Azure announces new AI optimized VM series featuring AMD’s flagship MI300X GPU
In our relentless pursuit of pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence, we understand that cutting-edge infrastructure and expertise is needed to harness the full potential of advanced AI. At Microsoft, we've amassed a decade of experience in supercomputing and have consistently supported the most demanding AI training and generative inferencing workloads. Today, we're excited to announce the latest milestone in our journey. We’ve created a virtual machine (VM) with an unprecedented 1.5 TB of high bandwidth memory (HBM) that leverages the power of AMD’s flagship MI300X GPU. Our Azure VMs powered with the MI300X GPU give customers even more choices for AI optimized VMs.
Performance considerations for large scale deep learning training on Azure NDv4 (A100) series
Modern DL training jobs require large Clusters of multi-GPUs with high floating-point performance connected with high bandwidth, low latency networks. The Azure NDv4 VM series is designed specifically for these types of workloads. We will be focusing on HPC+AI Clusters built with the ND96asr_v4 virtual machine type and providing specific optimization recommendations to get the best performance.
Introducing Azure NC H100 v5 VMs for mid-range AI and HPC workloads
Today at Ignite, Microsoft is announcing the public preview of the NC H100 v5 Virtual Machine Series, the latest addition to our portfolio of purpose-built infrastructure for High Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) workloads.
Performance & Scalability of HBv4 and HX-Series VMs with Genoa-X CPUs
Azure has announced the general availability of Azure HBv4-series and HX-series virtual machines (VMs) for high performance computing (HPC). This blog provides in-depth technical and performance information about these HPC-optimized VMs.Deploy Linux workstations for 3D visualization in Azure
If you need to set up a Linux environment with NvadsA10 series, this article guides you step by step. The configuration is based on CentOS 7.9 as an operating system, it uses driver version 510.73 due to the requirements imposed by GRID version 14.1, and provides remote access via TurboVNC along with VirtualGL for 3D acceleration.Automating HPC Images customization with Azure Image Builder
Azure HPC offering can easily adapt to the need of a specific workload. The possibility of customizing Azure Marketplace images is one of the key enablers for this agility. However, managing a set of customized images without proper automation strategies may generate significant workload. In this article we will present an approach for HPC image management through Azure Image Builder and Azure Compute GalleryAnnouncing Azure HBv5 Virtual Machines: A Breakthrough in Memory Bandwidth for HPC
Discover the new Azure HBv5 Virtual Machines, unveiled at Microsoft Ignite, designed for high-performance computing applications. With up to 7 TB/s of memory bandwidth and custom 4th Generation EPYC processors, these VMs are optimized for the most memory-intensive HPC workloads. Sign up for the preview starting in the first half of 2025 and see them in action at Supercomputing 2024 in Atlanta
