Nvidia and Georgia Tech announce first AI supercomputer for students [Video]

Nvidia and the Georgia Institute of Technology announced Wednesday the first artificial intelligence supercomputer designed for student use.

The chipmaker’s graphics processing units are at the heart of the large language models created by OpenAI, Alphabet, Meta and a growing crop of heavily-funded startups all battling for a slice of the generative AI pie. Nvidia has seen its revenue soar over the past year, and its market cap has surpassed those of Alphabet and Amazon.

The move, a way to democratize access to supercomputing resources generally earmarked for tech giants and connected startups, underscores the importance of training the next-generation workforce on AI.

At first, only Georgia Tech’s undergraduate students will be able to use the computing cluster, which is fueled by Nvidia’s enterprise AI software and a “virtual gateway” developed by Penguin Solutions.

So far, students have used the supercomputer in just one class — foundations of machine learning — …