Jacobs, Senior VP Commercial Systems, Penguin Computing, Inc. talks about the growth of AI, its move from the data center, and easing customers into the edge space. An established leader in data center and HPC solutions, Penguin takes a system-level view of the move to AI, a trend they’ve seen developing over the past two years. In the next 18 months, symbiotic technologies will be converging to create “real growth opportunity,” in Jacobs’ words. Deploying AI at the edge comes with its own needs, and they differ from those of traditional data centers. Easily maintained low-power environments well-tuned for workloads are key, and the spread of processing power from the data center to the near-edge to the far-edge calls for software that can ensure workload portability. New compute platforms, like 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors with built-in AI acceleration, suit the unique requirements of workloads at the edge. Upcoming Intel “One API” software, which will simplify programming diverse computing engines, will support targeting workloads at various levels of capability. For more about Penguin Computing, Inc. visit https://www.penguincomputing.com. Information about Intel technologies is available at intel.com and at intel.com/ai. Intel technologies’ features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No computer system can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com. Intel, the Intel logo, and Xeon® are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

Brandon Draeger, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Cray, joins Chip Chat to discuss the unique needs of HPC customers and how new Intel® technologies in Cray systems are helping to deliver improved performance and scalability. The Cray CS500 supercomputer includes standard rack configurations, a variety of cooling options, and a flexible software stack for users who are still investigating HPC deployments or just starting out. The XC50 that is more customizable with higher bin CPUs, accelerators, and custom interconnects as well as deployment support from Cray. Both lines are built to meet the core challenges facing HPC customers today. More and more, we are seeing the convergence of AI and HPC – users investigating how they can use AI to complement what they are already doing with their HPC workloads. This includes using machine and deep learning to analyze results from a simulation, or using AI techniques to steer where to take a simulation on the fly. One of the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor features that Brandon is excited about is Intel® Deep Learning Boost, which accelerates deep learning inference performance. Cray sees this as benefitting customers like those working with cryo-microscopy – taking hundreds of thousands of images at the structural level to test things like new drug treatments. Cryo-microscopy consumes a lot of memory, but is boosted by the improved DL inference performance. Brandon finishes his visit by discussing the upcoming Aurora exascale class system targeted for delivery to Argonne National Lab in 2021. It will feature future Intel technologies, as well as the Cray Shasta architecture to tackle the most mind-boggling human challenges. For more information, visit www.cray.com. Intel technologies' features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com. Intel, the Intel logo, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Learn how Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY server line-up, updated with 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and Intel Optane DC persistent memory, can significantly impact your business in this Conversations in the Cloud podcast featuring Marcel Schuster, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Fujitsu. In this podcast, Marcel […]

Learn how Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY server line-up, updated with 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory, can significantly impact your business in this Conversations in the Cloud podcast featuring Marcel Schuster, Senior Product Marketing Manager for Fujitsu. In this podcast, Marcel provides insights into how the addition of persistent memory to Fujitsu’s PRIMERGY platforms will enable users to derive insights from data much faster, will accelerate the performance of critical workloads, offers rapid scalability of applications, and provides the ability to manage and store larger amounts of data. He also talks about Fujitsu's new Intel Select Solutions--Microsoft SQL Server* on Windows Server* and Simulation and Modeling— that are simple and easy to deploy because they are pre-configured and tested on proven benchmarks. Marcel also discusses Fujitsu’s involvement in the Next GenIO project, which is one of the European Union’s research and innovation project. The goal is to remove IO bottlenecks and bridge the gap between memory and storage. More information on the project can be obtained here: http://www.nextgenio.eu/ For more information about Fujitsu’s products go to: http://www.fujitsu.com/primergy And for more information on Intel Select Solutions, got to Intel.com/SelectSolutions

