Solving AI Cluster Scaling and Reliability Challenges in Training, Inference, RAG, and In-Memory Database Applications with Enfabrica
Enfabrica’s presentation at AI Field Day 5, led by founder and CEO Rochan Sankar, delved into the company’s innovative solutions for addressing AI cluster scaling and reliability challenges. Sankar highlighted the benefits of Enfabrica’s Aggregation and Collapsing Fabric System (ACFS), which enables wide fabrics with fewer hops, significantly reducing GPU-to-GPU hop latency. This reduction in […]
Enfabrica’s Approach to Solving IO Scaling Challenges in Accelerated Compute Clusters using Networking Silicon
Enfabrica, under the leadership of Rochan Sankar, has developed a novel solution to address the I/O scaling challenges in accelerated compute clusters by leveraging networking silicon. Their approach, termed the Accelerated Compute Fabric (ACF), refactors the traditional endpoint attachment to accelerators. Instead of using a single RDMA NIC for each accelerator, Enfabrica’s solution employs a […]
Accelerated Compute for AI from a Systems Perspective with Enfabrica
Enfabrica, led by founder and CEO Rochan Sankar, is pioneering a new category of networking silicon designed to support accelerated computing and AI at unprecedented scales. The company has developed the Accelerated Compute Fabric Supernick (ACFS), a product aimed at addressing the evolving needs of data centers as they increasingly incorporate GPUs and TPUs. Sankar […]
Rethinking Data Center Infrastructure Automation
Nokia has created a robust operations platform built around a comprehensive intent-based networking engine. Bruce Wallis, Senior Product Director for the solution will explain the new and innovative approach the team took to delivering on the promise of network automation for the data center and beyond. With a focus on enhancing network operations that delivers […]
AI Networking Visibility with Arista
In the presentation at AI Field Day 5, Tom Emmons, the Software Engineering Lead for AI Networking at Arista Networks, discussed the challenges and solutions related to AI networking visibility. Traditional network monitoring strategies, which rely on interface counters and packet drops, are insufficient for AI networks due to the high-speed interactions that occur at […]
AI Network Challenges & Solutions with Arista
Hugh Holbrook, Chief Development Officer at Arista, presented on the unique challenges and solutions associated with AI networking at AI Field Day 5. He began by highlighting the rapid growth of AI models and the increasing demands they place on network infrastructure. AI workloads, particularly those involving large-scale neural network training, require extensive computational resources […]
The AI Landscape and Arista’s Strategy for AI Networking
Arista’s presentation at AI Field Day 5, led by Hardev Singh, General Manager of Cloud and AI, delved into the evolving AI landscape and Arista’s strategic approach to AI networking. Singh emphasized the critical need for high-quality network infrastructure to support AI workloads, which are becoming increasingly complex and demanding. He introduced Arista’s Etherlink AI […]
Elasticseach Vector Database RAG Demo
Philipp Krenn, Director of DevRel & Developer Community at Elastic, presented a detailed demonstration of the capabilities of Elasticsearch’s vector database, particularly focusing on retrieval-augmented generation (RAG). He explained how Elasticsearch optimizes memory usage by reducing the dimensionality of vector representations and employing techniques to enhance precision while minimizing memory consumption. This optimization is now […]
Elasticsearch Vector Database
Philipp Krenn from Elastic provided an in-depth presentation on the capabilities and evolution of Elasticsearch, particularly focusing on its vector database functionalities. He began by giving a brief history of Elasticsearch, which started as a distributed, open-source, RESTful search engine built on Apache Lucene. Initially designed to solve text lexical search problems, Elasticsearch has significantly […]
The Precision of Search The Intelligence of AI with Elasticsearch
Kevin Murray, Group Vice President at Elastic, introduced the company’s evolution from its roots in search technology to its current role in AI-driven solutions. Elastic, founded in 2012, has grown to nearly 3,000 employees and operates in over 40 countries, serving more than half of the Fortune 500. The company’s core strength lies in its […]
The Art of the Possible with VMware Private AI
This session will discuss how VMware’s Private AI architectural approach enables the flexibility to run a range of GenAI solutions for your environment. We’ll explore how customers can achieve business value by running applications on a Private AI that offers unique advantages in privacy, compliance, and control. We will demo the “VMware Expert” app, built […]
Getting Started with VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA
In this session, we will take a practitioner’s point of view of Private AI, walking through the value of not trying to create a do it yourself AI infrastructure, how to pick the right GPU for your organization, and delivering your AI use case. In this presentation, Chris Gully from VMware by Broadcom discusses the […]
VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA Technical Overview and Demo
This session will provide an update on VMware Private AI Foundation with NVIDIA, showcasing its evolution from preview to general availability. Key features and improvements made since the preview phase will be highlighted, giving delegates a clear understanding of what the product looks like in its fully realized state. The session will illustrate a day […]
VMware Private AI Business Update
This session will provide a business update on the state of VMware Private AI in the market. It focuses on advancements and announcements since VMware by Broadcom’s presentation at AI Field Day 4, including the key Enterprise AI challenges and the most common business use cases that have emerged. This session is followed by technical […]
Kickstart AI in Your Data Center with Cisco Validated Designs
In this presentation, Cisco outlines its approach to helping enterprises deploy AI infrastructure efficiently and effectively through Cisco Validated Designs (CVDs). The speakers, Siva Sivakumar and Tushar Patel, emphasize the growing importance of AI across industries and the challenges enterprises face in integrating AI into their existing IT infrastructure. Cisco’s solution is to provide a […]