Big Basin v2 offers a 66 percent performance improvement over previous generation hardware. Read more...
The disaggregated design provides the flexibility, capacity, and speed to address our current needs and our future growth. Read more...
Looking back at the new technologies and advancements from Facebook engineering in 2017. Read more...
Day two of F8 2017 was packed with announcements about Facebook's big technology bets across connectivity, video and virtual reality, and AI. Read more...
We're focused on developing next-generation technologies for specific use cases and working with partners to create flexible and extensible networks. Read more...
Having an array of real-time infrastructure data at our fingertips helps Facebook maintain hardware health at a global scale. Read more...
This year's announcements included an end-to-end server refresh, product updates, and new partner collaborations. Read more...
Innovations across our storage and compute hardware enable our server fleet to scale and improve performance of Facebook's apps and services. Read more...
With Big Basin, we can train machine learning models that are 30 percent larger, which enables our researchers and engineers to move more quickly in developing increasingly complex AI models. Read more...
Bryce Canyon will primarily be used for high-density storage and is designed to support more powerful processors and more memory, while also improving thermal and power efficiency. Read more...
The single-mode optical transceiver enables Facebook's data centers to serve traffic at 100 Gb/s while keeping power consumption low and increasing efficiency. Read more...
Facebook's new Disaggregate Lab has been working with vendors to validate software solutions on open storage hardware. Read more...
Industry leaders in networking engineering share how disaggregating hardware and software fosters innovation. Read more...
Several companies have developed solutions around Facebook's open networking technologies. Read more...
Building data center hardware from renewable natural fibers has helped Facebook reduce the environmental footprint of its hyper-efficient data centers even further. Read more...
Together with Wedge 100, Backpack brings us one step closer to the fully open 100G data center. Read more...
Facebook used Open Packet DWDM — a packet transponder and open line transport system with open optical specifications — to develop a new transponder platform called Voyager. Read more...
The specification for Facebook's second-generation top-of-rack switch has been accepted into the Open Compute Project. Read more...
The new space was designed for vendors to test their software solutions on OCP contributed hardware. Read more...
The state-of-the-art, 22,000-square-foot lab enables faster modeling, prototyping, and failure analysis in-house and better collaboration among teams. Read more...
The hardware camera design and software stitching code makes end-to-end 3D-360 video capture possible in one system — from shooting to video processing. Read more...
The platform can be configured as a network-in-a-box or cellular access point and supports wireless network standards from 2G to LTE. Read more...
The short film showcases the potential of 3D-360 video for telling rich stories, sharing realistic experiences, and connecting people with one another. Read more...
The system includes a design for the camera hardware and the accompanying stitching code that marries the video from 17 cameras, vastly reducing post-production effort and time. Read more...
The Facebook AI Research Partner Program will donate 25 state-of-the-art GPU-based servers to EU research institutions to help advance the science of artificial intelligence. Read more...
Simple tools like osquery give defenders important insights about what's happening on their network so they can quickly detect a potential compromise. Read more...
Industry leaders are collaborating on a new effort focused on data center technologies for telcos. Read more...
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