Find out about Nor-Tech’s cutting edge, High Performance Computing (HPC) technology, and their easy to deploy hardware and software solutions, in this Conversations in the Cloud podcast featuring Dominic Daninger, VP of Engineering for Nor-Tech. Named to CRN’s list of top 40 Data Center infrastructure providers, Nor-Tech’s HPC technology is backed by the company’s no-wait-time support guarantee and a world-class team of HPC engineers. Dominic discusses Nor-Tech’s demo cluster, a no-cost, no-strings opportunity for their customers to test-drive applications so when they receive their product they are able to deploy it seamlessly. And if they run into any issues, Nor-tech’s support team is right there to help them get up and running quickly. Dominic also talks about how HPC is moving into the commercial space and how engineers and designers are using simulation and modeling tools to design a variety of products, from diapers to toothpaste tubes. By using these tools, their customers can be confident that when they go into production their designs will work the first time without subsequent redesigns—saving them time and money. As part of their easy to deploy promise, Nor-Tech offers the NT-HPC Simulation & Modeling solution, an Intel Select Solution that is a pre-validated selection of certain components designed to meet the demands of HPC applications and workflows. He talks about the advantages this solution will offer when it is updated soon with 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors as well as Optane DC persistent memory, which will provide higher performance and improved memory bandwidth. To learn more about Nor-Tech’s HPC solutions, go to Nor-Tech.com. If you want to run test cases to build an ROI for management, you can go to simulationclusters.com. To learn more about Intel Select Solutions, go to Intel.com/SelectSolutions.

Jim Sangster, Senior Director of Product Marketing at Supermicro, joins Intel’s Conversations in the Cloud to talk about their broad product line of servers and storage platforms and how their offering of Intel Select Solutions simplifies the process of implementing and deploying solutions that are workload optimized for their customers. Supermicro always strives to be first to market with new technologies. Jim talks about how Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory will be a game changer--how it provides significantly more memory capabilities, it’s persistent and less expensive than DRAM. Jim covers two new Intel Select Solutions they will be offering soon: VMware vSAN and SAP HANA—both built on Intel 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors. He also touches on their AI product line—what’s available and the infinite possibilities using AI. For more information about Supermicro, their extensive product line and the Intel Select Solutions they offer, go to: www.supermicro.com To learn more about Intel Select Solutions, go to: intel.com/selectsolutions

Discover the benefits of modernizing your IT Infrastructure with Microsoft Windows Server 2019 and Intel® Select Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI* in this latest Conversations in the Cloud with Todd Christ, Enterprise Solutions Architect in Intel’s Data Center Group. Todd talks about how virtualization gives customers more flexibility and elasticity in their data center, and allows their systems to be more fluid and provide solid uptime. He also discusses the impact that moving to Microsoft Windows Server 2019 will make on performance, security, and memory. Todd provides an overview of the updated Intel Select Solutions for Microsoft Azure Stack HCI (formerly known as Microsoft Windows Server Software Defined), which combine Intel-based hardware with software from Microsoft to form the basis for simplified, low-cost, hyperconverged infrastructure. Tailored to the different compute, memory, and storage needs at the edge and in the data center, he discusses the benefits of adding 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory to these solutions and how they can help IT organizations optimize performance, reduce evaluation time and cost, and deploy faster. To learn more about Intel Select Solutions for Azure Stack HCI, go to: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/solutions/select-solutions/cloud.html

Brad Berkey, General Manager Worldwide SAP Sales at Microsoft, discusses the challenges SAP customers are facing within the datacenter. Businesses are going through the cloudification of the datacenter and transforming their infrastructure to leverage the benefits of the cloud. More specifically, SAP customers are dealing with the transition of their SAP applications to the S4 HANA database. This presents opportunity for accelerated innovation. Microsoft Azure and Intel are ideally positioned to help customers drive innovation in the cloud and customers are looking for integrated solutions. Customers are eager to leverage the benefits of Intel's 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Microsoft Azure facilitates and expedites adoption of these new technologies. Learn more about Microsoft Azure and SAP at https://azure.microsoft.com/en-us/solutions/sap/. You can also meet Brad and learn more about Intel's and Microsoft's joing solutions at the upcoming SAP Sapphire event in May: https://events.sap.com/sapandasug/en/home. For more information on how Intel is working with CSP's to innovate cloud solutions, visit intel.com/csp. Intel technologies' features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No product or component can be secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com. Intel and the Intel logo are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

