TechNewsMay12th,GigaIOandSourceCode,atechcompany,hasjointlylaunchedadisruptiveportableartificialintelligencesupercomputer-Gryf.Unlikeconventionallarge supercomputers,Gryfisskillfullydesignedtobethesizeofacarry-onluggage,weighingnolmore than 55pounds(TapTechNewsnote:about24.97kilograms),completelycompliantwith thecarry-onluggagestandardssetbytheTransportationSecurityAdministration(TSA)intheUnited States,allowinguserstoeasilycarryitwhiletraveling.
However,don'tbe misledbythepetitedesignofGryf,ithousesfourgraphicprocessors(GPU),246TBof storagespace,andintegratedpowerupto2500watts,abletomeetthearduousdatagatheringand processingrequirementsforartificialintelligenceprojects.Inthepast,suchworktypically requiredsendingdatabacktolarge datacentersforprocessing,whichwastime-consumingandposedrisksin terms ofdatasecurity.Gryf'sappearancehasaddressedthischallenge.
Gryf'sanotherhighlightisthecustomizablehardwareconfiguration.Thanks toGigaIO'sFabreX artificialintelligencememoryarchitecture,userscanflexiblyswapinternalmodulesbasedon differentworkloads.Forinstance,forartificialintelligenceormachinelearningprojects, userscanchoosetoinstallatwocomputationmodules,oneacceleratormodule,two storagemodules,andonenetworkmodulecombination.Whenprojectsfocusonstorage,they caneasilyswitchtoaconfigurationof onecomputationmoduleandfivestoragemodules.
GigaIOandSourceCodesaidthata singleGryfcanprocessmorethanapetabyte(2tothe50thpower)ofinformation.Byusing FabreXmemoryarchitecture,up tofivGryfscanbestackedtocooperateinhandling largerandmorecomplextasks.Aftercompletingthefielddatacollectionand preliminaryprocessing,Gryfcanbeeasilytransportedbacktodatacentersand connecttothehigher-performingcorecomputerGigaPodforin-depthanalysis.
GigaIO'sCEOAlanBenjaminemphasizedtheapplicationvalueofGryf inareaslike nationaldefense.Forinstance,militarypersonnelinthefieldneedtoquicklyacquire actionableintelligencedata,Gryf'sportabilityandhighperformancecanperfectly meetthisdemand.Itscustomizablehardwareconfigurationandinnovativearchitecture supportedbyFabreXenableGryftoadapttovarioussensordenseedgecomputingenvironments, providinguserswithadvancedcomputing,storage,andgraphicprocessingcapabilities.
Gryfhasofficiallybeenlaunchedandreleasedforsale,specificpricinghasnotbeen disclosedyet.