Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA, was interviewed on the Bg2 program where he discussed the xAI team, Elon Musk’s artificial intelligence company, installing 100,000 units of the H200 GPU. This team of superhumans was able to design, build, and install all devices in the data center and start running the first model in just 19 days.
Huang mentioned that on average, building a data center of this scale would normally take about 4 years, with the first 3 years spent on planning, designing, and construction, and the final year for equipment delivery, installation, testing, and model deployment.
One particular challenge that impressed Huang about the xAI engineers was the complexity of the NVIDIA hardware setup; with a large number of network cables connecting to each node, the back of the machine was completely filled with cables. However, the xAI team was able to create this in a very short amount of time.
Source: Tom’s Hardware xAI
In conclusion, Elon Musk’s efficiency in completing tasks is truly remarkable, as what would typically take a year for others, he accomplished in just 19 days.
TLDR: Jensen Huang discussed xAI team’s rapid deployment of 100,000 H200 GPUs in just 19 days, a feat that usually takes 4 years to complete. Elon Musk’s efficiency in completing tasks is truly impressive.
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