Amazon Web Services and NVIDIA Team Up to Accelerate AI Infrastructure Deployment
As the demand for artificial intelligence (AI) continues to surge, major cloud service providers, often referred to as hyperscalers, are seeking ways to enhance the deployment of specialized AI infrastructure. In a significant move announced at AWS re:Invent, Amazon Web Services (AWS) has partnered with NVIDIA to introduce the integration of NVIDIA NVLink Fusion. This innovative rack-scale platform enables industries to construct custom AI infrastructure using NVIDIA NVLink scale-up interconnect technology along with a broad ecosystem of partners, facilitating the deployment of the latest Trainium4 AI chips, Graviton CPUs, Elastic Fabric Adapters (EFAs), and the Nitro System virtualization infrastructure.
The collaboration marks the beginning of a multigenerational effort between NVIDIA and AWS, with the design of Trainium4 aimed at compatibility with NVLink 6 and the NVIDIA MGX rack architecture. This initiative is expected to streamline the development of next-generation AI infrastructure.
NVLink Fusion is designed to alleviate several challenges hyperscalers face when deploying custom AI silicon. As AI workloads become increasingly large and complex, the pressure to rapidly implement compute infrastructure that meets the evolving market demands intensifies. New workloads, such as planning, reasoning, and agentic AI, require systems capable of processing hundreds of billions to trillions of parameters, necessitating numerous accelerators working in parallel within a unified fabric.
The integration of a scale-up network, such as NVLink, is crucial for connecting entire racks of accelerators with high bandwidth and low latency. However, hyperscalers encounter significant hurdles in deploying specialized solutions, including long development cycles and the complexities of managing intricate supplier ecosystems. Designing custom AI chips requires additional networking solutions and thorough architectural planning, potentially costing billions and extending deployment timelines over several years. Furthermore, coordinating with a diverse supplier network to source the necessary components poses considerable logistical challenges.
NVLink Fusion aims to address these issues by enhancing performance, minimizing deployment risks, and accelerating the time to market for custom AI silicon. The NVLink Fusion chiplet allows hyperscalers to seamlessly integrate with NVLink scale-up networking, connecting up to 72 custom ASICs at 3.6 TB/s per ASIC, culminating in a total of 260 TB/s of scale-up bandwidth. This capability enables accelerated data management and processing, making it a vital asset for AI-driven initiatives.
Central to NVLink Fusion is the NVLink Switch, which permits peer-to-peer memory access through direct loads, stores, and atomic operations, bolstered by NVIDIA’s Scalable Hierarchical Aggregation and Reduction Protocol (SHARP). This technology is instrumental for in-network reductions and multicast acceleration, providing a competitive edge in the AI landscape. Compared to alternative scale-up networking methods, NVLink has established itself as a proven, widely adopted solution that delivers significant performance improvements in AI inference.
NVLink Fusion also provides a modular portfolio of AI factory technology, including NVIDIA MGX rack architecture, GPUs, NVIDIA Vera CPUs, and various networking components, along with an ecosystem of ASIC designers and manufacturers. This comprehensive technology suite enables hyperscalers to significantly reduce development costs and time to market. By leveraging the NVLink Fusion infrastructure, AWS can harness a vast supply chain for full rack-scale deployment, mitigating the risks associated with custom AI infrastructure projects.
In addition to performance enhancements, NVLink Fusion supports the development of heterogeneous silicon, allowing AWS to utilize the same physical footprint for a range of AI solutions, thereby streamlining its operational efficiencies. Hyperscalers can deploy as much or as little of the NVLink Fusion platform as needed, enabling rapid scalability to accommodate the demands of intensive AI workloads.
As AWS integrates NVLink Fusion into its strategy for deploying Trainium4, the collaboration with NVIDIA is set to propel innovation cycles and expedite the delivery of advanced AI capabilities. This partnership not only underscores the growing emphasis on AI infrastructure but also highlights the broader implications for industries aiming to leverage AI technologies. By lowering barriers to entry and accelerating deployment timelines, NVLink Fusion is poised to foster significant advancements in the AI landscape.
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