1. Australia's CSIRO has launched the Virga cluster, a high-performance computing system using Dell XE9640 AI rackservers and BeeGFS flash storage for various health research projects, including cystic fibrosis diagnosis and treatment. 2. The Virga cluster, located at the CDC Hume Data Center in Canberra, is the first of its kind in Australia, utilizing direct liquid cooling for energy efficiency. 3. The cluster features 60,000 cores and 448 Nvidia H100 GPUs, aiming to accelerate AI performance and support large model training within days or hours.

1. Samsung introduces the BM1743, a 61.44 TB QLC SSD, competing with Solidigm's D5-P5336; 2. The BM1743 uses 176-layer NAND, offering 1,600,000/110,000 random read/write IOPS and 7.2/2.0 GBps sequential read/write bandwidth; 3. Samsung suggests a 122.88 TB model may be in development, and the BM1743 supports 0.26 DWPD and three months of power-off data retention.

1. NetApp previews an AI-powered ransomware detection service with a 99% detection rate; 2. The service uses real-time analysis to detect abnormal activities and protect data; 3. NetApp aims to provide the most secure storage solutions with continuous updates to combat new ransomware variants.

1. Alcion joins Carnegie Mellon’s CyLab Venture Network. 2. Aston University sets new data transmission record using optical fiber. 3. Biomemory hires Dr. Dominique Loque as CSO. 4. Cirata proceeds with General Motors under a master license agreement. 5. Cloudera appoints Francisco Mateo-Sidron as SVP of sales for EMEA. 6. Druva makes a Gartner report available for download. 7. Fivetran partners with Intercom for centralized data management. 8. Hydrolix launches its Powered by Hydrolix Partner Program. 9. Huawei and Wuhan Xinxin collaborate on HBM chips. 10. Kioxia plans to file a preliminary IPO application. 11. Reltio appoints Mihir Shah to its advisory board. 12. Rubrik named Healthcare and Life Sciences 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year. 13. Seagate reduces HAMR component requirements. 14. SK Group to invest $74.6 billion in AI memory chips. 15. Solidigm sets new world record for calculating π. 16. Swissbit introduces new DRAM-less SSD product families. 17. Teradata to offer VantageCloud Lake on Google Cloud.

1. Illumex, an Israeli startup, has raised $13 million to develop software that integrates structured data to prevent GenAI chatbot hallucinations. 2. The company has developed a Generative Semantic Fabric (GSF) that aligns organizational data with business meaning and domain-specific context. 3. GSF creates a unified semantic knowledge graph, enabling LLMs to map user questions to relevant data points for accurate responses.