Amazon and Google haven’t been chosen to function the Israeli supercomputer. The Israel Innovation Authority, which held talks with each tech giants on constructing the supercomputer, yesterday issued a name for proposals for different firms to file bids of as much as NIS 290 million, and be awarded a grant of NIS 160 million.
The Innovation Authority tried to influence Amazon and Googler to bid for the tender by advantage of being the winners of the federal government Nimbus cloud tender. “Globes” has discovered that Google has concluded that the tender is just not economically worthwhile at this stage and didn’t transfer ahead to the later levels of the tender. Amazon, apparently, competed however was not chosen for numerous causes.
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In accordance with the necessities of the Innovation Authority, the winner of the tender will construct a supercomputer, which is a cluster of interconnected computing servers that collectively carry out calculations that straightforward computer systems have issue with – and which incorporates no less than a thousand superior graphics accelerators from Nvidia, Intel, or AMD.
With a purpose to not essentially be related to Nvidia, the Innovation Authority permits franchisees to buy not solely H100 t processors, Nvidia’s well-liked accelerator, but in addition Intel’s Gaudi 3 or AMD’s MI300X.
Supercomputers are able to performing calculations that straightforward computer systems or servers have issue with – equivalent to calculating formulation for drug improvement, simulating a nuclear take a look at or 3D imaging of an city surroundings for coaching autonomous vehicles. The supercomputer will serve Israeli academia and the native tech trade.
One other supercomputer already operates in Israel, Nvidia’s Israel 1, however it’s nonetheless restricted solely to inner operations, though it might open to trade inside the subsequent yr.
The Innovation Authority is now hoping that further entities equivalent to cloud suppliers or server farm house owners will take up the problem. It might be that firms equivalent to Oracle and Microsoft, who did not win the Nimbus cloud tender, could discover themselves competing for this a lot smaller authorities tender. Server farm operators equivalent to Med1, Server Farm or Sheinfeld Engineering may reply to the problem.
Printed by Globes, Israel enterprise information – en.globes.co.il – on December 30, 2024
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