#open-compute-project

#open-compute-project

Datacenters are set to standardize on the larger, 21-inch rack format by 2030, according to Omdia, as hyperscalers and server makers fully embrace it, leaving enterprises to the existing 19-inch standard. The analyst biz forecasts that the larger rack format, popularized by the Open Compute Project (OCP), will make up over 70 percent of kit shipped by the end of the decade, as it is increasingly adopted by vendors such as Dell and HPE that have been riding the AI infrastructure wave.

MXFP4 is a 4-bit floating point data type defined by the Open Compute Project, allowing massive compute savings compared to traditional data types used by LLMs.