Kwanan nan, yarjejeniyar tsakanin Nvidia da Mellanox ta faru. Muna magana game da abubuwan da ake bukata da sakamakon.
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Wace yarjejeniya
Mellanox yana aiki tun 1999. A yau ana wakilta ta ofisoshi a Amurka da Isra'ila, amma yana aiki akan ƙirar ƙima - ba shi da nasa samarwa kuma yana ba da umarni tare da kamfanoni na ɓangare na uku, alal misali. . Mellanox yana samar da adaftan da sauyawa don cibiyoyin sadarwa masu sauri dangane da Ethernet da ka'idoji masu sauri. .
Ɗaya daga cikin abubuwan da ake buƙata don yarjejeniyar ita ce sha'awar kamfanoni a fannin babban aikin kwamfuta (HPC). Don haka, manyan kwamfutoci biyu mafi ƙarfi a duniya - Saliyo da Babban Taron - suna amfani da mafita daga Mellanox da Nvidia.
Kamfanonin kuma suna haɗin gwiwa kan wasu ci gaba - alal misali, ana shigar da adaftar Mellanox a cikin uwar garken DGX-2 don ayyukan ilmantarwa mai zurfi.
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Muhimmiyar hujja ta biyu da ke goyon bayan yarjejeniyar ita ce sha'awar Nvidia don samun gaba da yuwuwar gasa, Intel. Giant ɗin IT na Californian shima yana da hannu cikin aiki akan manyan kwamfutoci da sauran hanyoyin HPC, wanda ko ta yaya ya daidaita shi da Nvidia. Ya bayyana cewa Nvidia ce ta yanke shawarar yin yunƙuri a cikin yaƙin neman jagoranci a cikin wannan ɓangaren kasuwa kuma shine farkon wanda ya yi yarjejeniya da Mellanox.
Menene zai shafa?
Sabbin mafita. Ƙididdigar ƙididdiga masu girma a irin waɗannan fannoni kamar ilmin halitta, kimiyyar lissafi, yanayin yanayi, da dai sauransu yana ƙara ƙara buƙata kowace shekara kuma yana aiki tare da ƙara yawan bayanai. Ana iya ɗauka cewa haɗin gwiwar tsakanin ƙungiyoyin Nvidia da Mellanox za su fara ba kasuwa sabbin hanyoyin warwarewa waɗanda za su shafi ba kawai kayan aiki ba, har ma da ɓangaren software na musamman don tsarin HPC.
Haɗin Samfura. Irin waɗannan ma'amaloli galibi suna ba wa kamfanoni damar haɓaka farashin aiki ta hanyar rage adadin ma'aikata da haɓaka ingantaccen tsarin kasuwanci gaba ɗaya. A wannan yanayin, za mu iya ɗauka kawai cewa wannan zai faru, amma abin da ke da mahimmanci shi ne haɗin kai na Nvidia da Mellanox mafita a cikin tsarin "akwatin". A gefe guda, wannan dama ce ga abokan ciniki don samun sakamako mai sauri da kuma shirye-shiryen fasaha don magance matsalolin nan da yanzu. A gefe guda, akwai yuwuwar tafiya zuwa iyakance gyare-gyaren abubuwa da yawa, waɗanda ƙila ba za su faranta wa kowa rai ba.
Inganta zirga-zirgar "gabas-yamma".. Sakamakon yanayin gabaɗaya ga haɓakar adadin bayanan da aka sarrafa, matsalar abin da ake kira "» zirga-zirga. Wannan a zahiri "kwalba" ne na cibiyar bayanai, wanda ke rage ayyukan duk abubuwan more rayuwa, gami da warware matsalolin ilmantarwa mai zurfi. Ta hanyar haɗa ƙoƙarin su, kamfanoni suna da kowace dama don sababbin abubuwan ci gaba a wannan yanki. Af, Nvidia a baya ya ba da hankali ga inganta canja wurin bayanai tsakanin GPUs kuma a lokaci guda ya gabatar da fasaha na musamman .
Me kuma ke faruwa a kasuwa
Wani lokaci bayan sanarwar yarjejeniyar tsakanin Nvidia da Mellanox, wasu masana'antun kayan aikin bayanai, Xilinx da Solarflare, sun ba da sanarwar irin wannan tsare-tsare. Ɗaya daga cikin manyan manufofin farko shine fadada kewayon amfani (FPGA) a matsayin wani ɓangare na warware matsaloli a cikin filin HPC. Na biyu yana haɓaka latency na hanyoyin sadarwar uwar garken kuma yana amfani da kwakwalwan kwamfuta na FPGA a cikin katunan SmartNICS. Kamar yadda yake a cikin batun Nvidia da Mellanox, wannan yarjejeniya ta riga ta kasance tare da haɗin gwiwa tsakanin ƙungiyoyi da aiki akan samfuran haɗin gwiwa.
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Wata babbar yarjejeniya ita ce siyan HPE na farawa BlueData. Tsofaffin ma'aikatan VMware ne suka kafa na ƙarshe kuma sun haɓaka dandamalin software don “ajiye” tura cibiyoyin sadarwa na jijiyoyi a cikin cibiyoyin bayanai. HPE yana shirin haɗa fasahohin farawa a cikin dandamalin sa tare da haɓaka samar da mafita don aiki tare da tsarin AI da ML.
Ya kamata mu yi tsammanin cewa godiya ga irin wannan yarjejeniyar za mu ga sababbin samfurori don cibiyoyin bayanai, wanda a wata hanya ko wata ya kamata ya shafi yadda ya dace na magance matsalolin abokin ciniki.
UPS: By A cewar wallafe-wallafe da yawa, ɗaya daga cikin masu hannun jari na Mellanox yana tuhumar rashin fahimta yayin gabatar da bayanan kuɗi kafin ciniki.
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source: www.habr.com