Robert Hof, Author at SiliconANGLE

Cloud

In blockbuster cloud move, Amazon jumps into the data center with both feet

By Robert Hof Nov 28, 2018

In yet another land grab, cloud computing king Amazon Web Services Inc. today took a giant step further into the inner sanctum of customers’ data centers. At its re:Invent conference in Las Vegas, the…

Cloud

Amazon debuts Inferentia, a custom machine learning prediction chip

By Robert Hof Nov 28, 2018

In another sign of Amazon.com Inc.’s broad ambitions in cloud computing, the company’s cloud company today debuted a new processor chip designed for machine learning. The chip, called Inferentia, will be available via Amazon…

Cloud

AWS Ground Station offers easier access to satellite data via cloud

By Robert Hof Nov 27, 2018

Jumping deeper into a new market, Amazon Web Services Inc. today said it will offer easier and faster cloud access to data from space via satellite communications. AWS Ground Station, announced by the Amazon.com…

Cloud

AWS beefs up its cloud with its own processor, and much more

By Robert Hof Nov 27, 2018

Kicking off its annual re:Invent cloud conference with a bang Monday night, Amazon Web Services Inc. debuted among a wide array of new services a new cloud chip of its own design. Dubbed Graviton…

Cloud

Pac-12 athletic conference goes long with AWS cloud services

By Robert Hof Nov 20, 2018

A likely parade of new and expanded customers coming in the next week or so for Amazon Web Services Inc.’s cloud offerings kicked off today with the Pac-12 Conference. The western athletic conference said…

Infra

Nvidia shares plunge after it misses earnings forecasts

By Robert Hof Nov 15, 2018

Updated: Investors have been punishing graphics chipmaker Nvidia Corp. lately, its shares down by more than a quarter on concerns about growth forecasts. The spanking continued today. The Santa Clara, California-based maker of graphics…

Cloud

New Nvidia T4 graphics chip lands on Google’s cloud and lots of servers

By Robert Hof Nov 12, 2018

Graphics chips have become the standard for enabling artificial intelligence, as the kind of parallel processing that speeded up video games turned out to be ideal for AI too. Now they’re increasingly finding their…

Apps

Tepid revenue and user growth dims Facebook earnings – and it won’t end soon

By Robert Hof Oct 30, 2018

Updated: Facebook Inc. took its medicine a few months ago when it said revenue growth would slow down, knocking 19 percent off its stock in a single day. So it’s no surprise that today’s…

AI

Google to fund AI ‘social good’ projects with $25M in grants

By Robert Hof Oct 29, 2018

At a time when fears of the impacts of artificial intelligence are on the rise, Google LLC said today that it will give away $25 million toward projects that use its artificial intelligence technologies…

Apps

In a bombshell deal, IBM acquires open-source pioneer Red Hat for $34B

By Robert Hof Oct 28, 2018

Updated: In a deal sure to shake up the worlds of open-source software and cloud computing alike, IBM Corp. today announced a deal to acquire Red Hat Inc. for a stunning $34 billion. Red…

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AWS beefs up its cloud with its own processor, and much more

Nvidia shares plunge after it misses earnings forecasts

New Nvidia T4 graphics chip lands on Google’s cloud and lots of servers

Tepid revenue and user growth dims Facebook earnings – and it won’t end soon

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