During an opening keynote at Data Center World 2024, execs from Intel and AMD detailed the massive shift AI is bringing to the data center – and their visions for where the industry is heading.
Jennifer Majernik Huffstetler, chief product sustainability officer at Intel, explained that it is not just processors that are facilitating the AI revolution. It takes a combination of bigger and denser processors with far more cores, optimized hardware and software, and AI models that have been designed for specific use cases and workloads.
Laura Smith, CVP of engineering solutions at AMD, explained that current data centers are not fit for AI purposes. Modernization efforts, however, run into inherent limitations.
“Current data centers don’t have the right infrastructure to adopt new technology which is why there is such a big push to modernize them,” said Smith. “Space, power, cooling, floor design, and budget constraints make it difficult.” Read more!