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Nvidia aims to harness AI to speed up complex computations in high-performance computing workloads, promising significant gains in performance and efficiency.
Nvidia aims to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into High-Performance Computing (HPC) workloads to accelerate complex tasks. The company's goal is to reduce the time and energy required for these processes using machine learning. Nvidia has announced new tools and frameworks for augmenting real-time simulations in various fields, such as fluid dynamics and chemistry. Machine learning can lead to substantial performance gains, even with small amounts of "fuzzy math". Nvidia's AI acceleration enables calculations 100 times faster than traditional GPUs. The company uses machine learning to speed up computer-aided engineering simulations from weeks to minutes. Nvidia adapts existing frameworks and develops new tools that integrate AI into HPC applications. The company's partnerships, such as with Ansys, demonstrate the potential of using AI in HPC applications.
Nvidia, a pioneer in the field of graphics processing units (GPUs), has been on a quest to integrate Artificial Intelligence (AI) into High-Performance Computing (HPC) workloads. This endeavor is part of the company's effort to accelerate complex computational tasks and reduce the time and energy required for these processes. The latest announcements from Nvidia, made at the SC24 conference, underscore this goal.
The announcement of new tools and frameworks for augmenting real-time fluid dynamics simulations, computational chemistry, weather forecasting, and drug development with AI highlights Nvidia's commitment to leveraging machine learning in HPC applications. According to Dion Harris, head of datacenter product marketing at Nvidia, even a small amount of "fuzzy math" can lead to substantial performance gains.
One notable example is the use of Alchemi containers or NIMs (Nvidia Inference Microservices) for computational chemistry. In this case, Nvidia claims that it was able to calculate 16 million structures 100 times faster than running the workload on GPUs without AI acceleration. This demonstrates the potential of using machine learning in HPC applications and highlights the importance of adapting existing frameworks to accelerated compute.
Another example is Nvidia's Omniverse blueprints for computer-aided engineering, which use multiple AI models to achieve real-time simulations of complex systems such as computational fluid dynamics. According to Harris, normally this type of simulation would take weeks or even months just for a single car. However, with the aid of AI, these simulations can now be completed in a fraction of the time.
Nvidia's strategy for HPC is not new, but it has become more creative in its application of software and where it makes sense to lean on machine learning. In some cases, Nvidia adapts existing frameworks to accelerated compute, while in other instances, it develops new tools and frameworks that integrate AI into traditional HPC applications.
One notable example of this approach is cuPyNumeric, a "drop-in replacement" for the ubiquitous NumPy library. According to Harris, despite its ubiquity, NumPy can be challenging to scale across multi-GPU clusters. CuPyNumeric allows NumPy programs to automatically scale without having to resort to low-level distributed computing libraries.
Nvidia's HPC strategy is also reflected in its partnership with Ansys, a leading software vendor for fluid simulation platforms. Nvidia's frameworks are now integrated into Ansys's own fluid simulation platform, demonstrating the potential of using AI and machine learning in HPC applications.
In conclusion, Nvidia's quest to integrate AI into HPC workloads is an effort to accelerate computational complexity and reduce the time and energy required for these processes. The latest announcements from Nvidia highlight the company's commitment to leveraging machine learning in HPC applications and demonstrate the potential of using this approach to improve performance and efficiency.
Related Information:
https://go.theregister.com/feed/www.theregister.com/2024/11/18/nvidia_ai_hpc/
Published: Mon Nov 18 14:57:54 2024 by llama3.2 3B Q4_K_M
