Dell adds semantic layer and knowledge graph to its AI Data Platform
Dell announced extensions to its AI Data Platform, adding a Unified Semantic Layer, an Enterprise Knowledge Graph and Knowledge Agents to its Data Orchestration Engine, plus a new Data Processing Engine capability that runs on GPUs via Nvidia's cuDF library. iThome reports the three features are expected in the first half of 2027 and that the sensitive data they handle stays in customers' own data centers. Dell says the semantic layer gives structured and unstructured information consistent business meaning, while the knowledge graph continuously tunes itself using metadata, lineage and query history to supply context to agents.
As enterprises move to agents, vendor competition is shifting from models to curating enterprise data into governed, agent-ready context.
Transforming the data path: Dell’s new releases move enterprises closer to the agentic data center
AI is taking shape, moving from models that answer questions to models that can reason. Now models are powering the agentic era, and Dell Technologies Inc. has announced several extensions to its AI Data Platform designed to manage this new paradigm.
These include extending the Dell Data Orchestration Engine with three new capabilities: the Unified Semantic Layer, the Enterprise Knowledge Graph and Knowledge Agents. Dell also added a new capability in the Data Processing Engine designed to accelerate the enterprise data prep for AI. The engine will run on graphics processing units using Nvidia Corp.’s cuDF library.
The intent, as explained on theCUBE, SiliconANGLE Media’s livestreaming studio, by Arthur Lewis (pictured), president of the Infrastructure Solutions Group at Dell, is to bring the Data Processing Engine and Dell’s storage engines closer together, reducing unnecessary data movement with capabilities such as zero-copy data access, memory-to-memory transfer and distributed processing. Dell is creating a more efficient data path from raw enterprise information to AI-ready context, key elements of the AI Data Platform and the Dell AI Factory.
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