Title: Pioneering Reliability, Availability, and Serviceability in the AI era

By:  Zane Ball, Corporate Vice President, General Manager, Data Center and AI Product Management

Abstract: 

AI is transforming every aspect of our world.  With that transformation and the benefits AI brings, comes the insatiable need for high performance compute and subsequently, the need to address reliability, availability and serviceability (RAS) in innovative and unique ways.  This keynote will explore the transformative impact of AI on RAS and the latest advancements, challenges, and opportunities in detection, design, and infrastructure.

Join us as we uncover how AI is reshaping the future of our ecosystem, and how the critical and foundational work of open standards and the IEEE community are more important than ever to effectively scale to meet these demanding needs.

Keynote

Corporate Vice President, General Manager, Data Center and AI Product Management, Intel Corporation

Dr. Zane A. Ball is a Corporate Vice President and General Manager of the Data Center and AI (DCAI) Product Management Group. DCAI Product Management is responsible for end-to-end stewardship of DCAI’s systems, SW, CPU, GPU, and custom product line through the entirety of the product lifecycle.  Prior to his product management role, Ball was CVP and GM of platform engineering and architecture for Intel’s data center business.  Ball has also served as Co-GM of Intel’s foundry effort as a VP in the Technology and Manufacturing group and VP of the Client Computing Group including roles as GM of the desktop client business and as GM of global customer engineering.

Ball has a bachelor’s degree, master’s degree, and Ph.D. in electrical engineering, all earned from Rice University.  He also holds six patents in high-speed electrical design.