On 4 December 2017, NVIDIA announced that AI researchers using NVIDIA desktop GPUs can now tap into NVIDIA GPU Cloud (NGC). By extending NVIDIA GPU Cloud support to NVIDIA TITAN, they have opened up NGC to hundreds of thousands of new users.
Now Everyone Can Use NVIDIA GPU Cloud!
The expanded NGC capabilities add new software and other key updates to the NGC container registry, providing AI researchers with a broader and more powerful set of tools.
Anyone using the NVIDIA-powered TITAN graphics cards can sign up immediately for a no-charge NGC account and gain full access to a comprehensive catalog of GPU-optimized deep learning and HPC software and tools. Other supported computing platforms include NVIDIA DGX-1, DGX Station and NVIDIA Volta-enabled instances on Amazon EC2.
Software available through NGC’s rapidly expanding container registry includes NVIDIA-optimized deep learning frameworks such as TensorFlow and PyTorch, third-party managed HPC applications, NVIDIA HPC visualization tools, and NVIDIA’s programmable inference accelerator, TensorRT 3.0.
New NGC Container, Updates & Features
In addition to making NVIDIA TensorRT available on NGC’s container registry, NVIDIA announced the following NGC updates:
Immediate support and availability for the first release of MXNet 1.0
Availability of Baidu’s PaddlePaddle AI framework
ONNX is an open format originally created by Facebook and Microsoft through which developers can exchange models across different frameworks. In the TensorRT development container, NVIDIA created a converter to deploy ONNX models to the TensorRT inference engine. This makes it easier for application developers to deploy low-latency, high-throughput models to TensorRT.
Together, these additions give developers a one-stop shop for software that supports a full spectrum of AI computing needs — from research and application development to training and deployment.
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The first major event at Computex Taipei 2017 was the Powering The AI Revolution keynote by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang. Although the keynote was heavy on artificial intelligence technologies like NVIDIA Isaac and NVIDIA Volta, Jensen also announced other technologies like GeForce GTX with Max-Q Design.
NVIDIA Isaac, Max-Q, Volta, HGX & More!
In this 90 minute long keynote, Jensen reveals the future of artificial intelligence and robotics. In that vision, the GPU is taking over from the CPU in delivering the petaflops of computing power required to deliver artificial intelligence.
He also reveals the new NVIDIA technologies that will power the next-generation AI applications – the new NVIDIA Tesla V100, which is the largest GPU ever made, and the NVIDIA HGX server that hosts eight of these GPUs to deliver almost 1 petaflops of compute performance in a single chassis!
Jensen also shows how the NVIDIA Isaac Initiative allows robots to self-learn in a virtual environment, using nothing more than the NVIDIA Jetson 2 module. Watch how AI on the edge delivers smarter intelligence with minimal work.
Whether you are a scientist in these fields, or just geeks like us, you will enjoy listening to his views and NVIDIA’s endeavours in those technologies.
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Our Blow-by-Blow Account Of The Keynote
First stop of the day – the NVIDIA AI Forum keynote. Jensen Huang is upstairs polishing his keynote while the crowd grows downstairs.
With the Japanese contingent waiting to storm up the escalator to the 3rd floor hall.
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The NVIDIA AI Forum Keynote Begins!
NVIDIA Jensen Huang arrives for his eagerly awaited keynote on AI and related NVIDIA technologies.
Jensen Huang shows off a notebook using the new GeForce GTX with Max Q design.
The NVIDIA Tesla V100 (NVIDIA Volta)
Jensen Huang introduces Volta – the new Tesla V100 accelerator. That’s 120 TFLOPS of compute performance courtesy of 5,120 CUDA cores.
And this is the NVIDIA HGX server with EIGHT NVIDIA Tesla V100 accelerators producing 960 TFLOPS!
Jensen Huang showing off the new Tesla V100 accelerator module. It is the largest GPU ever built!
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The NVIDIA GPU Cloud
The NVIDIA GPU Cloud is revealed!
The NVIDIA Isaac Initiative
NVIDIA also introduced their robotics platform – the Isaac Initiative, named after Isaac Asimov.
