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Marc Austin: May 19, 2026 5:34:36 PM
Hedgehog AI Network Planner: Part 1 We recently announced that Hedgehog is an NVIDIA-validated solution architecture for NVIDIA Spectrum-X. We also announced that the Open Compute Project community accepted Hedgehog contribution for OCP AI network...
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Marc Austin: Feb 24, 2026 1:32:08 PM
The Margin for Error Matters — And Infrastructure Has Zero Tolerance ArsTechnica recently reported on the Kiro Incident, with the headline “An AI...
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Marc Austin: Jan 27, 2026 12:38:16 PM
As organizations build private AI clouds to control costs and protect their data, they face a familiar dilemma: the trade-off between performance and...
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Marc Austin: Jan 27, 2026 12:16:37 PM
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Marc Austin: Oct 19, 2025 10:10:11 AM
SemiAnalysis recently completed ClusterMAX testing on NVIDIA B200 GPU services offered by FarmGPU and RunPod. NCCL testing of their Hedgehog AI...
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Marc Austin: Jun 17, 2025 3:21:40 PM
A good friend of mine from the way, way back - during our time building internet retail 1.0 and internet search 1.0 together - recently sent me a...
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Marc Austin: Jun 3, 2025 2:15:21 PM
NANOG is the North American Network Operator's Group. It's a non-profit association where network operations professionals meet to share knowledge....
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Marc Austin: May 6, 2025 12:00:00 AM
I was talking with a partner this week, and I of course asked him about the deals he is working where Hedgehog may be a fit. He mentioned an energy...
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Marc Austin: Apr 29, 2025 8:00:00 AM
When I look back in my personal database of training data, I realize that I had some interesting OG exposure to artificial intelligence way back in...
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Marc Austin: Mar 10, 2025 4:21:39 PM
Dell'Oro Group just released their 4Q 2024 Ethernet Switch - Data Center Report showing record-breaking sales fueled by AI buildouts and a recovery...
