Summary:
- Microsoft and NVIDIA are collaborating on a new high-end Azure AI platform called "Blackwell" that is focused on high-performance computing (HPC) and AI workloads.
- The platform will utilize AMD's latest EPYC CPUs and NVIDIA's Hopper GPU architecture, featuring high-bandwidth memory (HBM) for improved performance on AI and HPC applications.
- This new Azure platform is aimed at providing advanced computing capabilities for customers with demanding workloads, such as scientific research, weather modeling, and complex simulations.