Intel and IBM deploy Gaudi 3 AI accelerators on IBM Cloud to help scale enterprise AI
What’s new: IBM and Intel announced a collaboration to deploy Intel® Gaudi® 3 AI accelerators as a service on IBM CloudThis offering, which is expected to be available in early 2025, aims to help scale more profitably business AI and drive innovation with security and resilience. This collaboration will also enable support for Gaudi 3 within IBM’s Watsonx AI and data platform. IBM Cloud is the first cloud service provider (CSP) to adopt Gaudi 3, and the offering will be available for hybrid and on-premises environments.
“Unleashing the full potential of AI requires an open, collaborative ecosystem that provides customers with choice and accessible solutions,” said Justin Hotard, executive vice president and general manager, Intel Data Center and AI. “By integrating Gaudi 3 AI accelerators and Xeon processors with IBM Cloud, we are creating new AI capabilities and meeting the demand for affordable, secure and innovative AI computing solutions.”
Why it matters: While Generative AI Intel and IBM have the potential to accelerate transformation, but the computing power required underscores the importance of availability, performance, cost, energy efficiency, and security as top priorities for businesses. Through this collaboration, Intel and IBM aim to reduce the total cost of ownership to operate and scale AI, while improving performance. Gaudi 3, built on 5th Gen Xeon processors, supports enterprise AI workloads in the cloud and data centers, giving customers visibility and control over their software stack, simplifying workload and application management. IBM Cloud and Gaudi 3 aim to help customers more cost-effectively scale enterprise AI workloads, while prioritizing performance, security, and resiliency.
For generative AI inference workloads, IBM plans to enable Gaudi 3 support in IBM WatsonX AI and a data platform, providing Watsonx customers with additional AI infrastructure resources to scale their AI workloads across hybrid cloud environments, helping to optimize the price/performance ratio of model inference.
“IBM is committed to helping our clients drive AI and hybrid cloud innovation by delivering solutions that meet their business needs. Our commitment to security and resiliency with IBM Cloud has helped fuel IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy for our enterprise clients,” said Alan Peacock, general manager, IBM Cloud. “Leveraging Intel’s Gaudi 3 accelerators on IBM Cloud will provide our clients with access to a flexible enterprise AI solution that is focused on optimizing cost performance. We are opening up new potential business opportunities in AI, designed for clients to test, innovate and deploy AI inference solutions more cost-effectively.”
How it works: IBM and Intel are collaborating to help clients across all industries, including highly regulated ones, leverage IBM Cloud’s security and compliance capabilities to deliver a Gaudi 3 service and make AI more accessible to businesses.
- Scalability and flexibility: IBM Cloud and Intel offer scalable and flexible solutions that allow customers to adjust computing resources as needed, which can potentially lead to cost savings and operational efficiencies.
- Improved performance and security: The integration of Gaudi 3 into IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC will enable x86-based enterprises to run applications faster and more securely than before the integration, improving the user experience.
And then: Intel and IBM have a long history of collaboration, from developing the IBM PC to creating enterprise AI solutions with Gaudi 3. IBM Cloud offerings with Gaudi 3 will be available in early 2025. Stay tuned for more updates from Intel and IBM in the coming months.
To learn more about Intel Gaudi 3 accelerators, visit: https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/products/details/processors/ai-accelerators/gaudi3.html
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