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Google’s AI Dream Machine

Google’s AI Dream Machine

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By Wisse Hettinga



Implementing state-of-the-art artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) models requires large amounts of computation, both to train the underlying models, and to serve those models once they’re trained

Google is expanding the G2 portfolio with the private preview launch of the next-generation A3 GPU supercomputer. Google Cloud now offers a complete range of GPU options for training and inference of ML models.

Google Compute Engine A3 supercomputers are purpose-built to train and serve the most demanding AI models that power today’s generative AI and large language model innovation. Our A3 VMs combine NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs and Google’s leading networking advancements to serve customers of all sizes.

A3 GPU VMs were purpose-built to deliver the highest-performance training for today’s ML workloads, complete with modern CPU, improved host memory, next-generation NVIDIA GPUs and major network upgrades. Here are the key features of the A3:

  • 8 H100 GPUs utilizing NVIDIA’s Hopper architecture, delivering 3x compute throughput
  • 3.6 TB/s bisectional bandwidth between A3’s 8 GPUs via NVIDIA NVSwitch and NVLink 4.0 
  • Next-generation 4th Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors
  • 2TB of host memory via 4800 MHz DDR5 DIMMs
  • 10x greater networking bandwidth powered by our hardware-enabled IPUs, specialized inter-server GPU communication stack and NCCL optimizations 

A3 GPU VMs are a step forward for customers developing the most advanced ML models. By considerably speeding up the training and inference of ML models, A3 VMs enable businesses to train more complex ML models at a fast speed, creating an opportunity for our customer to build large language models (LLMs), generative AI, and diffusion models to help optimize operations and stay ahead of the competition.

“Google Cloud’s A3 VMs, powered by next-generation NVIDIA H100 GPUs, will accelerate training and serving of generative AI applications,” said Ian Buck, vice president of hyperscale and high performance computing at NVIDIA. “On the heels of Google Cloud’s recently launched G2 instances, we’re proud to continue our work with Google Cloud to help transform enterprises around the world with purpose-built AI infrastructure.”

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