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Briefing
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- Most efficient supercomputer – NVIDIA’s DGX SATURNV supercomputer ranked most efficient by Top500, performing at 9.46 gigaflops per watt versus recent contender’s 6.67 gigaflops per watt, a 42% improvement
- 28th fastest computer – DGX SATURNV is 28th fastest among supercomputers, powered by Tesla P100 GPUs and built with 124 DGX-1s, an AI supercomputer in a box
- AI in a box – DGX-1 integrates deep learning software, development tools and eight Tesla P100 GPUs and is used by SAP, research groups Open AI, Stanford, and New York University, and startup Benevolent for AI work
- Purpose of SATURNV – Will be used to develop autonomous driving software that will be part of NVIDIA DRIVE PX2 self-driving vehicle platform and design new deep learning networks
- Implication – Energy efficient computers can enable exascale computing, used in design of more efficient combustion engines, clean-burning fusion reactors, and achieve breakthroughs in medical research
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