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HPC, supercomputing share stage with enterprise AI at SC24
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Object storage, VM offerings emerge for HPE GreenLake
HPE aims to attract new customers to its GreenLake ecosystem by launching standalone virtualization software. It also eyes AI ambitions with new object storage hardware.
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CHIPS Act expected to survive, change under Trump
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