For Data Centers, It's All About Cores

摘要

The new and old data center may look similar from a rack standpoint, but inside it has radically changed. Multicore CPUs with dozens of cores are now the norm and they often sit side by side with GPUs, FPGAs, and even custom accelerators. The rush to meet the machine-learning (ML) demand has fueled the migration for CPU-only configurations, though that's only part of the drive. It also involves better development and deployment tools and allowing easier use of GPUs and FPGAs for non-ML applications that can take advantage of these architectures.