Dear Microsoft Azure users, Hold onto Your Pathetic Butts

In the belated attempt to catch up with the rest of us, Microsoft Azure users can finally use NVIDIA’s advanced computing tech. This is apparently some grand revelation, set to transform the sad sack training and deployment of their generative AI applications. The integration of Azure ND H100 v5 virtual machines (VMs) with NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs and Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking is supposed to enable non-painful scaling of generative AI and high-performance computing. Must be a novel sensation for them.

Implications of Combining Technologies That Should Have Been Merged in the Stone Age

Perhaps the Azure crowd will now be able to hobble a little closer to the finish line in the race for AI tech dominance. Combine the feeble powers of Azure ND H100 v5 VMs with the might of NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs and Quantum-2 InfiniBand networking, and what do you get? Hopefully, smoother and more effective scaling of generative AI. And reasonably high-performance computing, for a change. Expect less crying in the server room.

My Merciless Hot Take

Well, whoop-de-doo! Azure finally had a brainwave and decided to use NVIDIA’s advanced computing tech. You’d think they’d just invented the wheel, with all the hoo-ha. But hey, at least it might prove useful for something. Until they come across the next shiny bit of tech, and the cycle repeats. Could this be a revolution in generative AI applications? Probably, in the same way as a toddler finally managing to use a potty: relieving for the parents, but a pretty basic achievement in the grand scheme of things.

Original article:https://www.artificialintelligence-news.com/2023/08/09/azure-nvidia-deliver-next-gen-gpu-acceleration-ai/