Linux-Focused Penguin Computing Banking On AI Infrastructure

Custom Linux-based system builder Penguin Computing on Tuesday formed a new practice focused on building data center infrastructures for artificial intelligence.The new Penguin Computing artificial intelligence Practice is a full-service consultancy focused on providing clients a base on which to build their artificial intelligence technologies, said Philip Pokorny, chief technology officer for the Fremont, Calif.-based system builder.Penguin Computing was founded in 1998 to build solutions based exclusively on the Linux operating system, Pokorny told CRN. We're proud to continue doing so," he said. "As we grew, we developed the skills to do the complete integration of compute, storage, network, racks, and so on. It's great for customers doing racks of computers at a time, or virtualization companies looking for pre-configured infrastructures. Now it's AI. As customers look to scale up and scale out their AI, they need the rack-scale capabilities we provide.