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MLPerf Inference provides an indication of how well systems perform at inferencing tasks such as image classification and speech recognition. Nvidia's A100 achieved the highest performance per accelerator in the Data Center Offline and Server tests.

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GUEST INTERVIEW: Hyperscalers is the Australian next-gen open-OEM solving IT's complexity, eliminating proprietary hardware and software vendor lock-ins, delivering better technologies at competitive pricing. Doing it all from Canberra to Australian and global customers since 2014, in what is an inspiring and true success story its customers love.

The India server market saw a 11.2% drop in revenue in the fourth quarter to US$266.1 million (A$347.4 million), compared to US$299.6 million in the corresponding quarter in 2019, the technology analyst firm IDC says.

Global technology company IBM claims to have developed a new fully homomorphic encryption toolkit for Linux which has been made available on the source code repository GitHub for public use.

Stating it is "accelerating mobile and laptop performance", Arm has unveiled its "first-ever public CPU forward-looking roadmap and performance numbers".

With top mobile operators, including Telstra, in major first world countries set to "activate Windows 10 PCs powered by Qualcomm's Snapdragon Mobile PC Platform on 4G/LTE Networks", the only question is whether consumers will buy them.

Rumoured for years, Microsoft might finally release a Surface Phone able to run x86 Windows desktop apps, with or without Continuum, on either Intel or ARM processors.

Strong positive response to AMD’s new Ryzen 7 eight-core processors by the gaming community has brought forward the release of its cost-effective Ryzen 5, six-core and four-core processors.

Microsoft and Qualcomm have announced that the next generation Qualcomm Snapdragon ARM processors will support full compatibility with the Windows 10 ecosystem.

A rootkit aimed at Linux systems running on the x86, ARM and embedded platforms has been in development since last year and runs in user mode on an affected system, according to researchers at Trend Micro.

The era of desktop and notebook computers may be drawing to a close, but the hybrid, detachable, two-in-one is on a rapid ascent. Specifically the Windows based, x86 version.

AMD now offers ‘top-to-bottom’ x86 options for gaming, imaging, industrial control - based on price, performance, and power use.       

Ailing giant IBM has sold its x86 server division to Chinese PC supplier Lenovo for $US2.3 billion, confirming widespread industry speculation.

Intel will wind down its manufacture of desktop (not server) motherboards (MB) over the next three years. No big deal – responsible companies must jettison unprofitable operations to protect shareholder value…

IBM has set a new TPC-H 1000GB benchmark record for non-clustered systems with its new System x 3850 X5 server.

Seeking to replace its existing SGI Altix supercomputer with a new model powered by 64-bit Intel processors, Australia's science organisation has gone to tender to double its supercomputing power.