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Elon Musk's xAI Constructs World's Fastest Supercomputer in Record Time

The Colossus supercomputer, built with 100,000 Nvidia GPUs, was operational in just 19 days, a feat Nvidia's CEO calls 'superhuman.'

  • Elon Musk's xAI has completed the Colossus supercomputer using 100,000 Nvidia H100 GPUs, marking it as the fastest supercomputer globally.
  • Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang praised the achievement, noting that such a project typically takes four years to complete.
  • The Colossus supercomputer project involved rapid construction of a specialized facility equipped with advanced cooling and power systems.
  • Huang commended the xAI team for their extraordinary engineering, networking, and infrastructure efforts, highlighting the project's complexity.
  • The success of this project has positively impacted Nvidia's market performance, with its stock seeing a significant rise.
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