by Kathy Gibson | Jul 26, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
Artificial intelligence (AI) has brought transformative changes to various industries, including banking and financial services. “While the use of AI in banking is not new, its adoption has expanded in recent years, particularly in areas like fraud protection,...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 26, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
Revenue from AI semiconductors globally is expected to total $71-billion in 2024, an increase of 33% from 2023, according to the latest forecast from Gartner. “Today, generative AI (GenAI) is fueling demand for high-performance AI chips in data centres. In 2024, the...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 26, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
Emphasising cost reduction and sustainability, Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang has detailed new semiconductors, software and systems to power data centres, factories, consumer devices, robots and more, with the aim of driving a new industrial revolution....
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 26, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
Intel has unveiled new technologies and architectures poised to accelerate the AI ecosystem – from the data centre, cloud and network to the edge and PC. At the recent Computex event, Intel announced the following: * The launch of Intel Xeon 6 processors with...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 26, 2024 | Trends and Analysis
AMD has detailed new CPU, NPU and GPU architectures powering end-to-end AI infrastructure from the data centre to PCs. At Computex, the company unveiled an expanded AMD Instinct accelerator roadmap, introducing an annual cadence of leadership AI accelerators including...
by Kathy Gibson | Jul 26, 2024 | Featured Story, Trends and Analysis
There are very few environments as competitive as the South African IT distribution channel, so it comes as no surprise whenever we pose the question of how the year’s been so far at the half-way mark that the unanimous response is usually “Tough!”. And this year...