Gautam Shah, president and CEO of Colfax International, joins host Allyson Klein in this episode of Chip Chat to discuss the launch of the new 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor. Gautam explains that this launch from Intel brought significantly more to the market this time with the announcement of Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory and a host of related data center products and technologies. Colfax International, a leading provider of innovative and expertly engineered workstations, servers, clusters, storage, and personal supercomputing solutions, is excited by the opportunities now made possible with this latest set of data center technologies enabled by the 2nd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors. Specifically, Gautam highlights that the VNNI instruction set offered by Intel® Deep Learning Boost to improve performance in inference will allow Colfax customers to do more with AI, and Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory will support the larger memory footprint Colfax customers need for solutions like SAP* and Redis* in standard 1U systems. To learn more about Colfax International and the solutions they specialize in, visit https://www.colfax-intl.com or call 408-730-2275. Intel technologies' features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com. Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon, and Optane are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

In this Intel Chip Chat audio podcast with Allyson Klein: Dan Rodriguez, Vice President of Intel’s Data Center Group, General Manager of Network Compute Division joins Chip Chat to talk about groundbreaking data centric portfolio of innovations optimized for network transformation. Fueled by 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and complementary platform components, communication service […]

Wei Li, Vice President of Intel® Architecture, Graphics and Software, and General Manager of Machine Learning and Translation at Intel, joins Chip Chat to share Intel’s overarching strategy and vision for the future of AI and outline the company’s edge to cloud AI portfolio. Wei discusses how Intel architecture enables consistency across different platforms without having to overhaul systems. He also highlights increased inference performance with the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor with Intel® Deep Learning Boost (Intel DL Boost) technology, introduced at Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day. Intel DL Boost speeds inference up to 14x [1] by combining what used to be done in three instructions into one instruction and also allowing lower precision (int8) across multiple frameworks such as TensorFlow*, PyTorch*, Caffe* and Apache MXNet*. He also touches on the work Intel has done on the software side with projects like the OpenVINO™ toolkit – which accelerates DNN workloads and optimizes deep learning solutions across various hardware platforms. Finally, Wei outlines future AI integrations in Intel Xeon Scalable processors, like support for bfloat16. For more on Intel AI and the wide range of offerings and products, please visit www.intel.ai. [1] 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors with Intel Deep Learning Boost provide up to 14x faster inference in comparison to 1st Generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors in July 2017, for details see https://www.intel.ai/2ndgenxeonscalable/. Software and workloads used in performance tests may have been optimized for performance only on Intel microprocessors. Performance tests, such as SYSmark and MobileMark, are measured using specific computer systems, components, software, operations and functions. Any change to any of those factors may cause the results to vary. You should consult other information and performance tests to assist you in fully evaluating your contemplated purchases, including the performance of that product when combined with other products. For more information go to www.intel.com/benchmarks. Performance results are based on testing or projections as of 7/11/2017 to 4/1/2019 and may not reflect all publicly available security updates. See configuration disclosure for details. No product can be absolutely secure. Results have been estimated or simulated using internal Intel analysis or architecture simulation or modeling, and provided to you for informational purposes. Any differences in your system hardware, software or configuration may affect your actual performance. Intel’s compilers may or may not optimize to the same degree for non-Intel microprocessors for optimizations that are not unique to Intel microprocessors. These optimizations include SSE2, SSE3, and SSSE3 instruction sets and other optimizations. Intel does not guarantee the availability, functionality, or effectiveness of any optimization on microprocessors not manufactured by Intel. Microprocessor-dependent optimizations in this product are intended for use with Intel microprocessors. Certain optimizations not specific to Intel microarchitecture are reserved for Intel microprocessors. Please refer to the applicable product User and Reference Guides for more information regarding the specific instruction sets covered by this notice (Notice Revision #20110804). The benchmark results may need to be revised as additional testing is conducted. The results depend on the specific platform configurations and workloads utilized in the testing, and may not be applicable to any particular user’s components, computer system or workloads. The results are not necessarily representative of other benchmarks and other benchmark results may show greater or lesser impact from mitigations.

