Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerators debut on IBM Cloud

Intel and IBM intend to actively cooperate in the field of cloud AI solutions. According to HPC Wire, access to Intel Gaudi 3 accelerators will be provided on the IBM Cloud starting in early 2025. The collaboration will also ensure Gaudi 3 is supported by the IBM Watsonx AI platform. IBM Cloud will be the first cloud service provider to adopt Gaudi 3 for both hybrid and on-premises environments.

The interaction of the companies will allow the implementation and scaling of modern AI solutions, and the combined use of Gaudi 3 with Xeon Emerald Rapids processors will open up additional opportunities for users in IBM clouds. Gaudi 3 will also be used in inference tasks on the Watsonx platform – customers will be able to optimize the execution of such workloads, taking into account the price-performance ratio.

To help customers across a variety of industries, including those in highly regulated industries, companies will offer IBM Cloud capabilities for flexible workload scaling, and the integration of Gaudi 3 into the IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC environment will enable companies using x86 hardware to achieve faster and more secure performance. use your solutions than before integration.

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It was previously reported that the Gaudi 3 model is ready to challenge NVIDIA accelerators. At one time, Intel made a statement about the 50% superiority of the new product in inference scenarios over the NVIDIA H100, as well as a 40% advantage in energy efficiency at a significantly lower cost. Intel later publicly disclosed the cost of the new accelerators, violating the unspoken rules of the market.