Must build the world’s most “intelligent” supercomputer
Many technology players see great potential in artificial intelligence (AI), and now two prominent companies have announced a new, ambitious project that will take the technology a big step further.
The well-known graphics card manufacturers Nvidia and Microsoft have joined together about building a “massive”, cloud-based AI supercomputer.
Several tens of thousands of video cards
The collaboration will take place over several years and is planned to result in one of the most powerful AI supercomputers in the world, according to Nvidia itself. The system must be based on Microsoft’s Azure infrastructurein combination with Nvidia hardware.
The machine must consist of several tens of thousands of video cards of the type Nvidia A100 and H100in addition to Nvidia’s networking platform Quantum-2. The A100 graphics processors are already used in a number of supercomputer systems, included several are provided by Microsoft.
The idea behind the project is to offer businesses and organizations new, powerful AI tools, including large, advanced models that have not been possible. Automation is among the intended areas of use.
“AI is driving the next wave of automation in enterprise and industrial computing, enabling organizations to do more with less while navigating economic uncertainties,” said Scott Guthrie, vice president of AI and Cloud at Microsoft. in the press release and added:
Not alone
“Our collaboration with Nvidia unlocks the world’s most scalable supercomputer platform, delivering leading AI capabilities to every enterprise using Microsoft Azure.
The partnership between Microsoft and Nvidia is therefore a multi-year project, and the two companies have not given a time for when the system will be complete and ready for use. We are probably talking about a longer period of time.
Several other players also work with powerful data systems designed for artificial intelligence. Facebook’s parent company Meta confirmed earlier this year that they have built what they call the world’s most powerful AI trainer – the AI Research SuperCluster (RSC) – which consists of 16,000 Nvidia graphics processors.
Last year uncovered the US Department of Energy «Permutter»which was called the world’s most powerful supercomputer for AI tasks.
As artificial intelligence becomes more advanced, so does the number of areas of use for the technology. Recently reported Digital no for example, that train companies now use artificial intelligence to predict the behavior of passengers, via a new surveillance camera. It even exists political parties controlled by artificial intelligence.
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