Dan Rodriguez, Vice President of Intel’s Data Center Group, General Manager of Network Compute Division joins Chip Chat to talk about groundbreaking data centric portfolio of innovations optimized for network transformation. Fueled by 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and complementary platform components, communication service providers can move, store, and process data with confidence across the most demanding workloads: from multi-cloud to intelligent edge and back. Flexibility, performance and ease of use is at the heart of the network transformation efforts in the communications industry. New 2nd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors and complimentary platform components are specifically designed to deliver these benefits from core to edge, especially as companies work to collapse multiple workloads onto a single server or rack of servers. Intel brought unique acceleration optimized for specific network workloads including virtual EPC, open virtual switching (OvS), 5G user plane functions, routers, switches and VCCAP, among others. Dan also talks about the new Intel® Xeon® D-1600, which is part of Intel’s strategy to deliver the right performance, right power and right price for multiple network locations. The new solution is optimized for network edge, control plane, security and mid-range storage applications uCPE, routers, network security appliances and wireless base stations. Intel® Select Solutions are rigorously benchmark-tested, verified solutions that help accelerate infrastructure deployment on Intel Xeon processors for today’s critical workloads in advanced analytics, hybrid cloud, visual cloud, storage and networking. Dan shared details about the importance of these new data centric solutions, memory innovation and network optimizations in the evolution of Intel® Select Solutions for NFVI and the new Intel® Select Solutions for Visual Cloud Delivery Networks. Learn more about these new solutions at www.intel.com/network. Intel technologies' features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com. Intel, the Intel logo, and Xeon are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

Brian Payne, Vice President for Product Management & Product Marketing for PowerEdge Servers at Dell EMC, joins Chip Chat to discuss satisfying future customer infrastructure needs with 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory. Payne's team defines Dell's PowerEdge hardware portfolio, shepherding new products through development and into the marketplace, as well as contributing to the software and systems management capabilities used in PowerEdge. In this interview, Payne speaks to the advancement of the data center and IT transformation to being a central part of many businesses and how Dell is working to satisfy new and varied IT requirements. Payne highlights the move for many organizations to software-defined infrastructure and explains why this makes Intel Xeon processor based PowerEdge systems "the bedrock of the datacenter." Additionally, Payne talks about how Intel Optane DC persistent Memory is impacting the capabilities that Dell can deliver to its customers. Finally, Payne describes Dell's approach to security in the data center and how it's helping customers detect, react, and recover from any threats. For more information on Dell PowerEdge Servers, please visit dellemc.com. For more information on Intel technologies for the data center, please visit intel.com/xeon. Intel technologies' features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com. Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon, and Optane are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

Tom Lattin, Vice President for Proliant and Cloudline Systems Product Management at Hewlett Packard Enterprise, joins Chip Chat to share excitement for technologies introduced on April 2nd at Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day. Tom's organization leads product, technology, go-to-market, and supplier strategies for all ProLiant Racks, ProLiant Towers, Cloudline servers, and related HPE Software. Tom speaks to data opportunities occurring in a variety of verticals and how customer opportunities and challenges are inspiring HPE's edge-centric, cloud-enabled, and data-driven technologies. Tom discusses how 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors are helping HPE deliver the capabilities customers need for key workloads like AI and deep learning and highlights HPE's collaboration with Intel around Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory to deliver new levels of memory capacity and storage performance. Finally, Tom outlines HPE's newest technologies for data-center security and monitoring. For more on HPE's offerings for the data center, please visit hpe.com. Intel technologies' features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com. Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon, and Optane are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

