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WEKApod 3 reaches exabyte capacity through software alongside dense Micron storage NeuralMesh 6 turns 441.5PB of flash into claimed exabyte-scale storage capacity WEKApod 3 relies on compression to exceed raw storage hardware limits WEKA has launched WEKApod 3, a storage appliance line built specifically to run its new NeuralMesh 6 software at rack-scale density. The flagship Prime Max configuration claims 1.1 exabytes of effective capacity within a single 56U rack, positioning it as the first system to cross that threshold. Using Micron's 245.76 TB 6600 ION SSDs across roughly 1,800 drives per rack yields only 441.5 PB of raw hardware capacity, well under half an exabyte. Software tiering closes the capacity gap This means that the advertised exabyte-scale capacity depends heavily on data reduction technologies rather than installed flash alone. That configuration packs 70 NVMe drives into ...

Well, we can't win them all. Unfortunately my second edition of Scream or Skip is a disappointing one, because on the whole I was underwhelmed by what I watched and played this month. Scream or Skip Scream or Skip, that is the question. With so much horror out there to watch and play, our senior entertainment writer, Lucy Buglass, is here to help you decide what's worth your time (or worth a Scream) and what's not (and so worth a Skip). Her goal is to help you beat the endless scrolling and spend more time enjoying some great TV shows, movies, and games. Read the full series here. But, worry not. The title that stood out to me most this month is widely accessible on Netflix , one of the best streaming services, and it's incredibly good indeed. I would love to hear your thoughts on either of these titles, especially if you think I'm wrong about the two skips. After all, I wou...

GenStorAIGE AI90 shifts AI memory beyond traditional GPU HBM limitations using SSDs PT200Z SSD supports constant cache updates during demanding inference workloads efficiently Eight RTX 5090 GPUs gain dramatically larger effective inference memory capacity GenStorAIGE has introduced its AI90 inference acceleration platform at WAIC 2026, taking a storage-centric approach to expanding effective AI memory capacity. Rather than depending solely on GPU high-bandwidth memory, the platform incorporates PCIe Gen5 solid-state drives directly into the memory hierarchy itself. This allows portions of the Key-Value Cache used by large language models to sit outside GPU memory entirely. A three-tier memory architecture built around SSD offloading AI90 combines HBM, system DRAM, and SSD into a unified three-tier memory structure for handling inference workloads. By transparently offloading KV Cache data onto...

The Star Wars Zero Company cast has been revealed The player character Hawks will be played by Jonathan Freeman (masculine) and Erica Luttrell (feminine) The Clone Wars stars Matt Lanter and Dee Bradley Baker will also return to voice Anakin Skywalker and a new Clone Trooper, Trick, respectively Bit Reactor and Lucasfilm Games have revealed the stacked cast for Star Wars Zero Company , featuring some very familiar, fan-favorite voice actors from The Clone Wars . Announced ahead of San Diego Comic Con on StarWars.com , it's confirmed that the player character, Hawks, will be played by Goliath actor Jonathan Freeman (masculine) and Erica Luttrell (feminine), who has also starred in another Star Wars game in the past, Squadrons . "As the leader of Zero Company , an unconventional outfit of professionals for hire from across the galaxy, which includes a Clone Trooper, a Mandalorian, a Jedi...

Nvidia's Olympus core architecture prioritizes single-thread IPC over frequency, using a 10-wide decode front end, deep out-of-order mid-core, and a graph prefetcher tuned for agentic AI's branch-heavy, pointer-heavy workloads Vera trades chiplet-style core density for a monolithic 88-core die and single-NUMA-per-socket design, a deliberate bet on agentic AI workloads that Nvidia's own engineers admit comes at the expense of legacy workload performance Self-reported SPEC CPU 2026 results by Nvidia paint a per-core advantage figure of anywhere between 70% and 80% versus AMD's EPYC 9755 server CPU Nvidia's Vera CPU has a lot to prove, representing the company's first real attempt at the AI server CPU market, where traditional vendors Intel and AMD, along with third-party Arm-based providers, are all gunning for a piece of an increasingly lucrative data center pie. To that ...

Athlete Josh Kerr just broke the world record mile time He did so while wearing an Amazfit Cheetah 2 Pro smartwatch Amazfit has published data from the record-breaking run What does it take to run a mile in a world record time? After Scottish athlete Josh Kerr’s recent world record-shattering 3:42.66 achievement, Amazfit has published a wealth of data straight from the track — and there are some fascinating insights to be found within. Perhaps the most impressive data point to emerge from Kerr’s race, logged on a Cheetah 2 Pro , is the remarkable consistency in his split times. His four laps clocked in at 55.3, 55.8, 55.4 and 54.9 seconds, with just 0.9 seconds separating the fastest lap from the slowest. His quickest lap, in fact, was the last one, helping to push him over the line and claim the world record, which had previously stood for 27 years. Even more striking were Kerr’s 200-meter tim...

Quick choice guide Creality Ender 3 V3 SE ($187): Best for beginners Creality K1C ($399): Budget enclosed pick Creality K2 Pro ($649): Top mid-range Creality K2 Plus Combo ($1199): For large prints We've had some great experiences testing out Creality's range of 3D printers - from beginner-friendly units to machines for large-scale printing projects. So, I was excited to see that plenty of them have been discounted over at Amazon right now. Based on our workshop testing, I've selected the four that are absolutely worth checking out. For beginners, check out the Creality Ender 3 V3 SE for $187 (was $219) . If you're a hobbyist on a budget, the excellent Creality K1C has dropped to $399 (was $499) . For an exceptional mid-range pick, the Creality K2 Pro is now $649 (was $849) . And finally, the Creality K2 Plus Combo for $1199 (was $1529) is an easy recommendation for larger 3D pri...