All about Cloudflare Hardware, Impact, and happy holidays!

In this week's program, we go a bit longer than usual to talk about Cloudflare’s hardware, our Impact Report, and the importance of our blog, but also to wish everyone happy holidays.

João Tomé initially is joined by Rebecca Weekly, our VP of Infrastructure and Head of Hardware Systems Engineering. We delve into Cloudflare’s perspective on hardware, GPUs, CPUs, and the needs of AI services and applications (you’ll learn about AI inference). We also discuss our Cloudflare Gen 12 Server (Bigger, Better, Cooler), Moore’s Law, and what to expect in hardware and AI in 2024.

Next, Andie Goodwin explains the Cloudflare Impact Report, which launched this week, and some of the most impactful projects and endeavors from our company in 2023. We also share some holiday and Christmas stories. Additionally, our Portugal office has a holiday message to everyone.

Last but not least, in the short segment "A Bit of History," our CTO, John Graham-Cumming, discusses the importance of Cloudflare’s blog and how it has shaped the company's culture over the years.

You can check the highlighted blog posts:

• How we used OpenBMC to support AI inference on GPUs around the world
• ML Ops Platform at Cloudflare
• Cloudflare Gen 12 Server: Bigger, Better, Cooler in a 2U1N form factor
• Cloudflare 2023 Impact Report

Also mentioned were:

• A return to US net neutrality rules?
• Australia’s cybersecurity strategy is here and Cloudflare is all in
• Don’t Let the Cyber Grinch Ruin your Winter Break: Project Cybersafe Schools protects small school districts in the US