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Nvidia DGX

The Nvidia DGX (Deep GPU Xceleration) is a series of servers and workstations designed by Nvidia, primarily geared towards enhancing deep learning applications through the use of general-purpose computing on graphics processing units (GPGPU). These systems typically come in a rackmount format featuring high-performance x86 server CPUs on the motherboard.

The core feature of a DGX system is its inclusion of 4 to 8 Nvidia Tesla GPU modules, which are housed on an independent system board. These GPUs can be connected either via a version of the SXM socket or a PCIe x16 slot, facilitating flexible integration within the system architecture. To manage the substantial thermal output, DGX units are equipped with heatsinks and fans designed to maintain optimal operating temperatures.

This framework makes DGX units suitable for computational tasks associated with artificial intelligence and machine learning models.[according to whom?]

DGX-1 servers feature 8 GPUs based on the Pascal or Volta daughter cards with 128 GB of total HBM2 memory, connected by an NVLink mesh network. The DGX-1 was announced on 6 April 2016. All models are based on a dual socket configuration of Intel Xeon E5 CPUs, and are equipped with the following features.

The product line is intended to bridge the gap between GPUs and AI accelerators using specific features for deep learning workloads. The initial Pascal-based DGX-1 delivered 170 teraflops of half precision processing, while the Volta-based upgrade increased this to 960 teraflops.

The DGX-1 was first available in only the Pascal-based configuration, with the first generation SXM socket. The later revision of the DGX-1 offered support for first generation Volta cards via the SXM-2 socket. Nvidia offered upgrade kits that allowed users with a Pascal-based DGX-1 to upgrade to a Volta-based DGX-1.

Designed as a turnkey deskside AI supercomputer, the DGX Station is a tower computer that can function completely independently without typical datacenter infrastructure such as cooling, redundant power, or 19 inch racks.

The DGX station was first available with the following specifications.

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