Comments on: Nvidia’s DGX-2 System Packs An AI Performance Punch https://www.nextplatform.com/2018/03/28/nvidia-dgx-2-system-packs-an-ai-performance-punch/ In-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:27:11 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: Eric Klien https://www.nextplatform.com/2018/03/28/nvidia-dgx-2-system-packs-an-ai-performance-punch/#comment-95435 Mon, 02 Apr 2018 21:02:08 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=36391#comment-95435 “this appears to be little more than a marketing stunt”

Uh, Nvidia’s data center business is booming. Here’s a quote from their last quarterly report:
“Revenue from Nvidia’s widely watched data center business, which counts Microsoft Corp’s (MSFT.O) Azure cloud business as its customer, more than doubled to $606 million.”

It is widely known that companies such as Google and Facebook are buying such systems by the truckload. In general, AI programs are the biggest target for their data center business.

A simple check of their website shows even their expensive stuff is in short supply such as the $9K Quadro GV100 which is limited to 5 per customer.

]]> By: DDearborn https://www.nextplatform.com/2018/03/28/nvidia-dgx-2-system-packs-an-ai-performance-punch/#comment-95434 Fri, 30 Mar 2018 16:20:54 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=36391#comment-95434 Hmmm

So what are some of the specific practical applications which would justify a 400K+ purchase (as in something that companies are actually doing right now that would continue to generate profits after this implementation) Just curious if someone would cite some real world examples. Otherwise this appears to be little more than a marketing stunt designed to continue to raise consumer perception of relative cost to justify leaving the sky high consumer GPU market in the stratosphere now that bitcoin mining is coming back down to earth…..

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