NVIDIA continues the evolution of the Data Processing Unit (DPU) with the release of the NVIDIA BlueField-2. The NVIDIA BlueField-2 DPU is touted as the data center infrastructure-on-a-chip and optimized for enterprise cloud and HPC workloads. BlueField-2 combines NVIDIA ConnectX-6 Dx network adapter with an array of Arm cores and infrastructure-specific offloads and offers purpose-built,

The Chinese antitrust authority has agreed to a conditional merger clearance for SK hynix’s acquisition of the Intel Corp NAND memory chip business. South Korea’s SK hynix Inc can now complete securing regulatory approvals from all eight countries involved in this deal.

Samsung has announced the PM1743 SSD for enterprise servers, featuring the new PCIe 5.0 (Gen5) interface combined with the company’s advanced sixth-generation V-NAND and a proprietary controller. Samsung has been collaborating with Intel to test Samsung’s new PM1743 and has indicated they were able to resolve “complicated technical issues” with the next-gen interface. The new

TrueCharts, an independent project of iXsystems, is now included with TrueNAS SCALE. iXsystems indicates they have been working with and sponsoring the team developing TrueCharts, which is the first of these new app stores.

VMware NSX-T 3.2 has been released, adding innovations across multi-cloud security, scale-out networking for containers, VMs, and physical workloads. Embedded in his release is tapless network traffic analysis (NTA), enhancements to gateway firewall, and integrated Network Detection and Response. NSX-T 3.2 is packed with improvements and features and is one of the largest releases for

NetApp announced an addition to the all-flash storage system array portfolio with the NetApp AFF A900, powered by NetApp ONTAP Enterprise Edition. The new AFF A900 provides the highest data storage performance for databases and applications in the NetApp Application Platform lineup. ONTAP Enterprise Edition provides full-featured data management, including unified support for SAN, NAS, NVMe-oF,

Today’s workloads require modern storage and networking solutions. Developers and administrators cut their teeth using public cloud resources and are demanding the same experience and freedom they’ve had with them in their current workplaces. HPE is leading the field in this regard with its new line of HPE Alletra storage arrays, which provide an API-driven

Responding to the growing need for high capacity storage with integrated compute capability, Seagate Technology has announced the new Exos Application Platform (AP) with a new controller powered by the 2nd Gen AMD EPYC processor. This new integrated compute and storage in a single enclosure addresses the requirements for rack space utilization, power savings, and

Delivering on the success of the Lenovo ThinkSystem SE350 edge server, Lenovo has announced the ThinkEdge SE450 server. The ThinkEdge SE450 advances edge capabilities with AI-ready technology in a compact 2U rack server with a 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Platinum processor with up to 36 cores. The new edge server provides faster insights and computing performance