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Denmark to build one of the most powerful AI supercomputers

29 points by yvely 3y ago

fithisux 3y ago
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- yvely 3y ago
  Training takes a lot more than using
- bilekas 3y ago
  "Why do we need 1GB of RAM, 512MB works fine already."
  - pluc 3y ago
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    - farialima 3y ago
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      - baq 3y ago
        funny that I don't have to even turn around from my desk to count more than that if I count everything with at least one processor in it...
        farialima 3y ago
        ( https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/feb/21/computing.supercomputers https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/feb/21/computing... )
- infecto 3y ago
  I don't understand these types of comments on a tech forum. To me its as if we had said "Why do we need anything faster than a 386 in the 1980s?".
- kthartic 3y ago
  Why do we need cars? Horses work fine already Why do we need smartphones? Blackberry works fine already Why do we need 100Mb/s internet? 10Mb/s works fine already Why do we need 24 inch monitors? 19 inch works fine already Why do we need 3.2GHz laptops? 2.4GHz works fine already Why do we need better headphones? Stock wired earbuds work fine already I could go on forever :)
  - weebull 3y ago
    > Why do we need cars? Horses work fine already > > Why do we need smartphones? Blackberry works fine already ...but there's a difference. Op isn't saying "why AI?" - why do we need supercars, cars are just fine? - why do we need megaphones, phones are just fine?
    - kthartic 3y ago
      Yes I was a little unfair with some of them
  - throw_pm23 3y ago
    You mean these as absurd rhetorical questions, but at least half of them are actually on the spot.
  - smokel 3y ago
    > Why do we need cars? Horses work fine already It is great fun to realize that back in the day, when you ended up properly pissed in the pub, the pub owner could simply haul you on top of your horse, which would know the way home and deliver you there. Now with cars we may even need radar on top of video to get similar results. And I doubt you are allowed to be drunk while your car is helping you home.
    - kthartic 3y ago
      Haha didn't know about this! Clearly we've regressed as a society
- throwaway11460 3y ago
  What? I still have to go to work. Obviously it doesn't work fine.
- sanitycheck 3y ago
  I just had a nice chat with Bing about this and Bing is adamant that it's because they are "essential for solving complex problems, advancing AI models, accelerating innovation, and providing competitive advantages in technology and research". And definitely not because anything with "AI" in the name is now virtually guaranteed to attract far more investment and government support than things without "AI" in the name. Bing was very clear about that.
rapsey 3y ago
Not for long since H100 are now a previous much slower generation.
- Rinzler89 3y ago
  Still, good for a country to have it's own on-prem AI supercomputer than being at the mercy of foreign cloud providers who can terminate you at any time because your research breaks some obscure and vague ToS they made up.
  - speedgoose 3y ago
    But don't they already have the EuroHPC infrastructure?
    - Rinzler89 3y ago
      I had no idea about that. But from the article it seems it's focused more for Danish domestic tech companies rather than EU.
Rinzler89 3y ago
Jensen must be rubbing his hands in his leather jacket
throwaway4good 3y ago
Dedicated to medical research. They also have a large investment in quantum computing.
- FrustratedMonky 3y ago
  "medical research"? Yes, that's it. In Terminator 2 " John Connor: You know what you're doing? The Terminator: I have detailed files on human anatomy. Sarah Connor: I'll bet. Makes you a more efficient killer, right? The Terminator: Correct. "
barkerja 3y ago
Rehoboam from Westworld is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear "supercomputer" now. What a terrible last season the show got!
guwop 3y ago
how is 1500 H100's considered "one of the worlds most powerful AI supercomputers" ? i dont get how that adds up. meta got 150.000 H100's delivered in 2023 alone?
- helsinkiandrew 3y ago
  ONE of the worlds most powerful AI supercomputers - I think it would get on the first page of the (November) top 500 list: https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2023/11/ https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2023/11/

29 points by yvely 3y ago

fithisux 3y ago

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yvely 3y ago
Training takes a lot more than using
bilekas 3y ago
"Why do we need 1GB of RAM, 512MB works fine already."
- pluc 3y ago
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  - farialima 3y ago
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    - baq 3y ago
      funny that I don't have to even turn around from my desk to count more than that if I count everything with at least one processor in it...
      - farialima 3y ago
        ( https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/feb/21/computing.supercomputers https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2008/feb/21/computing... )
infecto 3y ago
I don't understand these types of comments on a tech forum. To me its as if we had said "Why do we need anything faster than a 386 in the 1980s?".
kthartic 3y ago
Why do we need cars? Horses work fine already Why do we need smartphones? Blackberry works fine already Why do we need 100Mb/s internet? 10Mb/s works fine already Why do we need 24 inch monitors? 19 inch works fine already Why do we need 3.2GHz laptops? 2.4GHz works fine already Why do we need better headphones? Stock wired earbuds work fine already I could go on forever :)
- weebull 3y ago
  > Why do we need cars? Horses work fine already > > Why do we need smartphones? Blackberry works fine already ...but there's a difference. Op isn't saying "why AI?" - why do we need supercars, cars are just fine? - why do we need megaphones, phones are just fine?
  - kthartic 3y ago
    Yes I was a little unfair with some of them
- throw_pm23 3y ago
  You mean these as absurd rhetorical questions, but at least half of them are actually on the spot.
- smokel 3y ago
  > Why do we need cars? Horses work fine already It is great fun to realize that back in the day, when you ended up properly pissed in the pub, the pub owner could simply haul you on top of your horse, which would know the way home and deliver you there. Now with cars we may even need radar on top of video to get similar results. And I doubt you are allowed to be drunk while your car is helping you home.
  - kthartic 3y ago
    Haha didn't know about this! Clearly we've regressed as a society
throwaway11460 3y ago
What? I still have to go to work. Obviously it doesn't work fine.
sanitycheck 3y ago
I just had a nice chat with Bing about this and Bing is adamant that it's because they are "essential for solving complex problems, advancing AI models, accelerating innovation, and providing competitive advantages in technology and research". And definitely not because anything with "AI" in the name is now virtually guaranteed to attract far more investment and government support than things without "AI" in the name. Bing was very clear about that.

rapsey 3y ago

Not for long since H100 are now a previous much slower generation.

Rinzler89 3y ago
Still, good for a country to have it's own on-prem AI supercomputer than being at the mercy of foreign cloud providers who can terminate you at any time because your research breaks some obscure and vague ToS they made up.
- speedgoose 3y ago
  But don't they already have the EuroHPC infrastructure?
  - Rinzler89 3y ago
    I had no idea about that. But from the article it seems it's focused more for Danish domestic tech companies rather than EU.

Rinzler89 3y ago

Jensen must be rubbing his hands in his leather jacket

throwaway4good 3y ago

Dedicated to medical research. They also have a large investment in quantum computing.

FrustratedMonky 3y ago
"medical research"? Yes, that's it. In Terminator 2 " John Connor: You know what you're doing? The Terminator: I have detailed files on human anatomy. Sarah Connor: I'll bet. Makes you a more efficient killer, right? The Terminator: Correct. "

barkerja 3y ago

Rehoboam from Westworld is the first thing that comes to mind when I hear "supercomputer" now. What a terrible last season the show got!

guwop 3y ago

how is 1500 H100's considered "one of the worlds most powerful AI supercomputers" ? i dont get how that adds up. meta got 150.000 H100's delivered in 2023 alone?

helsinkiandrew 3y ago
ONE of the worlds most powerful AI supercomputers - I think it would get on the first page of the (November) top 500 list: https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2023/11/ https://www.top500.org/lists/top500/list/2023/11/