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ASRock Creator Radeon AI Pro R9700 Review: Workstation Inference, AMD Style

ASRock Creator Radeon AI Pro R9700 Review: Workstation Inference, AMD Style

Today we are taking a look at ASRock's high-end Radeon AI inference card for workstations, the Creator Radeon AI Pro R9700. With 32GB of RAM and a $1700 price tag, the card is a highly affordable way to fill out a workstation for local AI inference The post ASRock Creator Radeon AI Pro R9700 Review: Workstation Inference, AMD Style appeared first on ServeTheHome.

◷ 2 min readOct 26, 2026
Aivres NVIDIA Vera Rubin and HGX B300 at OCP Summit

Aivres NVIDIA Vera Rubin and HGX B300 at OCP Summit

We check out the range of Aivres NVIDIA Vera, Vera Rubin, and Blackwell Ultra platforms at OCP Summit 2026 The post Aivres NVIDIA Vera Rubin and HGX B300 at OCP Summit appeared first on ServeTheHome.

◷ 2 min readOct 25, 2026
Kazakhstan Expands Compute for Its AI Future

Kazakhstan Expands Compute for Its AI Future

Kazakhstan’s AI ecosystem is moving from infrastructure plans to deployment.  The shift is visible across the full AI stack — from infrastructure to models to applications.  Together, the ecosystem announcements below point to the nation’s increasing supply of accelerated computing — along with its growing demand for what comes next. Read All NVIDIA in Europe […]

◷ 2 min readOct 23, 2026
Qotom Q51551UT 4x 10GbE and 6x 2.5GbE Mini PC Review

Qotom Q51551UT 4x 10GbE and 6x 2.5GbE Mini PC Review

Today we are taking a look at a network-focused industrial mini-PC from Qotom, the Q51551UT. The small box goes big on networking, with 10 Ethernet ports that support data rates as high as 10Gbps The post Qotom Q51551UT 4x 10GbE and 6x 2.5GbE Mini PC Review appeared first on ServeTheHome.

◷ 2 min readOct 22, 2026
Nvidia Unveils DSX POD Amid Greenpeace Protest

Nvidia Unveils DSX POD Amid Greenpeace Protest

Nvidia says its DSX POD can slash AI data center deployment times, but its Berlin launch also underscored growing backlash over the industry’s rapid expansion.

◷ 2 min readOct 22, 2026
NVIDIA Unveils Minerva to Bring End-to-End Observability for AI Factories

NVIDIA Unveils Minerva to Bring End-to-End Observability for AI Factories

Launched today, NVIDIA Minerva is an AIOps platform built to help teams find problems earlier and keep AI factories productive. It brings together telemetry from infrastructure and AI workloads, then applies purpose-built AI models to turn that data into timely, actionable insight. AI factories are among the most complex operations in the world, with vast […]

◷ 2 min readOct 22, 2026
NVIDIA Cosmos Opens New Tools to Train, Evaluate and Deploy World Models

NVIDIA Cosmos Opens New Tools to Train, Evaluate and Deploy World Models

To help developers rapidly build world models, which help physical AI systems understand and simulate the real world, NVIDIA has expanded the Cosmos platform with new training tools, simulation checkpoints and Cosmos Data Factory blueprints.  Ranking top five on six different open models leaderboards, the NVIDIA Cosmos platform gives world model builders the frontier open […]

◷ 2 min readOct 22, 2026
NVIDIA Transforms European Retail, From Digital Discovery to Physical Operations

NVIDIA Transforms European Retail, From Digital Discovery to Physical Operations

European retailers are using open models and physical intelligence across use cases — from a commerce platform cutting inference costs by 90% to to a fulfillment center where collaboration of different robotic fleets is simulated inside a digital twin. Frontier Results With Open Models Retail leaders and technology companies across Europe are using NVIDIA-accelerated open […]

◷ 2 min readOct 22, 2026
NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026 NVIDIA Intros DSX PODs and More

NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026 NVIDIA Intros DSX PODs and More

NVIDIA kicked off GTC 2026 with its lead keynote. Among the highlights for this year's European NVIDIA tradeshow are the DSX POD, a server-in-a-container, as well as a slew of software updates for the NVIDIA ecosystem The post NVIDIA GTC Berlin 2026 NVIDIA Intros DSX PODs and More appeared first on ServeTheHome.

◷ 2 min readOct 21, 2026
NVIDIA Cloud Partners Scale Across Europe — Sovereign, Open and Built for Safe AI Agents

NVIDIA Cloud Partners Scale Across Europe — Sovereign, Open and Built for Safe AI Agents

Demand from AI-natives is pulling the European AI cloud ecosystem forward faster than ever. Developers need compute closer to their data, open models they can customize and serve at scale, and full-stack infrastructure that is secure by design.  NVIDIA Cloud Partners across Europe, the Nordics, Africa, and Central Asia are expanding regional compute capacity for […]

◷ 2 min readOct 21, 2026
Europe’s Industrial Leaders Reinvent Engineering and Manufacturing With NVIDIA

