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Networking for AI represents Huge and Growing Part of DC CAPEX as Scale-up, Scale-out; Front-end Networks Support the Surge in Demand for AI Applications
Strong NVIDIA Momentum in Networking for AI in 2024, Led by NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand, Also Surging NVIDIA Spectrum-X Ethernet Sales 2024 was an exciting year for AI. Overall spending on AI equipment in the data center blew past $200B in 2024 as larger Hyperscalers, new cloud startups, sovereigns, and pretty… Read More »Blog
802.11ah HaLow at CES
In our IoT report, we’ve counted on low-cost, long-distance, customer-owned Wi-Fi systems as providing a critical connectivity need. We had the opportunity to visit Morse Micro yesterday at the CES show in Las Vegas, NV, and left with the impression that HaLow’s time is upon us. In the company’s booth… Read More »Blog
Marvell’s Five-Year Announcement with Amazon’s AWS Showcases Increased Partnerships Between Suppliers and Hyperscalers
As We Approach $100B/Hyperscaler in CAPEX, Supply Chain Will Continue to Adjust As Hyperscalers continue to push the envelope of what is technically feasible, we will see more announcements like the one earlier this month between Amazon and Marvell. The need to drive leading-edge technology at a more rapid pace… Read More »Blog
Huawei MBBF Conference 2024 (Istanbul) – 5.5G Theme
The central themes of last week’s Mobile Broadband Forum (MBBF) in Istanbul were that Huawei made a big deal about 5.5G and AI. More specifically, Huawei’s radio team pointed out that its recently improved cellular uplink capabilities will be critical as AI, robots, and automobiles create a surge in cellular… Read More »Blog
Deep Observability Market Exceeds $200M in 1H24, On Pace to Approach $500M for Full-Year 2024
Deep Observability Market Forecast to Approach $2B by 2029 The last few months of the Observability market have been dominated by Cisco closing its acquisition of Splunk and incorporating Splunk into its broad Cisco networking and security portfolios. In doing so, Cisco is reprioritizing the security and observability components of… Read More »Blog
Marvell Showcases Meta FBNIC at OCP 2024
Custom 5nm NIC Displays Impressive Performance Marvell and Meta announced the co-development of the FBNIC. The FBNIC is a custom 5nm NIC ASIC built to optimize the performance of its infrastructure for general purpose servers. Marvell contributed the board design to the OCP community. The announcement was significant for the… Read More »Blog