With a surge in popularity and advancement, AI hardware has become a competitive market. AI hardware companies must have quick turnarounds in product advancements to have the newest and most effective products on the market. Although these eight AI hardware companies focus on CPUs and data center technologies, their specializations have slowly broadened as the […]
Advances in AI, IoT and high-performance computing drive the need for additional data center help. With these advances, customers and facility owners need a way to bring more capacity and power density to their data sources. There are two types of data centers: modular data centers (MDCs) and traditional data centers (TDCs). MDCs are economical, […]
What is x86-64? x86-64 (also called x86_64, x64, or amd64) is the 64-bit CPU architecture that is used in Intel and AMD processors. It is an extension to the 32-bit x86 (i386) architecture. The x86-64 architecture is used in most CPUs for home computers and servers in use today. It is incompatible with the ARM64 […]
Red Hat’s replacement of CentOS with CentOS Stream has upset companies that depend on Linux as their server OS. CentOS Stream is a rolling release OS, which means it isn’t ideal from a reliability standpoint as it does not have a fixed update release schedule. However, shortly after Red Hat declared the discontinuation of CentOS, […]
In 2021, RedHat decided to discontinue CentOS, a subscription-free alternative to RHEL that many companies, administrators, developers and end users rely on. CentOS provides an advantage to those needing to test platforms or development environments. CentOS’s end-of-support date is June 30, 2024. This means users must find an alternative distribution. There are several options to […]
What is a graphics processing unit (GPU)? A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a computer chip that renders graphics and images by performing rapid mathematical calculations. GPUs are used for both professional and personal computing. Originally, GPUs were responsible for the rendering of 2D and 3D images, animations and video, but now they have a […]
What is a graphics processing unit (GPU)? A graphics processing unit (GPU) is a computer chip that renders graphics and images by performing rapid mathematical calculations. GPUs are used for both professional and personal computing. Originally, GPUs were responsible for the rendering of 2D and 3D images, animations and video, but now they have a […]
Red Hat’s replacement of CentOS with CentOS Stream has upset companies that depend on Linux as their server OS. CentOS Stream is a rolling release OS, which means it isn’t ideal from a reliability standpoint as it does not have a fixed update release schedule. However, shortly after Red Hat declared the discontinuation of CentOS, […]
What is MCSA (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate)? MCSA (Microsoft Certified Solutions Associate) was a certification program offered by Microsoft and intended for people seeking entry-level jobs in an information technology environment. It supplanted the defunct Microsoft Certified Systems Administrator certification and was a prerequisite for pursuing more advanced Microsoft certifications. However, the MCSA certification was […]