Basic Terminologies Large Language Models

Many organizations are in the process of deploying large language models to apply to their use cases. Publically available Large Language Models (LLMs), such as ChatGPT, are trained on...
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#47 – How VMware accelerates customers achieving their net zero carbon emissions goal

In episode 047, we spoke with Varghese Philipose about VMware’s sustainability efforts and how they help our customers meet...
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#46 – VMware Cloud Flex Compute Tech Preview

We’re extending the VMware Cloud Services overview series with a tech preview of the VMware Cloud Flex Compute service....
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VMware Cloud Services Overview Podcast Series

Over the last year, we’ve interviewed many guests, and throughout the Unexplored Territory Podcast show, we wanted to provide...
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Research and Innovation at VMware with Chris Wolf

In episode 042 of the Unexplored Territory podcast, we talk to Chris Wolf, Chief Research and Innovation Officer of...
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Gen AI Sessions at Explore Barcelona 2023

I’m looking forward to next week’s VMware Explore conference in Barcelona. It’s going to be a busy week. Hopefully, I will...
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vSphere ML Accelerator Spectrum Deep Dive – ESXi Host BIOS, VM, and vCenter Settings

To deploy a virtual machine with a vGPU, whether a TKG worker node or a regular VM, you must enable some...
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vSphere ML Accelerator Spectrum Deep Dive –NVIDIA AI Enterprise Suite

vSphere allows assigning GPU devices to a VM using VMware’s (Dynamic) Direct Path I/O technology (Passthru) or NVIDIA’s vGPU technology. The...
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Exploring the Core Motivation of Writing a Book

More than a week ago Niels and I released the VMware vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep Dive and the community has...
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Host Deep Dive Stickers and More

Last week we released the VMware vSphere 6.5 Host Resources Deep Dive book and Twitter and Facebook exploded. We’ve seen some...
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Why the Recent Reported Intel HT Bug is Not in Your Data Center

Yesterday I tweeted out the warning message about the HT bug of Skylake and Kaby Lake processors posted on debian.org. https://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2017/06/msg00308.html...
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Keynoting Deutsche VMUG and London VMUG

Later on this month, I will be attending the Deutsche VMUG and the London VMUG. As part of the events, I...
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Memory-Like Storage Means File Systems Must Change – My Take

I’m an avid reader of thenextplatform.com. They always provide great insights into new technology. This week they published the article “Memory-Like...
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Virtually Speaking Podcast: VMware Cloud on AWS & HostDeepDive

Last Friday I had the honor to join Pete Fletcha a.k.a. Pedro Arrow and John Nicholson on their always fantastic podcast...
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Impact of CPU Hot Add on NUMA scheduling

On a regular basis, I receive the question if CPU Hot-add impacts CPU performance of the VM. It depends on the...
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Performance Study: DRS Cluster Management with Reservation and Shares

Last Friday a new performance study was published about DRS Cluster Management. This paper covers the behavior of reservation and shares...
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vSphere 6.5 Host Deep Dive Update

Maybe you have noticed that no new content has appeared on the site for a while. And the upcoming book “vSphere...
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Decoupling of Cores per Socket from Virtual NUMA Topology in vSphere 6.5

Some changes are made in ESXi 6.5 with regards to sizing and configuration of the virtual NUMA topology of a VM....
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