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Following are some specific business challenges that Dell PowerEdge 5th Generation of Intel® Xeon® Processors leveraging Intel® Trust Domain Extensions (TDX) and Intel® Advanced Matrix Extensions (AMX) can address.
As technology advances and more industries recognize the potential of artificial intelligence, there has been a significant rise in the adoption of AI across various sectors. AI workloads are being used in fields such as healthcare, finance, retail, manufacturing, and so on. This growth can be attributed to increasing availability of data, advancements in machine learning algorithms, and the need for automation and intelligent decision-making. As a result, there is a growing demand for AI solutions, leading to an upward trend in the number of AI workloads being deployed.
Deploying an AI workload can be a costly endeavor. By utilizing Intel® Xeon® processors with AMX acceleration, you can effectively run your AI workloads without the need for specialized hardware. Dell PowerEdge 5th Generation of Intel® Xeon® Processors offers enhanced versatility and simplicity, allowing organizations to run any workload—including AI—on Intel® Xeon® processors. By leveraging this optimization, organizations can maximize their AI deployment efficiency while minimizing expenses.
Because these workloads often involve running business-critical AI models and processing sensitive data, it is essential to prioritize data protection and application security. Code integrity and intellectual property (IP) protection are crucial aspects in ensuring the security and confidentiality of AI models and software. AI models, being valuable IP assets, must be safeguarded against unauthorized access and theft. This involves implementing measures to encrypt and protect the code, as well as controlling access to the models.
Equally important is safeguarding sensitive data, which includes implementing robust security measures to safeguard data while it is being stored, transmitted, and actively processed by the CPU. Additionally, compliance with data privacy regulations such as GDPR or HIPAA is essential to maintaining legal and ethical standards for data protection.
Another challenge is protecting data and workload integrity against difficult-to-defend and Zero Day threats, which is crucial to maintaining a secure computing environment. While IT departments have tools and procedures in place to restrict privileges and define access permissions, there are still potential vulnerabilities that can be exploited. For instance, a lower-privilege user or software may exploit a vulnerability to escalate privileges, a privileged application could be compromised, a privileged user might turn malicious, or a previously unknown vulnerability could be exploited.
In such scenarios, Dell PowerEdge 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® processors offer confidential computing with Intel® TDX. By leveraging Intel® TDX on PowerEdge, organizations can create secure enclaves where sensitive data and critical workloads are processed in a protected environment, shielding them from potential attacks and ensuring data and workload integrity in the cloud. One of the key benefits of Intel® TDX is that it can protect the system even if the host operating system or hypervisor is compromised because they are outside of the trust boundary. This is because the trust domains are created and managed by the CPU itself rather than relying on software-based security measures, which can also help protect against advanced threats such as rootkits, bootkits, and kernel-level attacks. By embracing confidential computing with Intel® TDX on Dell PowerEdge, organizations can effectively protect their sensitive information and intellectual property, enabling them to leverage the power of AI without compromising security.
Lastly, Intel® TDX requires no code changes to the application. This approach streamlines the implementation of security measures and reduces the time and effort required to ensure application protection. By improving efficiency and enabling new business models, organizations can drive innovation and enhance productivity.