Nvidia Expands Role in AI Infrastructure as Musk's xAI Launches Colossus 100k H100

Sep 2, 2024, 04:53 PM

Nvidia is expanding its role beyond being a premier GPU manufacturer to becoming a comprehensive provider of AI infrastructure solutions. This transformation includes involvement in software, data-center design, and AI infrastructure. The company is playing a significant role in shaping the server farms where AI is produced and deployed. Additionally, Elon Musk's xAI team has brought the Colossus 100k H100 training cluster online, which is described as the most powerful AI training system in the world. This system utilizes 100,000 of Nvidia's H100 chips and is set to double in size in the coming months.