Amazon deploys RNG datacenter network 45% cheaper than fat trees; Diode raises funding to make hardware design as nimble as software

Amazon has adopted RNG (a flat datacenter network based on quasi-random graph topology) as the default network for most workloads. RNG uses a distributed routing protocol and novel passive optical device to match or exceed fat tree performance while costing up to 45% less.

Diode, founded two years ago, has landed Physical Intelligence and Saronic as customers and partnered with Anthropic to improve Claude's electrical engineering capabilities. The company aims to make hardware design as nimble as software.

Autodesk is acquiring MaintainX in an all-cash transaction valued at approximately $3.6 billion to advance a unified platform in operations.