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ILM special effects
How ILM creates visual effects faster & cheaper with AMD-powered Supermicro hardware
  • May 22, 2023
  • Author: KJ Jacoby

ILM, the visual-effects company founded by George Lucas, is using AMD-powered Supermicro servers and workstations to create the next generation of special effects for movies and TV.

Supermicro server
Absolute Hosting finds the sweet spot with AMD-powered Supermicro servers
  • May 19, 2023
  • Author: Peter Krass

Absolute Hosting, a South African provider of hosting services to small and midsize businesses, sought to upgrade its hardware, improve its performance, and lower its costs. The company achieved all three goals with AMD-powered Supermicro servers.

Professional AI for brain tomography
A hospital’s diagnosis: Professional AI workloads require professional hardware
  • May 18, 2023
  • Author: Peter Krass

A Taiwanese hospital’s initial use of AI to interpret medical images with consumer graphics cards fell short. The prescription? Supermicro workstations powered by AMD components. 

Generative AI is rocking tech
How Generative AI is rocking the tech business—in a good way
  • May 12, 2023
  • Author: Peter Krass

With ChatGPT the newest star of tech, generative AI has emerged as a major market opportunity for traditional hardware and software suppliers. Here’s some of what you can expect from AMD and Supermicro.

Gaming as a Service
Tech Explainer: How does Gaming as a Service work?
  • May 10, 2023
  • Author: KJ Jacoby

Gaming as a Service is a streaming platform that pushes content from the cloud to personal devices on demand. Though it’s been around for years, in some ways it’s just getting started.

Research roundup: AI edition
Research roundup: AI edition
  • May 5, 2023
  • Author: Peter Krass

AI is busting out all over. AI is getting prioritized over all other digital investments. The AI market is forecast to grow by over 20% a year through 2030. AI worries Americans about the potential impact on hiring. And AI needs to be safeguarded against the risk of misuse.

Ahrefs speeds search engine optimization
How Ahrefs speeds SEO services with huge compute, memory & storage
  • April 28, 2023
  • Author: Peter Krass

Ahrefs, a supplier of search engine optimization tools, needed more robust tech to serve its tens of thousands of customers and crawl billions of web pages daily. The solution: More than 600 Supermicro Hyper servers powered by AMD processors and loaded with huge memory and storage.

Gaming as a Service
Gaming as a Service gets a platform boost
  • April 25, 2023
  • Author: KJ Jacoby

Gaming as a Service gets a boost from Blacknut’s new platform for content providers that’s powered by Supermicro and Radian Arc.

AI Infrastructure
How to help your customers invest in AI infrastructure
  • April 24, 2023
  • Author: Peter Krass

The right AI infrastructure can help your customers turn data into actionable information. But building and scaling that infrastructure can be challenging. Find out why—and how you can make it easier. 

Generative AI
Tech Explainer: How does generative AI generate?
  • April 21, 2023
  • Author: KJ Jacoby

Generative AI systems such as ChatGPT are grabbing the headlines. Find out how this super-smart technology actually works. 

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