Open Compute Project Foundation

REMINDER! PROPOSALS ARE DUE APRIL 3! The OCP Takes Action Against Silent Data Corruption! In the realm of computing systems, there lurks an insidious threat - Silent Data Corruption (SDC). A hardware-induced SDC is an error that occurs when data is corrupted within a computing system, often without any indication from the built-in error detection mechanisms. This can happen due to manufacturing defects, aging components, or even environmental factors. These errors may lead to anomalous/unpredictable software behavior, causing incorrect calculations, potentially leading to consequences like the loss of data. The OCP's Server Project has established the Server Component Resilience Workstream, focused explicitly on tackling hardware-induced Silent Data Corruption. This workstream, comprising key industry players Meta, Google, Intel, ARM, AMD, Microsoft, and NVIDIA, is launching a request for research proposals to fuel innovation in detection and prevention of SDC. The OCP Foundation is inviting researchers to submit proposals in the focus areas. Researchers interested in contributing to this groundbreaking initiative can submit their proposals by April 3, 2024 Read the full story and learn more here: [https://bit.ly/4biquWo]

A huge thanks to our Sapphire sponsors for the upcoming OCP Global Summit, this October in San Jose, CA! See the complete agenda, the full roster of sponsors and register for your all-access three-day pass here: https://bit.ly/3xO1X76 @OpenComputePrj #OCPSummit24 #FromIdeasToImpact

Leading data center companies partner with OCP Foundation and WJE to trial Green Concrete! OCP is facilitating a collaborative effort among leading technology innovators Amazon Web Services (AWS), Google, Meta, and Microsoft to drive the adoption of low-embodied carbon concrete in data center construction. Engineering firm Wiss, Janney, Elstner Associates, Inc. (WJE) is testing development and deployment of low-embodied carbon concrete or “green concrete.” Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3yBMayn

OCP Webinar: Optical Interconnect for Large Scale AI Clusters Wednesday, September 4, 2024 7:00 AM - 8:00 AM PT Join us for a FREE webinar on September 4 at 7 AM PT. This webinar will cover a variety of topics including the accelerating need for large scale computational clusters tuned for AI, challenges today and ahead for optical interconnects in AI clusters and the market forecast for optical interconnects driven by new AI use case.  You will hear from EXFO and Lessengers, along with analyst firm LightCounting. During the webinar, you'll learn: ·     Interconnect requirements of AI workloads ·     Options for Optical Interconnect designs to support data centers and powering AI ·     Meeting the new challenges of building, testing and maintaining next-gen co-packaged optics Meet the speakers and register here: https://bit.ly/3MdDm4Y

We are thrilled to announce that the OCP Global Summit 2024, taking place in San Jose, California, from October 15–17, 2024, will revolve around the inspiring theme: “From Ideas to Impact.” This year’s event features a dynamic keynote lineup, showcasing how OCP is “Turning Vision into Reality.” This theme embodies our mission to transform innovative concepts into tangible solutions, driving progress and change across the technology and Market landscape. Real the full story from OCP’s CTO Bijan Nowroozi, which includes a preview of the keynotes, the featured breakout sessions as well as collocated workshops. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4druJPX Join the conversation! @OpenComputePrj #OCPSummit24 #FromIdeasToImpact

For growing AI workloads, GPU compute isn’t only scaling up, it’s scaling out, where network connectivity presents challenges of new topologies, congestion and bandwidth saturation, lower latency, fault tolerance and redundancy, energy efficiency, security and management. If you’re building AI clusters, you need to keep up with the Infiniband vs. Ethernet debate and the accelerating innovation in networking, especially across hybrid cloud infrastructure. Join us on September 19 for a FREE OCP Educational Webinar: Evolving DC Networking for Hybrid AI Deployments. You will hear from OCP’s own Chief Innovation Officer, Cliff Grossner Ph.D. who will be hosting Praful Lalchandani from Juniper Networks and analyst Sameh Boujelbene with Dell'Oro Group. Register here! https://lnkd.in/dfYxk-iY

On the latest episode of the Open Compute Project Podcast, we discuss the transition to open networking equipment with François Defrocourt, Solutions Engineer at Madeo, and Kelly LeBlanc, IP Infusion's Chief Product and Marketing Officer. They join OCP's Rob Coyle to share insights on Madeo's journey adopting Open Compute Project (OCP) standards and the cost-effective, long-term solutions they found. The conversation explores the benefits of open standards, deployment of OCP-compliant hardware, and products for simplified network management. Hear about the importance of customer feedback, avoiding vendor lock-in, and the role of AI in network management evolution. Listen now at https://lnkd.in/gQ9_NtNq #OpenNetworking #OCP #NetworkManagement #AI

The OCP APAC Summit/OpenInfra Summit Asia Day 1 keynote lineup is now live! On September 3, 2024, speakers will explore how the latest trends are impacting the development of open source software and hardware. From licensing changes to the quickly evolving world of AI, the keynotes will feature the open source community members who are driving change to harness innovation. View the full schedule and register here: https://lnkd.in/gcFRw4eq

The SNIA Developer Conference (SDC) will take place in Santa Clara, CA on September 16-18, 2024. SDC is a premier educational conference dedicated to providing vendor-neutral information on a wide range of industry trends and technologies.   This year’s session tracks cover the latest advancements in AI/ML, Computational Storage & Memory, Data Infrastructure Architecture, File Systems & Protocols, Magic Memory Access, and much more. Registration Discounts - Save $500 Don’t delay! The SDC’24 $300 Early Bird registration discount ends on August 28th. In addition, Open Compute Project members receive an additional $200 off of registration using code OCP24!!SDCCA for a total of $500 off the Early Bird registration price. https://lnkd.in/e98tRqdT

As AI pushes data centers to 800G and beyond, engineering optical interconnects is advancing too. Learn about immersion cooling for pluggables as well as onboard optics (OBO) and co-packaged optics (CPO) coupling challenges and multi-level next-generation photonic integrated circuit testing to drive greater reliability in manufacturing and operation. We’re less than a month away from our next FREE OCP Educational Webinar: Optical Interconnect for Large Scale AI Clusters taking place on 9/4. Join OCP’s own Chief Innovation Officer, Cliff Grossner Ph.D. hosting Jones Huang from EXFO, Taeyong Kim from LESSENGERS Inc., and veteran researcher in optoelectronics and optical communications Vladimir Kozlov from LightCounting Market Research.  #AIClusters #Optical #Webinar https://lnkd.in/eVeBC_Y9