This post by one of the GreyBeards himself, Ray Luchessi, describes how Intel is changing the game when it comes to AI-driven graphs. Lucchesi experienced Intel’s presentation from May’s AI Field Day event firsthand as a delegate, and has some strong opinions regarding their Katana AI product. Read all about them here, and watch the associated AI Field Day presentation for more technical information from Intel.
Networking Field Day 25, Part 1
Bryton Herdes was invited be a delegate at May’s Networking Field Day event, and after attending was not disappointed. In his blog on the topic, he covers his first impressions of the event and the presentations by Kemp, VMware, Arrcus, Intel, and PathSolutions. Read on to learn more, and be sure to watch the presentations Bryton attended to get the full picture.
Intel Silicon Photonics – The Way Forward
Ed Horley, curator of the Howfunky blog and self-titled “crazy IPv6 dude,” details his experiences at May’s Networking Field Day event. Specifically, Horley emphatically covers Intel’s presentation on Silicon Photonics, which he believes is the future of networking going forward. Dive into that potentially controversial statement by reading his piece and watching Intel’s presentation to learn more.
Data://express 0006 – YANG Ohne YIN, Lambda Vor Kappa Und Wenig IPv6 Auf Dem Network Field Day 25 – Pt. I
This episode of the German podcast, data://disrupted, contains the story of editor-in-chief and show host, Kerstin Stief, and her time as a delegate at May’s Networking Field Day. The show dives into what all she learned, including the two main themes that the presenting companies seemed to hone in on. Listen to the full show to hear what all was covered, and be sure to watch the presentations from the Networking Field Day event to hear for yourself!
Protecting Data In-Use Through Confidential Computing With Intel SGX
This piece details Intel’s appearance at March’s Cloud Field Day, where they showcased their Software Guard Extensions (SGX) for protecting data in-use. As a founding member of the Confidential Computing Consortium, Intel has a vested interest in protecting customer data, and their SGX solution provides a way to create data alcoves which prevent chunks of critical data from being tampered with while in use in an application. Read on to learn more about how it works, and check out the rest of Intel’s Cloud Field Day presentation for more technical info, as well as a deep dive into their Telemetry solution.
How Intel’s 3rd Gen Xeon Architecture Supports AI at the Edge
Intel rocked the world earlier this year with the release of their 3rd Generation Xeon Scalable processors, codenamed “Ice Lake,” which are designed specifically for advancing compute capabilities of servers. In their exclusive Tech Field Day event surrounding the new release, Intel gave an overview of how the Xeon platform is changing the AI edge game. Read on to learn about what Ice Lake has to offer, and be sure to watch Intel’s exclusive Tech Field Day event for more information.
Data://express 0004 – Intel Ice Lake, NVIDIA Grace, Composable Infrastructure, RDMA Over WAN
In this episode of the German data://disrupted podcast, Wolfgang and Kerstin Stief describes Wolfang’s experiences as a delegate at Intel’s special Tech Field Day event surrounding the release of their Ice Lake 3rd Gen Xeon scalable processors. The pair dive into the release, as well as the announcement of the AI-focused CPU from NVIDIA, called Grace. Tune in to hear more, including the other topics discussed, and check out Intel’s exclusive Tech Field Day event to get all of the details about Ice Lake.
Intel Optane – Challenges and Triumphs
At Storage Field Day earlier this year, Intel focused on their intel Optane memory solution and some of the successes and challenges they’ve had in implementing it. This isn’t the first time that delegate Dan Frith has seen Intel present on Optane, and he was refreshed with how direct they were about both the ups and downs of the product. Writing on his blog, Dan says that he enjoyed the presentation tremendously and the customer examples were powerful examples at what intel can do. If you haven’t yet, be sure to watch Intel’s presentations from Storage Field Day to get an idea of where Intel’s Optane has been and where it is going.
Presenters React to the Storage Field Day 21 Experience
Storage Field Day was our first event of 2021, and we think it went swimmingly! After the presentations, we spoke to each of the presenting teams to get their thoughts on their Storage Field Day appearances and we compiled some of their answers into a video.
A big thank you to Hammerspace, Intel, NetApp, Pliops, MinIO, Tintri, and Nasuni for making the event such a success! Check out their thoughts on Storage Field Day on the YouTube video or take a look at the many great presentations on our website.
