The AWS/Nvidia blueprint for enterprise AI applications [Video]

Over time, materials such as coal, steel and crude oil have served as the global economy’s backbone. Today, that mantle falls on the silicon chips that power enterprise-critical servers and graphics processing units.

Enter Amazon Web Services Inc. and its Ceiba project. Underpinned by Nvidia GPU tech, it aims to enhance control, security and performance as companies embed AI deeper into their operations.

“We have a great partnership with Nvidia, and we are bringing a lot of their new GPUs to the cloud,” said Martin Yip (pictured), head of product marketing, EC2 compute and networking services at AWS. “One of the big announcements is that we are working with them on something called Project Ceiba, which is building a supercomputer for them in the cloud using their Grace Blackwell architecture [and] bringing that platform to AWS for the use of Nvidia‘s R&D.”

Yip spoke with theCUBE’s chief analyst Dave Vellante at the Nvidia GTC event, during an exclusive broadcast on theCUBE, …