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DDN Delivers in a Big Way at SC19
Published on December 10, 2019SC19 saw the talent of the HPC world converge on Denver with the theme of “HPC is Now.” The weather might have been cold, but AI, storage, and GPU’s were a hot topic at the conference…
Instantly Deploying End-to-End AI Infrastructure at Supercomputing Scale
Published on November 18, 2019Historically, the deployment of the largest supercomputing systems was a months-long process which involved extensive customization and tuning to extract the maximum performance for available resources…
DDN EXAScaler Delivers Data When It Counts
Published on October 10, 2019With the richness and variety of current data generation technology, Enterprises and Research Organizations alike have a greater opportunity than ever to create value from their data…
TACC Frontera Helping Make the Impossible Possible
Published on September 3, 2019100-ish racks of equipment. 8008 dual-socket servers. 4PB of NVMe. 50PB of spinning disk drives. 320 terabytes per second HDR network. One-million-gallon thermal storage tank. That’s what it takes to build the worlds 5th largest supercomputer …
The Subtle Art of Simultaneously Being Radical and Evolutionary
Published on June 11, 2019DDN’s mission comes down to satisfying, nay delighting our 2500-strong customer base in their highly complex, demanding and evolving requirements. In AI, Big Data and HPC that is no mean feat…
DDN – Forever the Fastest and Most Efficient — Find Out Why
Published on June 6, 2019Discussions regarding performance get complicated very quickly. They usually arise from the cumbersome yet apt question around next generation systems: “Will my workflow efficiency with respect to cost/performance improve enough to warrant the overhead of change?”…
Autonomous Driving at Massive Scale: Revolutionizing the Transportation Industry
Published on March 19, 2019There’s a lot of hype around autonomous vehicles these days. With artificial intelligence (AI) technology, autonomous vehicles can circulate unassisted in our cities however, these vehicles engage some of the toughest workloads in AI at unprecedented scale…
Increasing Data Scientist Productivity Many Times Over
Published on February 26, 2019Every business everywhere is looking to increase the productivity of key resources. In the case of the data scientist, nothing is worse than wasting time due to inefficient processing of queries…
A Look in the Storage Industry Crystal Ball: 2019 Predictions
Published on January 30, 20192019 is well underway, and we’re expecting the new year to continue to bring new advances in in AI and Deep Learning—not to mention the ever-increasing number of data-intensive workloads that are certain to push the boundaries of today’s storage systems. Here’s a closer look at some of the storage trends and predictions that will be top of mind in 2019…
How to Get to the AI-Enabled Data Center
Published on December 13, 2018Despite their many promising benefits, advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Deep Learning (DL) are creating some of the most challenging workloads in modern computing history and put significant strain on the underlying I/O, storage, compute and network.