Europe’s Industrial Leaders Reinvent Engineering and Manufacturing With NVIDIA

To increase productivity, accelerate innovation and create new opportunities for economic growth, Europe’s industrial leaders are tapping NVIDIA CUDA-X and Omniverse libraries, as well as NVIDIA Cosmos and Nemotron open models, across the engineering and manufacturing lifecycle.  Bringing those capabilities together on the factory floor, the NVIDIA Factory Operations Blueprint (FOX) is now available in […]

◷ 2 min readOct 21, 2026
NVIDIA cuDSS Now Generally Available to Accelerate Engineering and Scientific Simulations

NVIDIA cuDSS Now Generally Available to Accelerate Engineering and Scientific Simulations

NVIDIA cuDSS, launched today in general availability, is an NVIDIA CUDA-X library that shifts a critical part of engineering and scientific simulations onto GPUs.  Complex engineering feats — from advanced chips to aircraft to industrial systems —– depend on simulation to predict how designs will perform before they’re built. As designs become more complex, simulations […]

◷ 2 min readOct 21, 2026
NVIDIA Confidential Computing Expands, Enabling Frontier Model Builders to Securely Scale Across Global Infrastructure

NVIDIA Confidential Computing Expands, Enabling Frontier Model Builders to Securely Scale Across Global Infrastructure

NVIDIA builds tools to enable safe agents across the stack. The NVIDIA OpenShell Reference Architecture, announced today, is part of NVIDIA’s growing portfolio of technologies that enables organizations to safely deploy agents at scale. NVIDIA Confidential Computing is the infrastructure layer that protects the models and data those agents depend on while running. Today, NVIDIA […]

◷ 2 min readOct 21, 2026
European Mobility Leaders Build Safe Vehicles and Robotaxi Fleets on NVIDIA Hyperion

European Mobility Leaders Build Safe Vehicles and Robotaxi Fleets on NVIDIA Hyperion

NVIDIA today announced that leading automakers in Europe and mobility providers, including Bolt with Lucid, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen Commercial Vehicles and Einride, are showcasing selected autonomous-mobility use cases on the NVIDIA Hyperion computing platform, demonstrating potential applications for level 3 and level 4 vehicles as well as future robotaxi fleets.

◷ 2 min readOct 21, 2026
Modular AI factory infrastructure: A faster path to first token

Modular AI factory infrastructure: A faster path to first token

The future of the AI factory is modular. As GPU capacity grows at dizzying speed, traditional construction methods struggle to keep up. The fastest way to build AI factories is to leverage prefabricated data center modules. NVIDIA plans to introduce higher-capacity GPUs soon. NVIDIA’s next-generation... The post Modular AI factory infrastructure: A faster path to first token appeared first on Schneider Electric Blog.

◷ 2 min readOct 20, 2026
Edge AI for Smart Cities: From Insight to Cognitive Action

Edge AI for Smart Cities: From Insight to Cognitive Action

This white paper explains how edge AI and physical AI help cities move beyond passive monitoring. It shows how urban infrastructure can sense, reason, and act on real-time conditions across public safety, mobility, and infrastructure management.What you will learn about: How the shift from smart cities to cognitive cities depends on infrastructure that reasons and acts, rather than infrastructure that only monitors.Why edge AI supports low-latency decisions, keeps sensitive data within city boun

◷ 2 min readOct 19, 2026
Optical PCIe Extends the Reach of AI Rack Design

Optical PCIe Extends the Reach of AI Rack Design

Lumentum, Astera Labs, and Corning demoed optical PCIe, which extends reach beyond copper and enables more flexible, disaggregated AI rack designs, though it’s still an early-stage proof of concept.

◷ 2 min readOct 19, 2026
Learning to Play Like a Pro: Adaptive Motion Planning and Tracking for Humanoid Robots

Learning to Play Like a Pro: Adaptive Motion Planning and Tracking for Humanoid Robots

This White Paper provides roboticists and control engineers with a comprehensive overview of how motion planning and motion tracking can be decoupled to preserve professional athletic style in humanoid robots, and why adaptive, speed-aware control is essential for closing the gap between simulation and real-world deployment.What you will learn about: Why combining a professional athlete’s motion style with reliable task performance remains an open challenge in humanoid ball-sports robotics, and

◷ 2 min readOct 12, 2026
The U.S. Just Bet $1 Billion on Quantum Chip Manufacturing

The U.S. Just Bet $1 Billion on Quantum Chip Manufacturing

The U.S. Department of Commerce has finalized a CHIPS and Science Act R&D award of up to $1 billion for Anderon, a quantum foundry IBM established earlier this year. The 16 September announcement backs a manufacturing service for IBM and other quantum-hardware developers.IBM is matching the award with US $1 billion in cash and contributing intellectual property, assets, and skilled workers. Headquartered in Albany, N.Y., Anderon builds on an existing operation at Albany NanoTech, where IBM has m

◷ 2 min readOct 7, 2026
CoreWeave Targets Enterprises with Forge Platform

CoreWeave Targets Enterprises with Forge Platform

CoreWeave is evolving from a specialized GPU infrastructure provider into a full-stack AI cloud platform to compete with hyperscalers and attract enterprise customers.

◷ 2 min readSep 30, 2026