xAI company recently released an AI training system called "Colossus", which has attracted widespread attention in the industry. The system uses 100,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs and is hailed by Musk as "the most powerful AI training system in the world." Its performance may even surpass the U.S. Department of Energy's Aurora supercomputer. The power of Colossus lies in its use of the most advanced AI processors currently, and plans to increase the number of GPUs to 200,000 in the next few months, including 50,000 new-generation H200 GPUs to further improve the operation of AI models. efficiency, providing strong support for the development of subsequent versions of xAI’s flagship product Grok-2.
This system marks another major leap forward for xAI in the field of artificial intelligence. Its powerful computing power will promote the development and application of more advanced language models. Musk’s continued investment in the fields of AI and electric vehicles also indicates the huge potential for the development of AI technology in the future. The emergence of Colossus not only reflects the strength of xAI, but also injects new vitality into the development of the entire AI industry. It is worth looking forward to more breakthroughs it will bring in the future.
Musk plans to increase the number of GPUs to 200,000 in the next few months, including 50,000 new-generation H200 GPUs. This will further improve the performance of Colossus and provide more powerful computing support for xAI’s AI model development. xAI is expected to launch a successor to the Grok-2 before the end of the year.