xAI, Elon Musk's artificial intelligence company, is teaming up with Dell, Nvidia and Supermicro to build what it says is the world's largest supercomputer. This move aims to provide xAI with massive computing power to support its artificial intelligence model training, reduce dependence on cloud services, and improve efficiency and autonomy. This ambitious project heralds xAI’s further strategic layout in the field of artificial intelligence, and also reflects its emphasis on independent computing resources.
Elon Musk's artificial intelligence startup xAI has announced a partnership with Dell, Nvidia and Supermicro to build what it says will be the world's largest supercomputer. This project will provide the startup with significant computing resources to support its training efforts and reduce reliance on cloud services from Oracle and Company X data centers.
The plan was announced in early June, with Dell CEO Michael Dell posting photos of server racks on X (formerly Twitter) and saying his company was building one of its "AI factories" as a base for supercomputer infrastructure. part. Dell's AI Factory concept provides dedicated AI infrastructure services, leveraging liquid-cooled servers and Nvidia's new Blackwell GPUs to support high-intensity AI workloads.
Elon Musk confirms Dell will assemble half of the racks in supercomputers. The other half of the rack is handled by Supermicro. Musk confirmed Supermicro's involvement in a reply to another X user, writing simply "SMC" - Super Micro Computer. However, Supermicro has not confirmed its partnership with xAI.
Elon Musk recently revealed that xAI plans to purchase approximately 300,000 new Blackwell B200 units from Nvidia, but this won’t happen until “next summer.” Considering the rapid development of artificial intelligence hardware, Musk sees no need to invest in Nvidia's current flagship H100 GPU.
In addition, xAI recently raised $6 billion in funding and is valued at $24 billion despite being only a year old. The company has also been receiving shipments of Nvidia chips previously reserved for Tesla. According to CNBC, 12,000 H100 GPUs that were supposed to be delivered to Tesla were transferred to xAI. Musk said during the company's first-quarter results conference call that Tesla will acquire approximately 85,000 Nvidia H100 units.
Highlight:
⭐ xAI is partnering with Dell, Nvidia and Supermicro to build what is said to be the world’s largest supercomputer, which will provide massive computing resources to support its training efforts.
⭐ Dell’s AI Factory concept leverages liquid-cooled servers and NVIDIA’s new Blackwell GPUs to support intense AI workloads as part of supercomputer infrastructure.
⭐ xAI plans to purchase approximately 300,000 new Blackwell B200 units from Nvidia, raising US$6 billion and a valuation of US$24 billion. It has also been receiving shipments of Nvidia chips previously reserved for Tesla.
xAI’s giant supercomputer project marks a key step towards more powerful computing power support in the field of artificial intelligence. It also indicates that the future development direction of artificial intelligence will rely more on powerful computing power and independently developed hardware facilities. This will have a profound impact on the development of the entire AI industry.