The NVIDIA Isaac Initiative will be built around NVIDIA Jetson 2 and the Isaac Robot Simulator, which allows the robots to train themselves in a virtual world.
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Team ARP is on the ground at Taipei to cover Computex Taipei 2017 LIVE on theTech ARP Facebook page and this article. Computex Taipei 2017 begins today, May 30, 2017 and will run for five full days. So join us for our live coverage every day, until June 2!
This article will be updated live with pictures and details as and when they come in. Videos will be inserted at the end of every night, as they take time to process and upload.
Day 1 Schedule
The first day of Computex 2017 is the busiest day of the event. We are scheduled for back-to-back major events from morning until evening!
11:30 AM – 1 PM : NVIDIA AI Keynote by NVIDIA CEO, Jensen Huang
2:00 PM – 3:00 PM : Intel Keynote by Gregory Bryant, VP & GM of the Intel Client Computing Group
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NVIDIA AI Keynote by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang
Catch our full coverage and the complete video of this keynotehere!
First stop of the day – the NVIDIA AI Forum keynote. Jensen Huang is upstairs polishing his keynote while the crowd grows downstairs.
With the Japanese contingent waiting to storm up the escalator to the 3rd floor hall.
Everyone’s green as an ogre…
NVIDIA Jensen Huang arrives for his eagerly awaited keynote on AI and related NVIDIA technologies.
Jensen Huang announces Project Holodeck!
Jensen Huang shows off a notebook using the new GeForce GTX with Max Q design.
Jensen Huang introduces Volta – the new Tesla V100 accelerator. That’s 120 TFLOPS of compute performance courtesy of 5,120 CUDA cores.
And this is the NVIDIA HGX server with EIGHT NVIDIA Tesla V100 accelerators producing 960 TFLOPS!
Jensen Huang showing off the new Tesla V100 accelerator module. It is the largest GPU ever built!
The NVIDIA GPU Cloud is revealed!
NVIDIA also introduced their robotics platform – the Isaac Initiative, named after Isaac Asimov.
The Isaac Initiative will be built around NVIDIA Jetson 2 and the Isaac Robot Simulator, which allows the robots to train themselves in a virtual world.
Catch our full coverage and the complete video of this keynotehere!
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Intel Keynote by Gregory Bryant
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Gregory Bryant from Intel announces the Intel Xeon Platinum family of scalable server processors.
Intel also announced the Low Power Series of their 2nd Gen 3D NAND SSD drives.
Introducing the Intel Compute Card!
The Intel Compute Card is a modular computer that will fit into a variety of devices. You can pull it out of one device and slot it into another.
ASUS Chairman Jonney Shih shows off their secret project Kukuna.
Intel also showed off their new Optane technology.
Intel officially announces the Intel Core-X Series Processor Family with up to 18 cores per CPU!
Intel also announced the Intel Core i9 processors, with X-Series and Extreme editions.
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Dell Computex 2017 Press Conference
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At the Dell Computex 2017 press conference, Ray Mak showed off the first and only AOI powered by the AMD Ryzen 7 processor – the Dell Inspiron 27 7000.
Ray also showed off a smaller AMD A10-powered AIO model – the Dell Inspiron 24 5000.
AMD President & CEO Dr. Lisa Su even came up to talk about their partnership with Dell.
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NVIDIA Computex 2017 Press Conference
At the NVIDIA pre-briefing showcase, they showed off the NVIDIA DGX Station.
NVIDIA also demoed the new NVIDIA GPU Cloud.
They also showed off a closer demo of the Isaac training simulation for robots.
After the briefing on NVIDIA GeForce GTX with Max-Q, NVIDIA showed off their upcoming G-Sync HDR monitor.
From the NVIDIA Max-Q tech briefing – it’s about peak EFFICIENCY, not maximum performance.
NVIDIA WhisperMode is also about efficiency, but will be available by end of June for all GeForce 10 series graphics cards.
Here are the first 3 notebooks to debut with the NVIDIA Max-Q technology.
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