Startup Cerebras Takes on Nvidia With AI Supercomputer
- Silicon Valley chipmaker is working with Abu Dhabi’s G42
- Cerebras is counting on giant chips to help power AI workloads
Startup chipmaker Cerebras Systems Inc. announced that it’s built the first of nine artificial intelligence supercomputers in a partnership with Abu Dhabi, part of an effort to provide alternatives to systems using Nvidia Corp. technology.
Condor Galaxy 1, located in Santa Clara, California, is now up and running, according to Cerebras founder and Chief Executive Officer Andrew Feldman. The supercomputer, which cost more than $100 million, is going to double in size “in the coming weeks,” he said. It will be followed by new systems in Austin and Asheville, North Carolina, in the first half of next year, with overseas sites going online in the second half of 2024.