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Deals•Mar 2, 2026
SoftBank Group to Acquire DigitalBridge for $4 Billion
SoftBank Group Corp announced a definitive agreement to acquire DigitalBridge Group, Inc., a global digital infrastructure manager, for an enterprise value of about $4.0 billion. The acquisition aims to bolster SoftBank’s AI infrastructure capabilities, with the deal expected to close in the second half of 2026.
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News•Feb 27, 2026
RNGD Enters Mass Production: 4,000 High-Performance AI Accelerators Shipped by TSMC
Furiosa AI announced the mass production of its RNGD AI accelerator, with the first 4,000 units delivered by TSMC and ASUS. The chip offers 512 INT8 TFLOPS at a 180 W TDP and claims 3.5× higher compute density than Nvidia H100 systems. RNGD...
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News•Feb 27, 2026
Infortrend Hybrid Flash Storage Powers AI and HPC with Speed and Scale at Lower Cost
Infortrend unveiled its EonStor GS 5024U hybrid flash storage, delivering up to 125 GB/s throughput and 2.4 million IO/s while scaling to 20 PB of capacity. The system combines NVMe SSDs for hot workloads with HDDs for cold data, cutting costs by more than 50% compared...
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News•Feb 27, 2026
NetActuate Launches Global Edge Storage
NetActuate announced Global Edge Storage, a suite of high‑performance storage options that can be attached to compute resources at the network edge. The service offers block, S3‑compatible object, and custom storage, all provisioned through the same portal or API used...
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News•Feb 27, 2026
Icy Dock MB411V4PO-2B Enclosure to Convert Ultra-Slim ODD Bay Into High-Speed NVMe Drive Bay
Icy Dock introduced the MB411V4PO‑2B enclosure, turning a 9.5 mm ultra‑slim optical‑drive bay into a removable U.2/U.3 NVMe SSD slot. The adapter uses an OCuLink 4i (SFF‑8612) interface with PCIe Gen4 x4, delivering up to 64 Gb/s—over ten times faster than traditional SATA ODD connections. Its...
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News•Feb 27, 2026
Media Duplication Systems Introduces XpressNVMe Compliance Suite for End-of-Life SSD Management
Media Duplication Systems (MDS) unveiled the XpressNVMe Compliance Suite, an integrated hardware platform that combines SSD sanitization with physical shredding to manage end‑of‑life solid‑state drives. The solution follows NIST SP 800‑88 guidelines, logs serial numbers, erasure methods and timestamps, and supports...
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News•Feb 27, 2026
QBO Cloud and MinIO Collaborate to Deliver Enterprise-Grade Object Storage for Modern AI and Analytics Workloads
QBO Cloud and MinIO announced a joint solution that merges QBO’s bare‑metal cloud platform with MinIO’s AIStor, an exascale, S3‑compatible object storage system. The partnership delivers a unified, high‑performance data layer designed for modern AI and analytics workloads, emphasizing scalability,...
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News•Feb 27, 2026
Akash Systems Delivers World’s First Diamond Cooled Nvidia GPU Servers to NxtGen AI Pvt Ltd
Akash Systems has shipped the world’s first diamond‑cooled Nvidia H200 GPU servers to NxtGen AI Pvt Ltd, India’s leading sovereign cloud provider. The proprietary Diamond Cooling layer sits atop existing air and liquid cooling, eliminating thermal throttling and delivering roughly...
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News•Feb 25, 2026
Astera Labs: Fiscal 4Q25 and FY25 Financial Results
Astera Labs reported record FY2025 revenue of $852.5 million, a 115% year‑over‑year increase, and a Q4 revenue of $270.6 million, up 17% sequentially. GAAP operating margin reached 20.3% for the year, while non‑GAAP margin was 39.2%, reflecting strong profitability. The company began...
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News•Feb 25, 2026
Nimbus Data Unveils FlashMax Data Platform for Mission-Critical Enterprises and Cloud Providers
Nimbus Data introduced FlashMax, a next‑generation multiprotocol all‑flash platform that consolidates block, file and object storage into a single namespace. The system adds DirectLink PCIe expansion, hardware‑accelerated deduplication and compression, and rack‑level resiliency, supporting up to 20 PB raw (100 PB effective)...
