Isivumelwano sika-$6,9 billion: kungani umthuthukisi we-GPU ethenga umkhiqizi wemishini yenethiwekhi

Muva nje, isivumelwano phakathi kukaNvidia noMellanox senzeka. Sikhuluma ngezimfuneko nemiphumela.

Isivumelwano sika-$6,9 billion: kungani umthuthukisi we-GPU ethenga umkhiqizi wemishini yenethiwekhi
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Yeka isivumelwano

I-Mellanox ibisebenza kusukela ngo-1999. Namuhla imelelwa amahhovisi e-USA nase-Israel, kodwa isebenza ngemodeli engenangqondo - ayinakho ukukhiqizwa kwayo futhi ibeka ama-oda namabhizinisi ezinkampani zangaphandle, isibonelo. TSMC. I-Mellanox ikhiqiza ama-adaptha kanye nokushintshwa kwamanethiwekhi anesivinini esikhulu asuselwa ku-Ethernet kanye nezivumelwano ezinesivinini esikhulu. I-InfiniBand.

Enye yezimfuneko zesivumelwano intshisekelo evamile yezinkampani endaweni ye-high performance computing (HPC). Ngakho-ke, amakhompiyutha amabili anamandla kakhulu emhlabeni - iSierra neSummit - asebenzisa izixazululo ezivela kuMellanox noNvidia.

Izinkampani ziphinde zihlanganyele kwezinye intuthuko - isibonelo, ama-adaptha e-Mellanox afakwe kuseva ye-DGX-2 ukuze enze imisebenzi ejulile yokufunda.

Isivumelwano sika-$6,9 billion: kungani umthuthukisi we-GPU ethenga umkhiqizi wemishini yenethiwekhi
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Ingxabano yesibili ebalulekile evuna isivumelwano yisifiso sikaNvidia sokufika ngaphambi koqhudelana naye, i-Intel. Umdondoshiya we-IT waseCalifornia ubandakanyeka ngokufanayo emsebenzini kuma-supercomputers nezinye izixazululo ze-HPC, eziphikisana no-Nvidia ngandlela thile. Kuvele ukuthi nguNvidia owanquma ukuthatha isinyathelo sokulwela ubuholi kulesi sigaba semakethe futhi waba ngowokuqala ukwenza isivumelwano neMellanox.

Kuzothinta ini?

Izixazululo ezintsha. Ukusebenza kwekhompuyutha okusebenza kahle ezindaweni ezifana nebhayoloji, i-physics, i-meteorology, njll. kuya kufunwa kakhulu unyaka nonyaka futhi kusebenza ngamanani abalulekile edatha. Kungacatshangwa ukuthi ukusebenzisana phakathi kwamaqembu e-Nvidia ne-Mellanox kuqala kuzonikeza imakethe izixazululo ezintsha ezingeke zihlobane ne-hardware kuphela, kodwa futhi nengxenye yesofthiwe ekhethekile yezinhlelo ze-HPC.

Ukuhlanganiswa Komkhiqizo. Ukuthengiselana okunjalo kuvame ukuvumela izinkampani ukuthi zikhulise izindleko zokusebenza ngokunciphisa inani labasebenzi nokwandisa ukusebenza kahle okuphelele kwezinqubo zebhizinisi. Kulesi simo, singacabanga kuphela ukuthi lokhu kuzokwenzeka, kodwa okungenzeka kakhulu ukuhlanganiswa kwezixazululo ze-Nvidia ne-Mellanox kumafomethi "ebhokisi". Ngakolunye uhlangothi, leli yithuba lokuthi amaklayenti athole imiphumela esheshayo kanye nobuchwepheshe obenziwe ngomumo bokuxazulula izinkinga lapha namanje. Ngakolunye uhlangothi, kukhona umnyakazo ongase ube nomkhawulo wokwenza ngokwezifiso inani lezingxenye, okungenzeka zingathokozisi wonke umuntu.

Ukuthuthukiswa kwethrafikhi "empumalanga-ntshonalanga".. Ngenxa yokuthambekela okuvamile ekukhuleni kwevolumu yedatha ecutshungulwayo, inkinga yalokho okubizwa ngokuthi β€œempumalanga-nentshonalangaΒ» traffic. Lokhu empeleni "ibhodlela" lesikhungo sedatha, esibambezela ukusebenza kwayo yonke ingqalasizinda, okuhlanganisa nokuxazulula izinkinga zokufunda ezijulile. Ngokuhlanganisa imizamo yazo, izinkampani zinawo wonke amathuba entuthuko entsha kule ndawo. Ngendlela, uNvidia uye wanaka phambilini ekwandiseni ukudluliswa kwedatha phakathi kwama-GPU futhi ngesinye isikhathi wethula ubuchwepheshe obukhethekile. I-NVLink.

Yini enye eyenzekayo emakethe

Esikhathini esithile ngemva kokumenyezelwa kwesivumelwano phakathi kukaNvidia noMellanox, abanye abakhiqizi bemishini yesikhungo sedatha, iXilinx neSolarflare, bamemezele izinhlelo ezifanayo. Enye yezinhloso eziyinhloko zokuqala ukukhulisa ububanzi bokusetshenziswa I-FPGA (FPGA) njengengxenye yokuxazulula izinkinga emkhakheni we-HPC. Eyesibili ithuthukisa ukubambezeleka kwezixazululo zenethiwekhi yeseva futhi isebenzisa ama-FPGA chips emakhadini ayo e-SmartNICS. Njengasendabeni kaNvidia noMellanox, lesi sivumelwano sandulelwe ukubambisana phakathi kwamaqembu nokusebenza emikhiqizweni ehlangene.

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Isivumelwano sika-$6,9 billion: kungani umthuthukisi we-GPU ethenga umkhiqizi wemishini yenethiwekhiEsinye isivumelwano esisezingeni eliphezulu ukuthengwa kwe-HPE kokuqala kweBlueData. Lesi sakamuva sasungulwa ngabasebenzi bangaphambili be-VMware futhi sathuthukisa inkundla yesoftware yokuthunyelwa β€œkokuqukethwe” kwamanethiwekhi e-neural ezikhungweni zedatha. I-HPE ihlela ukuhlanganisa ubuchwepheshe bokuqalisa ezinkundleni zayo futhi ikhulise ukutholakala kwezixazululo zokusebenza nezinhlelo ze-AI ne-ML.

Kufanele silindele ukuthi ngenxa yamadili anjalo sizobona imikhiqizo emisha yezikhungo zedatha, okufanele ngandlela thize ithinte ukusebenza kahle kokuxazulula izinkinga zamakhasimende.

I-UPS: Ngu inikezwe Ngokusho kokushicilelwe okuningana, omunye wabanikazi bamasheya be-Mellanox umangalela imininingwane engamanga ngesikhathi kwethulwa izitatimende zezimali ngaphambi kokuthengiselana.

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