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NVIDIA STX & CMX: Infrastructure for Agentic AI Context Storage

Steve McDowell
March 23, 2026

NVIDIA announced its BlueField-4 STX reference architecture at GTC 2026, introducing a modular framework for deploying accelerated storage infrastructure optimized for agentic AI workloads. The architecture addresses a specific technical challenge: as AI systems evolve from single-turn interactions to complex, multi-step agentic workflows with context windows spanning millions of tokens,

NVIDIA GTC 2026: Infrastructure Announcements

Steve McDowell
March 22, 2026

The focus at NVIDIA GTC 2026 was on developing a unified infrastructure model that vendors are now adopting. The industry has effectively reached a stage where NVIDIA sets the architectural standard, while partners compete on how well they implement it in enterprise and service-provider environments.

NVIDIA Just Rewired the AI Factory — And Networking Is Now the Star of the Show

Michael McDowell
March 20, 2026

Together, these components make a rack behave like a single system instead of a collection of servers held together by hope and bailing wire.

Everpure ActiveCluster for File

Steve McDowell
March 13, 2026

Everpure (formerly Pure Storage) recently announced ActiveCluster for file, extending its synchronous replication and continuous availability capabilities from block storage to file workloads. The company sees this capability as a foundational component of its Enterprise Data Cloud strategy, with general availability planned for Q2 2026.

IBM Quantum-Centric Supercomputing Reference Architecture

Steve McDowell
March 13, 2026

IBM has announced the industry's first published reference architecture for quantum-centric supercomputing (QCSC), offering a technical blueprint for combining quantum processing units (QPUs) with traditional HPC infrastructure. The framework focuses on computational problems that exceed traditional computing capabilities, particularly in molecular simulations and quantum chemistry calculations, where quantum mechanics governs

Qualcomm Wi‑Fi 8 MWC 2026: Architecting the “Deterministic” Generation

Michael McDowell
March 13, 2026

Qualcomm’s MWC 2026 announcements highlight a pivot toward deterministic performance in dense, interference‑heavy environments.

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