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News•Feb 25, 2026
IM Launches New-Gen of eMMC for Industrial Applications
Intelligent Memory Ltd. (IM) has launched a new low‑density eMMC product line, offering 8 GB and 16 GB capacities in a 153‑ball BGA package for industrial applications. The devices target environments requiring stability, longevity and right‑sized storage, such as factory automation, medical...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
SoftBank Corp. Subsidiary SAIMEMORY and Intel Collaborate to Commercialize Next-Generation Memory Technology
SoftBank’s wholly owned subsidiary SAIMEMORY has signed a joint development agreement with Intel to bring Z‑Angle Memory (ZAM) to market. The partnership leverages Intel’s Next‑Gen DRAM Bonding (NGDB) research from the U.S. Department of Energy’s Advanced Memory Technology program. Prototypes...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Xinnor Named Startup of the Year at StorageNewsletter Awards 2026
StorageNewsletter announced Xinnor as Startup of the Year at its inaugural 2026 awards, selected from more than 100 entries across 11 categories. The jury highlighted Xinnor’s pure‑software approach to large‑scale data protection, a segment gaining urgency as AI and high‑performance...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
DigitalOcean Elevates Its Agentic Inference Cloud with GPU Droplets Powered by AMD Instinct MI350X GPUs
DigitalOcean has launched GPU Droplets powered by AMD Instinct MI350X GPUs, enhancing its agentic inference cloud for production AI workloads. The MI350X, built on CDNA‑4, delivers lower latency, higher token‑generation throughput and doubles request throughput while cutting inference costs by 50%...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Speedata Partners with Nebul to Bring High-Performance Big Data and AI Analytics to European Sovereign Cloud
Speedata Ltd. announced a partnership with Nebul to integrate its purpose‑built Analytics Processing Unit (APU) into Nebul’s European sovereign cloud. The APU claims up to 100× performance gains over CPUs and GPUs for Apache Spark workloads, cutting server counts and...
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News•Feb 24, 2026
Credo Technology’s Toucan PCIe Retimer Achieves PCI‑SIG Compliance
Credo Technology announced that its 7 nm Toucan PCIe retimer has achieved PCI‑SIG compliance at 32.0 GT/s, meeting PCIe 5.0 speed specifications while being ready for PCIe 6.0 and future 7.0 roadmaps. The compliance validation confirms interoperability, signal integrity, and low‑power operation across standard...
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Deals•Feb 23, 2026
Astera Labs Acquires Pliops to Open First R&D Center in Israel
Astera Labs announced the acquisition of Pliops, a data center interconnect technology provider, to establish its first research and development center in Israel. The move aims to bolster Astera Labs' AI connectivity solutions and expand its global footprint. The financial...
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Deals•Feb 19, 2026
Marvell Technology Completes Acquisition of XConn Technologies
Marvell Technology announced the completion of its acquisition of XConn Technologies, marking a strategic move to enhance its product offerings. The deal, reported on Feb. 19, 2026, underscores Marvell's focus on expanding its technology portfolio.
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Deals•Feb 18, 2026
Trane Technologies to Acquire LiquidStack to Boost Data Center Cooling Solutions
Trane Technologies announced a definitive agreement to acquire LiquidStack, a liquid‑cooling technology provider for data centers. The acquisition will expand Trane’s thermal‑management portfolio and integrate LiquidStack’s solutions globally, targeting high‑density AI workloads. Financial terms were undisclosed, with closing expected in...
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Deals•Feb 18, 2026
Intel Completes $5.0 Billion Share Sale to Nvidia
Intel announced the completion of a $5.0 billion sale of its common stock to Nvidia, strengthening its balance sheet and strategic flexibility. The transaction, disclosed in Intel’s Q4 2025 financial results, marks a major corporate investment by Nvidia in the chipmaker.
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