CABLING
42 computing ( HPC ) and hyperscale installations are designed around a three year upgrade cycle and are highly flexible , many enterprise data centers are still rooted in the 1G / 10Gb per second BASE-T copper era with an eight year upgrade cycle ,” he adds . We sat down with Smith to discuss the challenges and opportunities that the changing data centre cabling market presents , and how data centre operators can build an effective cabling strategy to suit both their facility ’ s demands and their budget .
NVIDIA : CONQUERING THE DATA CENTRE BUSINESS
Nvidia rose to prominence as a GPU manufacturer in the gaming industry , but the company has come a long way since then . This summer , the company ’ s sales to the data centre industry exceeded its gaming revenue for the first time in its 30 year history . Data centre sales rose by 126 % in the first half of 2020 , following high-profile acquisitions of companies like
Arm and Mellanox , which Nvidia purchased in late 2019 for $ 6.9bn .
Mellanox has since brought its industry-leading connectivity solutions to Nvidia ’ s ecosystem , which has had spectacular results . Mellanox ’ s portfolio of InfiniBand and Ethernet products has prompted a strong sales boost for Nvidia , further expanding its portfolio of data centre solutions .
DECEMBER 2020