Introducing GMI Cloud: New On-Demand Instances Accelerate Access to NVIDIA GPUs
May 16 2024 - 9:00AM
Business Wire
GMI Cloud, with roots in Taiwan, uses its
supply chain advantage to grant companies instant and affordable
NVIDIA GPU compute power for navigating the race to adopt AI
GMI Cloud, the emerging GPU cloud platform designed for AI and
ML workloads, is accelerating access to NVIDIA GPUs. Its new
On-Demand cloud compute offering, available today, is built for
companies that are serious about leveraging AI and unlocking the
door from prototyping to production. Users can access GMI Cloud’s
On-Demand GPU computing resources almost instantaneously.
The Surge in Demand for Compute
The current surge in demand for AI compute power requires
companies to be strategic in their approach. In a fast-evolving
landscape, organizations are being asked to pay a 25-50% down
payment and sign up for a 3-year contract with the promise of
getting access to GPU infrastructure in 6-12 months. The AI shift
has forced companies to need more flexible computing power.
Instant GPUs, Infinite AI
Leveraging its ties to Realtek Semiconductors (TPE: 2379) and
GMI Technologies (TPE: 3312) as well as Taiwan's robust supply
chain ecosystem, GMI Cloud is able to ensure quicker deployment and
higher efficiency in operations. The physical presence in Taiwan
cuts the GPU delivery time down from months to days compared to
non-Taiwanese GPU providers. GMI Cloud is poised to become the most
competitive new entrant in this market.
“Our mission is to empower humanity's AI ambitions with instant,
efficient GPU cloud,” said Alex Yeh, Founder and CEO of GMI Cloud.
“We're not just building a cloud—we're creating the backbone of the
AI era. GMI Cloud is dedicated to transforming how developers and
data scientists leverage NVIDIA GPUs and how all humans benefit
from AI.”
Why It Matters
Technology leaders are seizing the opportunities presented by
the growing AI wave, and organizations of all sizes are hitting
walls when it comes to accessing compute power.
Startups, for example, don’t have the budget or long-term
forecasting to pay a down payment for a large GPU installation.
They need the flexibility to scale up or down based on their
traction. This requires the option to pay for GPU as an operating
expense rather than locking in capital that could be spent on
hiring competitive AI talent. On-Demand access provides an instant,
cost-effective, and scalable option for teams that need access to
GPU compute, without requiring special skills to set up the
infrastructure.
Large enterprises face hurdles as well. Enterprise data science
teams, for example, require the flexibility to experiment,
prototype, and evaluate AI applications to get ahead of competitors
before the AI wave passes them by. However, not every enterprise is
ready to commit to the long-term contracts and unproven capital
expenditures required for larger compute reserves. The flexibility
of instant GPU access allows those data science teams to run
several prototyping projects that require processing large datasets
or fine-tuning models without taking significant investment
risks.
Get Started Now
GMI Cloud is a GPU cloud platform, powered by NVIDIA, with a
rich Kubernetes-managed preloaded software stack designed
specifically for AI and ML workloads which includes prebuilt images
with NVIDIA TensorRT and will soon support all NVIDIA prebuilt
containers including inference servers like NVIDIA Triton. With
competitive pricing offered at $4.39/hour for NVIDIA H100 Tensor
Core GPUs, GMI Cloud offers affordable on-demand access compared to
larger organizations charging up to 4X that cost for on-demand in
an effort to lock users into larger reserve packages. The instance
type and size is purposefully designed to efficiently deploy,
fine-tune, and inference models ranging in size from Llama3 8b,
70b, Mixtral 8x7b, Google Gemma, Stable Diffusion, and more.
About GMI Cloud
Instant GPU availability meets infinite AI possibilities with
GMI Cloud, a venture-backed digital infrastructure company formed
as an offshoot of Realtek Semiconductor and GMI Technology. As the
leading AI-native GPU cloud, we provide rapid access to the latest
GPUs meticulously optimized for AI and ML workloads. Our platform
ensures seamless scalability and top-tier performance, designed to
cater to the dynamic needs of startups, researchers, and
enterprises alike. With GMI Cloud, experience the power of
on-demand GPUs and unlock unlimited AI potential, enabling you to
innovate faster, smarter, and more cost-effectively. To learn more,
visit gmicloud.ai.
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