Microsoft builds massive supercomputer for smarter AI

guest · May 20, 2020

Microsoft builds massive supercomputer for smarter AI
The Azure machine has 285,000 processor cores and 10,000 GPUs to tackle a new class of artificial intelligence tasks
May 19, 2020
https://www.cnet.com/news/microsoft-builds-massive-supercomputer-for-smarter-ai/

Microsoft has built an enormous supercomputer for artificial intelligence work, a new direction for its Azure cloud computing service. The machine has 285,000 processor cores boosted by 10,000 graphics chips for OpenAI, a company that wants to ensure AI technology helps humans.
Microsoft announced the machine at its Build conference for developers on Tuesday.

A hallmark of supercomputers is a gargantuan amount of memory, and fast connections among processors. That, in effect, lets a supercomputer concentrate on a more complicated single problem better than a larger group of lesser, cheaper machines. Microsoft and OpenAI believe their massive computer will bring new sophistication to AI.

Microsoft announced the multiyear supercomputer partnership with OpenAI in 2019, including a $1 billion investment by Microsoft.
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Microsoft: Microsoft announces new supercomputer, lays out vision for future AI work

The supercomputer developed for OpenAI is a single system with more than 285,000 CPU cores, 10,000 GPUs and 400 gigabits per second of network connectivity for each GPU server. Compared with other machines listed on the TOP500 supercomputers in the world, it ranks in the top five, Microsoft says. Hosted in Azure, the supercomputer also benefits from all the capabilities of a robust modern cloud infrastructure, including rapid deployment, sustainable datacenters and access to Azure services.
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