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]

This year’s OCP Global Summit is off to an amazing start, with a record crowd of 7,000 attendees! And the agenda is jam packed with over 400 sessions from 615 speakers, as well as 3 co-located workshops, 4 special focus tracks and the Future Technologies Symposium. All sessions are being recorded and will be available to view in the next few days. Today is the first day to reserve your booth and sponsorship for the 2025 OCP Global Summit, held in San Jose, CA in October. This year, we sold out, so reserve your spot as soon as possible. Booth selection occurs in the order that we receive the contract. And let us know if you have any questions. https://bit.ly/400T3EC

There were some amazing announcements yesterday during the keynotes of the 2024 OCP Global Summit! The recordings and slides are now available to view, in case you missed them. https://bit.ly/487v5JG You can always catch the latest Community news and announcements here, at the OCP blog: https://lnkd.in/gt3njhwX

OCP Startup Member Xscape Photonics Raises $44 Million Series A to Reimagine the AI Data Center Funding led by IAG Capital Partners with investment from Cisco Investments, NVIDIA and others to accelerate the development of Xscape Photonics’ fully programmable, multi-color photonics technology to solve energy, performance and scalability challenges in AI data centers. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4h8rVcJ

Open Compute Project Foundation Expands Its Open Systems for AI Initiative NVIDIA and Meta Contribute Modular Server and Rack Technologies Establishing New Multi-Vendor AI Cluster Supply Chain Today OCP announced an expansion of its Open Systems for AI Strategic Initiative, with approved contributions from NVIDIA, including the NVIDIA MGX-based GB200-NVL72 Platform and in-progress contributions from Meta. The OCP launched this community effort January 2024, with leadership provided by Intel, Microsoft, Google, Meta, NVIDIA, AMD, ARM, Ampere, Samsung, Seagate, SuperMicro, Dell and Broadcom. The objective for the OCP Community with the Open System for AI initiative is to establish commonalities and develop open standardizations for AI clusters and the data center facilities that host them, advancing efficiency, sustainability and enabling the development of a multi-vendor supply chain that rapidly and impactfully advances the market adoption. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4h9d4ia

The OCP Open Chiplet Economy Marketplace Opens its Doors ? System in Package builders can now find all they need to deliver Chiplet-based products! Today, the OCP announces it has taken the next important step in establishing an Open Chiplet Economy with the opening of the OCP Chiplet Marketplace. This site will become the one location System in Package (SiP) designers and builders can find the latest available standalone Chiplets, design and manufacturing services, Chiplet-aware EDA (Electronic Design Automation)?tools, and reference material needed to successfully build Chiplet-based products. At its inception the OCP Chiplet Marketplace already has many vendors showcasing their wares, a significant advancement in the Open Chiplet Economy vision set out by the OCP January of 2023. Check out the OCP Marketplace here: https://lnkd.in/gE6HUS8 Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/3YaeQY1

Open Compute Project Foundation Announces Strategic Alliance with Net Zero Innovation Hub for Data Centers. ? The collaboration is set to lead the charge in transforming sustainable data center operations! This partnership marks a significant step towards integrating open hardware innovations with sustainable practices to meet the growing demands for energy-efficient and environmentally friendly data center solutions. By combining the strengths of OCP's open-source hardware Community with the Net Zero Innovation Hub's focus on achieving a net-zero carbon footprint, this collaboration is set to lead the charge in transforming data center operations globally. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/486VFTs

Ecma International and Open Compute Project Announce a New Collaboration Establishing new global standards for novel storage device architectures! ? We are pleased to announce the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) to strengthen collaboration for standardization of work produced by OCP storage projects. In the near term, Ecma and OCP aim to collaborate by integrating specifications for the Hard Disk Drive (HDD) Surrogate, a device with HDD geometry and sensors developed by the HDD Dynamics sub-project under the OCP Storage Project, into a standard managed by Ecma Technical Committee 26 (TC26) for the purpose of exchanging HDD vibroacoustic disturbance information, in order to promote functional HDD operation. Potential long-term collaboration topics include information storage, product environmental/sustainability attributes and product safety. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/4eLeOg0

Today is the last day to secure a pass before the price goes up to the onsite price for this week's 2024 OCP Global Summit. We kick off tomorrow with keynotes promptly at 9:00 am. We are experiencing record attendance this year, so skip the lines tomorrow morning and stop by the San Jose Convention Center today between 1:00 and 6:00. We will be raffling off free all-access passes to the 2025 OCP Global Summit. Come by between 4:00 and 6:00 and grab a beverage and network with your peers at the Badges and Bevs event. See the full schedule and register here: https://bit.ly/3xO1X76

Check out this Preview of The OCP Future Technologies Symposium AI HW/SW Co-Design Track at this week’s OCP Global Summit! The Future Technologies Initiative (FTI) at OCP has been a great resource to incubate emerging technologies, architectures and directions. Recent years, one such initiative has been the AI HW/SW Co-Design effort focusing on both the emerging technology used for AI, as well as the ecosystem required for efficient resource management, both the discovery as well as the composition and management to meet the service level objectives of the AI workloads. This year has focused on a Framework for a polymorphic architecture, enabling composition of an AI ecosystem of heterogeneous accelerators. At OCP Global Summit next week, the framework of the AI HW/SW Co-Design working group will present, on Wednesday October 16th, a summary session in the morning and a poster session in the afternoon. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/403tzq1