In this Intel on AI podcast episode: For this Intel on AI podcast episode we are joined by Vinod Iyengar, Vice President of Data Science Transformations at H2O.ai. Vinod highlights some of the challenges that enterprises face today when implementing AI deployments and how H2O.ai is empowering organizations to overcome those hurdles. He discusses how […]

Lisa Spelman, Vice President and General Manager for Intel Xeon Products and Data Center Marketing at Intel, joins Chip Chat to cover all the big news from Intel Data-Centric Innovation Day. Spelman leads Intel's Data Center Group's marketing efforts from product definition to launch and ramp. In this Chip Chat, Spelman and host Allyson Klein recap an exciting event that introduced a broad range of new products for moving, storing, and processing data. Spelman discusses Intel's approach to data-centric computing and capabilities that Intel is unlocking to help customers to make data a fundamental and transformative part of their business. Spelman highlights the launches of 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors, including processors performance-optimized for network function virtualization, Intel Xeon Platinum 9200 processors for HPC, AI, and IaaS workloads, Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory, Intel Optane SSDs, Intel® QLC 3D NAND SSDs, and Intel® Ethernet 800 Series. Spelman additionally speaks to results already being realized by Intel customers like Amazon, Google, SAP, Siemens Healthineers, Twitter, and the North-German Supercomputing Alliance. For more information, please visit intel.com/xeon and follow Spelman on Twitter @LisaSpelman. Intel technologies' features and benefits depend on system configuration and may require enabled hardware, software or service activation. Performance varies depending on system configuration. No product or component can be absolutely secure. Check with your system manufacturer or retailer or learn more at intel.com. Intel, the Intel logo, Xeon, and Optane are trademarks of Intel Corporation or its subsidiaries in the U.S. and/or other countries. *Other names and brands may be claimed as the property of others. © Intel Corporation

Patti Shaffner Jordan, Director of Intel's Data Center Solutions Marketing group, joins Conversations in the Cloud to talk about Intel® Select Solutions, a portfolio of pre-verified solutions, built in partnership with Intel’s ecosystem, that are optimized for data center workloads across compute, storage, and network. In addition, these workload-optimized solutions take the guesswork out of evaluation, are fast and easy to deploy, and are benchmarked for specific workloads to provide optimal performance. Patti talks about the breadth of the program—over 20 reference designs available through more than 30 partners—and the range of enterprise and network workloads that these solutions address. Plus, when Intel incorporates the latest Intel technologies, including the 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors and Optane DC persistent memory, these solutions will offer even higher performance, improved price performance, and enhanced security capabilities. Patti adds that Intel continues to achieve its goal for the program: to deliver fast time-to-value and better TCO to our partners and their customers. To find out how you can take advantage of Intel Select Solutions, visit www.intel.com/selectsolutions or https://builders.intel.com/intelselectsolutions. For more information on how to accelerate your data insights and build your infrastructure, visit www.intel.com/yourdata.

On this week’s Conversations in the Cloud, we welcome Matt Halcomb, Lead Architect for WWT’s Advanced Technology Center (ATC). Matt provides an overview of WWT’s ATC, a collaborative ecosystem of virtual labs that helps their customers validate and deploy innovative technology products and integrated architectural solutions. Matt talks about their new Intel® Select Solution: VMware vSAN 6.7, a hyper-converged solution that offers dramatically enhanced performance and can reduce time to market. Matt is excited about incorporating the latest Intel technologies, including Intel® Optane™ DC persistent memory and 2nd Generation Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors into the ATC. For more information about the work of WWT and the ATC, visit www.wwt.com.