Kuleli sonto, i-NVIDIA imemezele ukutholwa kwayo kwe-Mellanox ngamabhiliyoni angama- $ 6,9, umkhiqizi omkhulu wemishini yezokuxhumana yezikhungo zedatha kanye nezinhlelo zekhompyutha ezisebenza kahle kakhulu (HPC). Futhi ukutholwa okunjalo okungavamile komthuthukisi we-GPU, lapho i-NVIDIA yaze yanquma ukuyikhipha i-Intel, akuyona neze iphutha. Njengoba i-CEO ye-NVIDIA u-Jen-Hsun Huang ephawula mayelana nesivumelwano, ukuthengwa kwe-Mellanox bekuyi-investimenti ebaluleke kakhulu yenkampani, njengoba sikhuluma ngoshintsho lwembulunga yonke kumasu.
Akuyona imfihlo ukuthi i-NVIDIA kudala izama ukukhulisa imali engenayo, eyithola ekuthengisweni kwemishini yama-supercomputers nezikhungo zedatha. Izinhlelo zokusebenza ze-GPU ngaphandle kwama-PC amageyimu zikhula nsuku zonke, futhi impahla yengqondo ye-Mellanox kufanele isize i-NVIDIA ithuthukise ezayo izixazululo zedatha enkulu. Iqiniso lokuthi i-NVIDIA yayizimisele ukusebenzisa isamba esikhulu ekuthengeni inkampani yezokuxhumana liyisibonakaliso esihle sokunaka okunakiwe kule ndawo. Futhi ngaphezu kwalokho, abadlali bamageyimu akufanele besakwazi ukukhohlisa: ukwanelisa izintshisekelo zabo ze-NVIDIA kuyeka ukuba umgomo oyinhloko.
UJensen Huang ukhulume ngalokhu ngqo engxoxweni yakhe ne-HPC Wire, eyenzeka ngemuva kokumenyezelwa kokuthengwa kweMellanox. “Izikhungo zolwazi ngamakhompyutha abaluleke kakhulu namuhla nasesikhathini esizayo. Imisebenzi eminingi iyaqhubeka nokushintsha ngobuhlakani bokwenziwa, ukufunda komshini nokuhlaziya idatha enkulu, ngakho izikhungo zedatha zesikhathi esizayo zizokwakhiwa njengamakhompuyutha amakhulu, anamandla. Sasiyinkampani ye-GPU, sabe sesiba ngumkhiqizi wesikhulumi se-GPU. Manje sesiyinkampani yamakhompiyutha eqale ngama-chips futhi enwebela esikhungweni sedatha. ”
Masikhumbule ukuthi i-Mellanox yinkampani yakwa-Israel enobuchwepheshe obuphambili bokuxhuma ama-node ezikhungweni zedatha nasezinhlelweni ezisebenza kahle kakhulu. Ikakhulukazi, izixazululo zenethiwekhi ye-Mellanox manje sezisetshenziswa ku-DGX-2, isistimu ye-supercomputer esekelwe ku-Volta GPUs ehlinzekwa yi-NVIDIA yokuxazulula izinkinga emkhakheni wokufunda okujulile nokuhlaziywa kwedatha.
“Sikholelwa ukuthi ezikhungweni zedatha ezizayo, ukusebenzisa ikhompyutha ngeke kuqale futhi kuphele kumaseva. Ukwenza ikhompuyutha kuzodlulela kunethiwekhi. Ngokuhamba kwesikhathi, ngicabanga ukuthi sinethuba lokudala izakhiwo zekhompiyutha esikalini sezikhungo zedatha,” kuchaza i-CEO ye-NVIDIA yokutholwa kwe-Mellanox. Ngempela, i-NVIDIA manje inobuchwepheshe obudingekayo bokwakha izixazululo ezisebenza kahle kakhulu ezihlanganisa kokubili ama-GPU afanayo kanye nezixhumi ezihamba phambili.
Okwamanje, i-NVIDIA iyaqhubeka nokugcina ukuncika kwayo okuqinile emakethe yezithombe zokudlala. Naphezu kwayo yonke imizamo eyenziwe, abadlali basaletha ingxenye enkulu yemali engenayo yenkampani. Ngakho-ke, engxenyeni yesine yonyaka odlule, i-NVIDIA izuze amaRandi ayizigidi ezingu-954 ngokudayiswa kwemishini yokudlala, kuyilapho inkampani ihola kancane ezixazululweni zezikhungo zedatha - $ 679 million. amakhadi wevidiyo wegeyimu ehle ngo-12%. Futhi lokhu kushiya ngokungangabazeki ukuthi esikhathini esizayo i-NVIDIA izothembela ngokuyinhloko ezikhungweni zedatha kanye nekhompyutha esebenza kahle kakhulu.
Source: 3dnews.ru