The time for GPU computing has come, and such computing is accelerating the development of AI (artificial intelligence), with demand for GPU computing power to see a 100-fold increase, according to Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang.

Huang made the remarks when delivering a keynote speech at the firm's GTC (GPU Technology Conference) Taiwan 2018 opening on May 30.

He detailed a "Cambrian explosion" of technologies driven by GPU-powered deep learning. In less than a decade, the computing power of GPUs has grown 20-fold, representing a 1.7-fold growth per year, far outstripping Moore's law, Huang said.

But demand for that power is "growing, not slowing," thanks to AI, Huang said. "Before this time, software was written by humans and software engineers can only write so much software, but machines don't get tired," he said, adding that every single company in the world that develops software will need an AI supercomputer.

At the event, Nvidia also debuted its HGX-2 GPU that blends AI and HPC (high performance computing) for next-generation business computing, allowing server manufacturers to build more powerful systems for the world's largest industries.

Huang revealed that the world's major server makers Lenovo, QTC, Supermicro and Wiwynn have committed to shipping HGX-2-based products later this year, and Taiwan's top ODMs Foxconn, Inventec, Quanta and Wistron are also working on HGX-2-based systems for global cloud datacenters.

Huang stressed that with some 90% of global demand for servers supplied by Taiwan manufacturers, Nvidia and Taiwan's supply chains are closely joining forces to create computing ecosystems and upgrade AI technologies.

Huang also noted that Taiwan industries will soon fully embrace AI to boost productivity and global competitiveness, and AI will also be applied by government units to more sectors including education, healthcare, transportation and public security.

On another front, industry sources said that up to 70% of total shipments of 20 million PC graphics cards delivered in 2017 by Asustek Computer, Gigabyte Technology and Micro-Star International (MSI) adopted Nvidia chips, further indicating close business ties between Nvidia and Taiwan's IT sector.

By: DocMemory
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