Highflying Nvidia widens its reach into enterprise data centers
Nvidia’s plan to buy British chip powerhouse Arm Ltd. for a cool $40 billion is just the latest move in the company’s evolution from a gaming chip maker to a game changer in enterprise data centers.Nvidia’s goal is to take its high-powered processor technology and, through innovation, high-profile acquisitions (Mellanox, Cumulus and Arm) and strategic alliances (VMware, Check Point and Red Hat), p
rovide a full-stack, hardware/software offering that brings the power of AI to companies that are modernizing their data centers. READ MORE: The 10 most powerful companies in enterprise networking To read this article in full, please click here
Author: Neal Weinberg
Date: 2020-11-11
networkworld.com
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