#631: Amazon EC2 P5 instances, powered by the latest NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs
Oct 19, 2023
auto_awesome
Leif Reinert, Principal Product Manager Tech at AWS, discusses how Amazon EC2 P5 instances with NVIDIA H100 GPUs accelerate ML training and HPC workloads. Topics include maximizing GPU performance, engineering and infrastructure of P5 instances, efficient distributed training, relevance in HPC, and customer feedback.
The Amazon EC2 P5 instances with NVIDIA H100 GPUs are designed for generative AI and high-performance computing applications, offering faster training times and cost savings.
P5 instances provide significant upgrades in CPU resources, local storage capacity, and networking capabilities, making them valuable for deep learning and high-performance computing workloads.
Deep dives
Introduction to Amazon EC2 P5 Instance Type
The podcast episode discusses the new Amazon EC2 P5 instance type, which is the latest addition to the EC2 accelerated computing portfolio. These instances are powered by NVIDIA's H100 tensor core GPUs and are designed for generative AI and high-performance computing applications. The collaboration between AWS and NVIDIA has resulted in a server that can maximize the performance of the GPUs. The episode highlights the importance of infrastructure engineering in ensuring the success of these GPU-intensive workloads.
Understanding Generative AI and its Significance
Generative AI is an emerging field that involves the creation of original content using large language models and neural networks. These models analyze vast amounts of data and then generate new and unique content like text, images, and audio. Training these generative AI models requires significant computing resources, such as thousands of GPUs and petabytes of data. The P5 instances are specifically designed for training large language models and generative AI applications. With up to six times better performance compared to previous GPU instances, P5 instances offer customers faster training times and cost savings.
Key Features and Benefits of Amazon EC2 P5 Instances
The P5 instances offer an array of features and benefits. Each instance comes with eight NVIDIA H100 GPUs, providing high-performance computing capabilities. The GPUs are interconnected using NVIDIA's specialized fabric, which offers high-speed data transfer and allows the GPUs to work together effectively. P5 instances also include double the CPU resources with AMD Milan CPUs and four times the local storage capacity with fast NVMe storage. The networking aspect of P5 instances is a significant upgrade, providing eight times the throughput compared to previous generation P4 instances. The enhanced networking capabilities and the ability to create ultra clusters with up to 20,000 GPUs make P5 instances valuable for both deep learning and high-performance computing workloads.
Simon Elisha is joined by Leif Reinert, Principal Product Manager Tech at AWS, to discuss how Amazon EC2 P5 instances with NVIDIA H100 GPUs can accelerate your ML training and HPC workloads, helping you get results faster and reduce costs.
About Amazon EC2 P5 Instances: https://bit.ly/3Q0Dkie
Amazon EC2 P5 Instances Powered by NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPUs for Accelerating Generative AI and HPC Applications (blog post): https://bit.ly/3Fp3nLc
Get the Snipd podcast app
Unlock the knowledge in podcasts with the podcast player of the future.
AI-powered podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode
Save any moment
Hear something you like? Tap your headphones to save it with AI-generated key takeaways
Share & Export
Send highlights to Twitter, WhatsApp or export them to Notion, Readwise & more
AI-powered podcast player
Listen to all your favourite podcasts with AI-powered features
Discover highlights
Listen to the best highlights from the podcasts you love and dive into the full episode