Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang arrived at the Russell Building on Capitol Hill on September 13, 2023 to attend the first Artificial Intelligence Insights Forum.
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Nvidia Georgia Tech announced Wednesday the launch of its first artificial intelligence supercomputer for student use.
The chipmaker’s graphics processing unit is at the heart of a large language model created by OpenAI. letter, Yuan A growing number of well-funded startups are vying for a share of the generative AI market.Nvidia’s revenue has surged in the past year and its market value has surpassed that of Alphabet and Amazon.
The move is a way to democratize access to supercomputing resources, often reserved for tech giants and internet startups, and underscores the importance of training the next generation of artificial intelligence workforce.
Initially, only Georgia Tech undergraduates will have access to the computing cluster, which is powered by Nvidia’s enterprise artificial intelligence software and a “virtual gateway” developed by Penguin Solutions.
So far, students have used the supercomputer in just one course (Fundamentals of Machine Learning) since the start of the semester, but Georgia Tech plans to continue expanding use. Arijit Raychowdhury, dean of Georgia Tech’s School of Electrical and Computer Engineering, told CNBC that the service will be available to all undergraduate and graduate students by spring 2025.
This follows OpenAI’s decision in January to form its first partnership with a higher education institution. Arizona State University gained full access to ChatGPT Enterprise in February and plans to use it for coursework, tutoring, research and more.
Georgia Tech’s supercomputer runs on 20 Nvidia HGX H100 systems and contains 160 Nvidia H100 GPUs, which are in high demand throughout the technology industry. For reference, according to a Georgia Tech press release, it took one of those 160 GPUs one second to come up with a multiplication function that would have taken 50,000 students 22 years to complete.
Raychowdhury said students will use supercomputers for course projects related to computer vision, large language models, robotics, supply chain management, chemical or biomedical engineering, creativity and design pursuits related to generative artificial intelligence, as well as independent projects of their choice. Startup business.
“The idea is to be able to provision these computing resources … working closely with Nvidia and Penguin Solutions to essentially make it a sandbox where students can do their own work,” Raychowdhury said in a CNBC interview.
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