Nvidia will build 700-petaflop supercomputer for University of Florida
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Re: Nvidia will build 700-petaflop supercomputer for University of Florida
#2I'm a bit baffled.
How high are the tuitions at the university of florida?
This supercomputer is more powerful than many at the national labs and must cost a fortune (multiple 100 millions of dollars).
Re: Nvidia will build 700-petaflop supercomputer for University of Florida
#3It seems like supercomputers are still generally many times more powerful than what AI researchers at top universities or orgs are using.
Has any well known AI research been done on supercomputers?
It seems like the case that literally just throwing money at the problem is a solid idea nowadays.
Re: Nvidia will build 700-petaflop supercomputer for University of Florida
#4I'm a bit baffled. How high are the tuitions at the university of florida? This supercomputer is more powerful than many at the national labs and must cost a fortune (multiple 100 millions of dollars).
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Re: Nvidia will build 700-petaflop supercomputer for University of Florida
#5I'm a bit baffled. How high are the tuitions at the university of florida? This supercomputer is more powerful than many at the national labs and must cost a fortune (multiple 100 millions of dollars).
The article mentions that the money/hardware was donated by Nvidia co-founders.
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Re: Nvidia will build 700-petaflop supercomputer for University of Florida
#7It seems like supercomputers are still generally many times more powerful than what AI researchers at top universities or orgs are using. Has any well known AI research been done on supercomputers? It seems like the case that literally just throwing money at the problem is a solid idea nowadays.
Cmon. Just look at requirements to train GPT-3 for example... https://lambdalabs.com/blog/demystifying-gpt-3/
Re: Nvidia will build 700-petaflop supercomputer for University of Florida
#8I'm a bit baffled. How high are the tuitions at the university of florida? This supercomputer is more powerful than many at the national labs and must cost a fortune (multiple 100 millions of dollars).
> The initiatives and HiPerGator enhancements are anchored by a $50 million gift — $25 million from UF alumnus and Nvidia fellow Chris Malachowsky and $25 million in hardware, software, training, and services from Nvidia. UF will also make investments around its new machine “well beyond” $20 million, targeted at upgrading its on-campus datacenter.
Re: Nvidia will build 700-petaflop supercomputer for University of Florida
#9I'm a bit baffled. How high are the tuitions at the university of florida? This supercomputer is more powerful than many at the national labs and must cost a fortune (multiple 100 millions of dollars).
It's $50 million. That's all. See https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2020/07/21/university-of-flori... for the numbers. It's probable the hardware is being offered at a deep discount.
The building and infrastructure will cost an additional $20m, covered by the University.
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#10> It will also benefit from Nvidia’s suite of AI application frameworks
Sounds like lock-in.