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Cerio ’ s composable infrastructure breakthrough unleashes resource composition across data centres to any system

Cerio has announced an industry breakthrough in composable infrastructure that moves PCIe systems beyond a single domain , delivering new ‘ scale economics ’ for AI and cloud data centres .

A game-changer for availability and sustainability , this patent-pending technology provides an open , agile environment at the scale of the data centre for more efficient , dynamic access to any resource .
Using the new Cerio platform , data centres can programmatically control infrastructure , allowing unprecedented operational agility to manage system capacity , upgrades and repair . Cerio leverages deep roots in distributed architectures and multipath fabrics in the design of highly robust , heterogeneous systems .
“ Every major inflexion point in computing is driven by the need for better economics , a better operational model and now , greater sustainability ,” said Phil Harris , President and CEO of Cerio . “ For the past couple of decades , we ’ ve been limited in how we build systems . No longer bound by a single PCIe domain , our customers can compose resources from anywhere in the data centre to any system .
“ Pre-orders of the Cerio platform from hyperscaler , cloud service provider , enterprise and government organisations are a clear signal of the demand for a fundamentally new system architecture that is more commercially and environmentally sustainable ,” added Harris .
Cerio is currently working with early-access customers in North America , Europe and Asia-Pacific on the implementation of critical use cases that include scalable GPU capacity and storage agility .
Using high-radix distributed switching , advanced multipathing and intelligent

THIS PATENT- PENDING TECHNOLOGY PROVIDES AN OPEN , AGILE ENVIRONMENT AT THE SCALE OF THE DATA CENTRE FOR MORE EFFICIENT , DYNAMIC ACCESS TO ANY RESOURCE .

system adaptation of protocols across low-diameter topologies , the Cerio platform delivers PCIe Gen 5.0 agility , resiliency and heterogeneity across endpoints including GPUs , NVMe drives , DPUs , FPGAs and specialised accelerators . Full backwards compatibility offers support for new and oldergeneration PCIe resources .
“ The Cerio platform is driving groundbreaking research into AI acceleration , to optimise the flow of data on a perapplication basis ,” said Dr Ryan Grant , Assistant Professor in the Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Queen ’ s University . “ We ’ re using the unique multipathing capabilities of the Cerio fabric to optimise the precise calibrations of GPU selection , density and communications that will make traffic flows highly efficient and responsive in distributed , heterogeneous systems ." �
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