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Learn about accelerating the RISC-V ecosystem: 1. The current state of the ecosystem; 2. What it needs and the work that must be done. For those who want to be part of defining, inventing and creating where the world's going to be and how the next generation of applications are going to be optimized, this is the time to be involved.

Learn how the role of data is changing in our lives, and find out why this makes alternative approaches to processing data important, by watching this short video discussion between Steffen Hellmold, VP of Corporate Strategy, and Martin Fink, CTO, as their conversation about RISC-V continues.

Explore the RISC-V strategy at Western Digital by watching this short video of Steffen Hellmold, VP of Corporate Strategy, talking with Martin Fink, CTO, as they continue their discussion regarding RISC-V, now and in the future.

Check out a short video of Steffen Hellmold, VP of Corporate Strategy, and Martin Fink, CTO, discussing RISC-V and why it is interesting to Western Digital. The first in a series to communicate our RISC-V strategy.

A general purpose processor is fine for most servers and mobile phones, but isn’t optimized for the specific requirements created by the rise of Big Data and Fast Data applications. A big data application such as analytics has a very different processing profile that can handle large amounts of data versus a Fast Data application such as autonomous car controls, which requires time-critical processing for smaller amounts of data.

The open source movement has demonstrated that innovation can be maximized with a large community working toward a common goal. Open source innovation often happens at a much faster pace, and can be far more focused on customer needs than when a proprietary model is used. RISC-V can democratize compute architecture and enable the creation of custom silicon without requiring an overwhelming investment or a high-volume guarantee.

Martin Fink, Western Digital’s Chief Technology Officer, delivered the opening keynote at the recent Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Silicon Summit in San Jose, CA. Martin described the exponential growth we’re seeing in both the volume and value of data, Big Data and Fast Data applications and use cases, and then discussed RISC-V, the purpose-built instruction set architecture.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1-t5gytxZcM What is RISC-V? Why should it matter to you? And why is Western Digital going all in with this...

RISC-V is ideally suited to serve as the foundation of data-centric compute architectures. As an OS processor, it can enable purpose-built architectures by supporting the independent scaling of resources. Its modular design approach allows for more efficient processors for edge and mobile systems.

Five questions on the future of data, businesses and technology with Tarkan Maner, Chairman and CEO of Nexenta

October is a busy month for open source events around the globe. Nithya Ruff shares an overview or our upcoming activities and a look at why companies are undergoing changes in how they view open source and their role in the community.

Join us at LinuxCon North America to celebrate innovation and trends in open source, a new storage engine for Ceph and Linux's 25th birthday!

A partner ecosystem and best-in-class solutions - come see SanDisk and Western Digital in Booth #529A!

Practically all product development today includes some open source code or libraries – so how can companies better understand and manage open source?

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SanDisk has worked with some of the largest data centers to create solutions at scale and to deliver the performance needed for new services. Join us at OCP Summit to meet with experts and to see firsthand solutions built for the boundless data center.

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Five key foundational forces support the success of this year's trends. Without them, these technological advances would not take off the way they have.