Utilizing TechRevolutionizing Data Infrastructure for AI with WEKA
Storage software running on modern hardware can deliver incredible performance and capability to support AI applications. This episode of Utilizing Tech wraps up our season with a discussion of WEKA’s data platform for AI with Alan McSeveney, Scott Shadley of Solidigm, and host Stephen Foskett. Modern hardware is capable of incredible performance, but bottlenecks remain. The limiting factor for AI processors is memory capacity: GPUs are hungry for data and must be refreshed from storage quickly enough to keep them running at scale. Storage can also be used to share data between GPUs across the data center and to cache working data to accelerate calculation. The secret to scalability, from storage to applications to AI, is distribution and parallel processing. Modern software runs at incredible scale, and all elements of the stack must match. Technologies like Kubernetes allow applications to use huge clusters of workers all contributing to scale and performance. WEKA runs this way, matching the GPU clusters and web applications we rely on today.
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Guest:
Alan McSeveney is the Field CTO of Media and Entertainment at WEKA. You can connect with Alan on LinkedIn and learn more about WEKA on their website.
Podcast Information
Stephen Foskett is the Organizer of the Tech Field Day Event Series and President of the Tech Field Day business unit, part of The Futurum Group. Connect with Stephen on LinkedIn and follow him on X/Twitter, on Mastodon, or on Bluesky. Learn more about Tech Field Day and information on upcoming events on their website.
Scott Shadley is the Leadership Narrative Director and Technology Evangelist at Solidigm and Director on the Board of Directors at SNIA. You can connect with Scott on LinkedIn and learn more about Solidigm and their AI efforts on their dedicated AI landing page or watch their Field Day presentations from their appearances at Tech Field Day.
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