Silicon Motion has introduced the SM2524XT, a PCIe Gen5 DRAM-less SSD controller targeting AI PCs, edge AI systems, and workloads centered on local AI inference. The controller is engineered to meet the storage demands of KV cache-intensive workloads, where sustained random I/O performance and low-latency access are increasingly critical for continuous inference. Silicon Motion says

The Storage Review team visited the Dell campus in Hopkinton to go hands-on with the latest advancements in enterprise storage. This podcast takes place in one of our favorite places, the Hopkinton Dell Lab. Brian connects with Scott Delandy, an Engineering Technologist at Dell, for this interaction to go in-depth on the PowerStore Elite. This

Proxmox has released Proxmox Datacenter Manager 1.1, a new update to its centralized management platform for overseeing distributed Proxmox environments. The release adds automated installation workflows, centralized subscription management, unified Ceph monitoring, and broader guest and snapshot management capabilities, and updates the underlying software stack.   The update is mostly focused on simplifying administration across

LiquidStack announced the general availability of its GigaModular coolant distribution unit platform, targeting high-density AI and HPC deployments requiring scalable liquid-cooling infrastructure. The system introduces a modular architecture that aligns with the requirements of the NVIDIA Vera Rubin platform. It supports deployments ranging from initial buildouts to multi-megawatt-scale environments, with validated capacity now expanded to

Qumulo announced the Cloud AI Accelerator, a new architecture designed to improve the efficiency of enterprise AI infrastructure by eliminating data movement bottlenecks. The platform presents distributed datasets to GPU resources in real time across regions, clouds, and hybrid environments without requiring replication or staging. The release builds on a well-documented inefficiency in enterprise AI

Verda, a European AI cloud provider, has selected Supermicro’s liquid-cooled, NVIDIA Blackwell-accelerated rack-scale systems to power a vertically integrated AI cloud built for frontier model developers, AI-native scaleups, and regulated enterprises. The infrastructure is being deployed across Europe and serves customers in Europe, the United States, and Asia. At the core of the deployment is

AMD announced that its next-generation EPYC processor, codenamed “Venice,” has entered production on TSMC’s 2nm process in Taiwan. The company also plans to expand manufacturing at TSMC’s Arizona facility, signaling a broader strategy to diversify its advanced-node capacity and scale supply for cloud and AI deployments. “Venice” is positioned as the first HPC-class processor to

AMD has introduced the Ryzen AI Halo developer platform and previewed the next-generation Ryzen AI Max PRO 400 Series, extending its push into local AI development and commercial AI PCs. The announcement centers on higher local memory capacity, stronger on-device inference performance, and broader support for agentic AI workflows running directly on x86 client systems.

KIOXIA America has introduced the XG10 Series, a new client NVMe SSD family aimed at performance-class OEM notebooks, desktops, and workstations. As the successor to the XG8 Series, the XG10 moves to a PCIe 5.0 x4 interface and NVMe 2.0d, giving KIOXIA a Gen5 client drive designed for heavier local workloads such as AI-assisted applications,