TLDR:
- The National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) in Japan is installing the third generation of its AI Bridging Cloud Infrastructure 3.0 supercomputer, with thousands of Nvidia’s H200 GPUs.
- Hewlett Packard Enterprise won the ABCI 3.0 system deal, a shift from NEC and Fujitsu who were the incumbent suppliers.
The article discusses the history of AIST’s AI cloud machines, starting with the ABCI 1.0 system by Fujitsu in 2018, followed by the ABCI 2.0 with Fujitsu’s Primergy servers. The new ABCI 3.0 machine by HPE is expected to have over 6 exaflops of AI performance, utilizing Nvidia’s H200 GPUs. The performance gains coupled with memory and bandwidth improvements are highlighted throughout the article.
The impressive specifications and technical details of the ABCI 3.0 machine, along with comparisons to the previous systems, showcase the advancements in AI computing and the ongoing evolution of AI supercomputers.