Compute
The Art Of System Design As HPC And AI Applications Diverge
Predicting the future is hard, even with supercomputers. And maybe specifically when you are talking about predicting the future of supercomputers. …
Grace
AI
The “Hopper” GPU Compute Ramp Finally Starts
You can’t be certain about a lot of things in the world these days, but one thing you can count on is the voracious appetite for parallel compute, high bandwidth memory, and high bandwidth networking for AI training workloads. …
Compute
Details Emerge On Nvidia’s “Grace” Arm CPU
Imagine, if you will, that Nvidia had launched its forthcoming “Grace” Arm server CPU three years ago instead of early next year. …
HPC
Opening Up The Future “Venado” Grace-Hopper Supercomputer At Los Alamos
There are many interpretations of the word venado, which means deer or stag in Spanish, and this week it gets another one: A supercomputer based on future Nvidia CPU and GPU compute engines, and quite possibly if Los Alamos National Laboratory can convince Hewlett Packard Enterprise to support InfiniBand interconnects in its capability class “Shasta” Cray EX machines, Nvidia’s interconnect as well. …
Compute
Nvidia Embraces The CPU World With “Grace” Arm Server Chip
Within a year or so, with the launch of the “Grace” Arm server CPUs, it will not be heresy for anyone at Nvidia to believe, or to say out loud, that not every workload in the datacenter needs to have GPU acceleration. …
Compute
“Hopper” GH100 GPUs Are The Heart Of A More Expansive Nvidia System
There are a lot of things that compute engine makers have to do if they want to compete in the datacenter, but perhaps the most important thing is to be consistent. …
HPC
For Arm-Driven Supercomputing, Nvidia is Right on Time
While Marvell’s ThunderX family of server-class processors might not have taken high performance computing by storm from the outset, where there was interest and demand, it was fierce and committed. …
Compute
Nvidia Enters The Arms Race With Homegrown “Grace” CPUs
There has been talk and cajoling and rumor for years that GPU juggernaut Nvidia would jump into the Arm server CPU chip arena once again and actually deliver a product that has unique differentiation and a compelling value proposition, particularly for hybrid CPU-GPU compute complexes. …