Voices in Innovation – a Roundtable Discussion on Persistent Memory
Enrico Signoretti, Jason Collier, and Matt Leib join the Voices in Innovation podcast on Gigaom to talk about Tech Field Day Extra at Intel Memory and Storage 2020. On the podcast, they dig into Intel’s presentations and discuss Intel Persistent Memory. Head over to the Gigaom website to check out the podcast, and head to our website to look at Intel’s presentations from the event!
Storage Field Day 21 – Intel
Intel presented at Storage Field Day in January, where Barry Coombs joined us as a delegate. Barry created a doodle covering Intel’s presentation, including notes on Intel Optane Technology and how Intel plans to continue investing, developing, and scaling the Intel Optane business. To see what else Barry included in his doodle covering Intel’s presentation, visit Tech Doodles!
Is Hardware Innovation Accelerating – Hardware vs. Software Innovation (Round 6)
As he looks at the IT Industry, Ray Lucchesi sees something changing. As a delegate at the first ever AI Field Day late last year, he got to see several sponsors present on their latest innovations in the field. In an ongoing segment on his blog, RayOnStorage, Ray looks at the differences between hardware and software innovation. As part of his post, he considers some of the incredible progress being made in hardware like neuromorphic chips, including those that Ray saw BrainChip present on. Ray writes that Intel is also helping to push the hardware innovation forward with their work. Be sure to check out Ray’s full analysis, as well as BrainChip and Intel’s presentations from AI Field Day on our website!
Intel Memory and Storage Moment 2020 – Intel Optane Announcements
Max Mortillaro was a delegate at Intel Memory and Storage Moment 2020 in December and follows the event with an exploration of Intel’s Optane announcements. Max recognizes that 2020 has been a pivotal year for Intel and is excited about Optane/Persistent Memory, as he notes that this technology promises a brave new world 5-10 years from now. To find out what else Max had to say about Intel’s latest announcements at this Tech Field Day Exclusive with Intel Memory and Storage, visit TECHunplugged!
Intel Memory Storage 2020 Briefing
Barry Coombs had the opportunity to attend the Tech Field Day Exclusive with Intel Memory and Storage as a delegate in December and interact directly with the Intel team as they recapped their keynote sessions. In his latest edition of Tech Doodles, Barry highlights the presentations including Intel’s six pillars, utilizing Optane in conjunction with DRAM, and Intel’s DAOS software. If you haven’t yet, be sure to check out our website to watch all the videos from the Tech Field Day Exclusive with Intel Memory and Storage!
Architecting AI Infrastructure
As a delegate at the first ever AI Field Day earlier this year, Gina Rosenthal helped to pioneer Tech Field Day into a new topic area! On 24×7 IT Connection, she writes about several the presenters she saw including BrainChip, Red Hat, Intel, MemVerge, and VAST Data. Gina notes that with the pool of professionals building AI infrastructures growing, there is an increased need for education around architecting those infrastructures. Our thanks to Gina for being on the delegate panel at AI Field Day, we hope you check out her deep dive!
Intel Memory & Storage Moment 2020
It was a pleasure to team up with Intel on the Intel Memory & Storage Moment 2020! At the event, delegate Barry Coombs saw keynotes from the Intel team on a variety of topics including several key product announcements. In his latest version of TechDoodles, Barry artistically recaps day one of IMS20. Check out his doodle and then head over to the Intel website to see the Day 1 keynotes!
Tomversations: Episode 11 – Data Processing Units (DPUs)
In the latest episode of Tomversations, Tom Hollingsworth takes us through the various types of chips that you might find in modern computing, from the workhorse x86 CISC chips favored by Intel to the specific ASICs and FPGAs that help in purpose-built devices. Along the way, Tom helps frame the discussion around DPUS and why they’re not just for networking traffic any more.
Network Field Day 23: Intel’s Performance-Enhancing Ethernet Chip Technologies
At Networking Field Day, delegate Pete Welcher was impressed with Intel’s presentation highlighting the new features in the powerful Intel 800 series Ethernet chips and NIC’s. Pete writes about Intel’s four main presentation topics including ADQ, NVMEoF, DDP, and Barefoot Networks. For the full analysis of Intel’s presentations check out Pete’s post and for the videos of their presentations head over to the Tech Field Day website!
