AI inference demands fundamentally different data infrastructure, says Silk

As AI agents move from chatbots to autonomous multi-step workflows, inference workloads are overwhelming traditional cloud storage (AWS EBS) with extreme concurrency, read spikes, and tail latency. Silk advocates for software-defined storage that decouples performance from capacity to handle these demands without relying on fragile read replicas or overprovisioning.

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Inside China's All-Out Effort to Catch Up with US AI Chips

A Wall Street Journal report reveals China's determined push to develop its own AI chips amid US export controls. Chinese companies are stockpiling NVIDIA chips, copying designs, and boosting domestic production, but face significant technological hurdles.

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