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GlobalFoundries to Acquire Synopsys ARC Processor IP Business
The deal moves Synopsys’ ARC processor IP and ASIP Designer/Programmer tools to GF’s MIPS business, while Synopsys keeps interface and foundation IP and leans further into AI-era engineering.
The Echo of Wi-Fi: Why the Optics Industry Feels Like Déjà Vu
As AI breaks the networking playbook and data centers hit the power wall, the optics industry enters a chaotic “2003 moment.” Mark Grodzinsky explores why the lessons of Wi-Fi will define the winners of the AI era.
The Nervous System of AI: Why the “Best Effort” Era is Over
Deterministic wireless is becoming the nervous system of AI. As robots and XR scale, “best effort” turns into business risk—and networks must deliver predictable, identity-driven, secure performance.
2026 Predictions: A Year of Human and Machine Revolution
Allyson Klein predicts inference spreading from cloud to edge, agentic oversight reshaping ops, privacy battles intensifying, scientific computing facing brain drain, and quantum finally breaking through.
Intelligence Everywhere: Defining the Era of Edge and Physical AI
Deploying the future: At CES 2026, the Arm ecosystem is delivering AI from the cloud to the front lines—powering mobility, robotics, and personal computing with fast, efficient, on-device intelligence.
How PEAK:AiO Turns Commodity Servers Into AI Rocket Ships
By delivering AI performance with one-sixth the hardware footprint, PEAK:AiO is redefining software-defined storage to make scalable AI infrastructure more affordable, efficient, and open.
GlobalFoundries to Acquire Synopsys ARC Processor IP Business
The deal moves Synopsys’ ARC processor IP and ASIP Designer/Programmer tools to GF’s MIPS business, while Synopsys keeps interface and foundation IP and leans further into AI-era engineering.
The Echo of Wi-Fi: Why the Optics Industry Feels Like Déjà Vu
As AI breaks the networking playbook and data centers hit the power wall, the optics industry enters a chaotic “2003 moment.” Mark Grodzinsky explores why the lessons of Wi-Fi will define the winners of the AI era.
The Nervous System of AI: Why the “Best Effort” Era is Over
Deterministic wireless is becoming the nervous system of AI. As robots and XR scale, “best effort” turns into business risk—and networks must deliver predictable, identity-driven, secure performance.
2026 Predictions: A Year of Human and Machine Revolution
Allyson Klein predicts inference spreading from cloud to edge, agentic oversight reshaping ops, privacy battles intensifying, scientific computing facing brain drain, and quantum finally breaking through.
Intelligence Everywhere: Defining the Era of Edge and Physical AI
Deploying the future: At CES 2026, the Arm ecosystem is delivering AI from the cloud to the front lines—powering mobility, robotics, and personal computing with fast, efficient, on-device intelligence.
How PEAK:AiO Turns Commodity Servers Into AI Rocket Ships
By delivering AI performance with one-sixth the hardware footprint, PEAK:AiO is redefining software-defined storage to make scalable AI infrastructure more affordable, efficient, and open.
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Podcasts
Ushering in a New Era of AI Silicon with Tenstorrent’s David Bennett
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Tenstorrent’s David Bennett about the company’s vision for RISC-V + accelerator solutions to usher in a new era of AI compute and how customers are hungry for alternatives including custom designs.
A Mathematical Revolution in AI with Lemurian Labs CEO Jay Dawani
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Lemurian Labs co-founder and CEO Jay Dawani about his vision for a mathematical revolution in AI and how his company plans to change the game on AI performance.
Unleashing Generative AI for the World with Microsoft’s Nidhi Chappell
Allyson Klein chat’s with Microsoft GM Nidhi Chappell about her team’s amazing journey delivering the compute power to train Chat GPT and integrate generative AI power for the world.
Technology’s Role in the Fight Against Zootonic Pathogens with WSU’s Pilar Fernandez
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Washington State University professor Pilar Fernandez about how her team’s battle for better information about the spread against Lyme disease and other zootonic pathogens and how technology is arming the public with better data to keep individuals safe with this growing epidemic. Dr. Fernandez and fellow scientists have tapped advanced analytics and AI to track tick populations and enable proper identification of tick species as part of a larger community effort to fight this growing disease.
Getting Ahead of Generative AI with the CTO Advisor Keith Townsend
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with CTO Advisor Keith Townsend about how enterprises should ready themselves for generative AI integration into their business opportunity.
Improving Computing Accessibility with I-STEM
TechArena host Allyson Klein chats with Kartik Sawheny, founder of I-STEM, about his mission for delivering increased accessibility across computing and the challenges inherent in the industry today.
PEAK:AIO on Smarter Storage for AI—Data Insights @ OCP
From OCP San Jose, PEAK:AIO’s Roger Cummings explains how workload-aware file systems, richer memory tiers, and capturing intelligence at the edge reduce cost and complexity.
CelLink PowerPlane: Flat Power for AI Server Racks
Innovative power delivery unlocks a shift in data-center design. CelLink PowerPlane routes thousands of amps in a flat, flexible circuit—cutting cabling and accelerating AI factory builds.
Ventiva Brings Innovative Solid-State Cooling to the AI Data Center
CEO Carl Schlachte joins TechArena at OCP Summit to share how Ventiva’s solid-state cooling—proven in dense laptops—scales to servers, cutting noise, complexity and power while speeding deployment.
Metrum AI’s Steen Graham on Multi-Agent AI and Smarter Storage
From OCP Summit, Metrum AI CEO Steen Graham unpacks multi-agent infrastructure, SSD-accelerated RAG, and the memory-to-storage shift—plus a 2026 roadmap to boost GPU utilization, uptime, and time-to-value.
Flex at OCP: Chris Butler on Breaking the IT–Power Wall
From the OCP Global Summit in San Jose, Allyson Klein sits down with Chris Butler of Flex to unpack how the company is collapsing the gap between IT and power—literally and figuratively.
Kelley Mullick of Avayla on Rack-Scale Design & Hybrid Cooling
From OCP Summit 2025, Kelley Mullick joins Allyson Klein and co-host Jeniece Wnorowski for a Data Insights episode on rack-scale design, hybrid cooling (incl. immersion heat recapture), and open standards.
