Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised CEO Elon Musk as “Superman.” It’s because they were in a position to construct a supercomputer that may take others a yr in only 19 days.
CEO Hwang appeared on a podcast called ‘Bg2’ on the 14th (local time) and said, ‘Elon Musk is Superman’ and ‘He did in 19 days what it took others a yr to do.’
That is what xAI’s Memphis computing cluster ‘Colossus’ began operating in August. That is the world’s best artificial intelligence (AI) data center with as many as 100,000 NVIDIA GPUs.
Due to this fact, even initially of this yr when construction was first announced, full-scale operation was expected to happen in the autumn of next yr. Nevertheless, CEO Musk surprised those around him by announcing the operation of Colossus last September.
Prior to this, in June, it was revealed that “it took Colossus 19 days from hardware installation to begin training.” He emphasized that that is “the fastest speed ever.” He also added that the full time it took to construct the info center and operate the server was 122 days.
Regarding this, CEO Hwang said, “So far as I do know, there is barely one person on this planet who can do this. Elon has a excellent understanding of engineering, construction, large-scale systems and organizing resources. It’s unbelievable.” . He also praised xAI’s engineering, software, networking and infrastructure teams, calling them “amazing.”
Regarding Colossus, he acknowledged that it’s “the fastest supercomputer on earth with 100,000 GPUs clustered together.” And to construct a facility of this magnitude, “it typically takes three years to plan, after which a yr to deliver the equipment and get every thing operational,” he explained.
He detailed how complex networking is for Nvidia hardware. The reason is that it’s on a special level from networking existing data center servers. He also emphasized that integrating 100,000 H200 GPUs like CEO Musk “has never been attempted before.”
Meanwhile, CEO Hwang met CEO Musk at dinner last month after constructing Colossus. They’ve known one another well for a very long time.
Specifically, the story that Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison, who participated on this event, begged for GPUs, saying, “Please take more of our money,” is legendary.
Reporter Lim Da-jun ydj@aitimes.com