Posts by DanOlds
Unlocking 40–50% More Capacity in Existing Data Centers
This is a bold claim. These are big numbers. But we’ve done the work, we have the receipts, and we believe it. When you combine four things — a thorough data center assessment, optimized power infrastructure, modern liquid cooling, and disciplined operational efficiency practices — many legacy environments can realistically unlock 40–50% more usable power…
Read MoreServer market rockets higher in ’25
Our pal TPM at The Next Platform breaks down the server market and provides greatly needed context.
Read MoreFake Science Racket Revealed!
Northwestern says fake science is spreading faster than real science and brought receipts. NOT good.
Read MoreAI Isn’t Replacing HPC – It IS HPC
In recent discussions with industry vendor sales and marketing teams, I’ve repeatedly heard that HPC demand is falling while AI system demand continues to surge. I’ve also seen articles suggesting that AI is displacing HPC. This just isn’t the case. Period. AI is not a separate category that is replacing HPC. AI is a subset…
Read MoreFirst & Lasting SC25 Impression: It’s a Liquid Cooled World Now
The first thing that struck me when I entered the show floor at SC25 is that it’s big. Very big. There were over 16,000 attendees, all of whom seemed intent on wandering into my path while I was power-walking from one corner of the massive exhibit hall to the exact opposite side for my next…
Read More“Replace junior staff with AI? Dumbest thing…..”
AWS CEO says replacing junior staff with AI is the ‘Dumbest thing I’ve ever heard.”
Read MoreThe Real Challenges of AI (and Why Most Data Centers Aren’t Ready)
The conversation around AI is everywhere. Most of it focuses on models, new applications, and what AI might do next. Very little of it talks about what it actually takes to run these workloads at scale. That’s the problem. AI isn’t just another application category. It is a fundamentally different class of computationally intense…
Read More‘Shiny object syndrome’ and AI
Good advice from US EPA CIO – AI isn’t a wonder drug, have specific use cases before adopting!
Read MoreChip Dive: Grace Hopper, AMD MI300A, AWS Graviton
Chips and Cheese deep rambly dive into accelerator approaches post Nvidia Grace Hopper GH200 intro.
Read MoreWafer-Scale Triumph on Hardcore Science AND LLM Inference
Amazing results from Cerebras on completely unrelated workloads. 179x Frontier, 66% less time/energy on LLM inference.
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