Luggable datacenter: startup straps handles to server with 4 H200 GPUs

Fancy having an AI system packed with Nvidia H200 GPUs that you can take with you from place to place? According to hardware maker Odinn, now you can, so long as you don't mind carrying a 77-pound (35 kg) box around. At CES this week, Odinn is showcasing its Omnia system that combines AMD EPYC 9965 CPUs with up to four Nvidia …

[Aladdin Sane]

Who can lift a 77-pound box into the overhead?

Me.

[Yet Another Anonymous coward]

Re: Who can lift a 77-pound box into the overhead?

This is cheaper and lighter

[LybsterRoy]

Re: Who can lift a 77-pound box into the overhead?

Lighter - tick

Cheaper - have you seen the ridiculous amounts computers of this age go for at auction?

[Doctor Syntax]

Re: Who can lift a 77-pound box into the overhead?

And who can stop it collapsong?

[Aladdin Sane]

Re: Who can lift a 77-pound box into the overhead?

That's why I wouldn't stow it above my own seat.

[Anonymous Coward]

Who can lift a 77-pound box into the overhead?

> Fancy having an AI system packed with Nvidia H200 GPUs that you can take with you from place to place? According to hardware maker Odinn, now you can, so long as you don't mind carrying a 35 kg (77 pound) box around.

Just getting ahead of market trends.

The humanoid robot won't mind.

[DarkwavePunk]

Oof

Sounds excessive, but something like that for CFD, Finite Element Analysis, etc... in the field would be batshit insane for geomechanics, Motorsport, you name it. Probably weighs as much as an early luggable, GPS, and mobile phone.

[Anonymous Coward]

Re: Oof

Yeah, maybe they could cram six MI300As in there instead of two 9965 Turins and four H200 ... it'd get 360 TF/s of FP64 compute per luggable lunch box instead of this design's 120 TF/s.

Link 12 such carry-ons together and you get better than the 4 PF/s Rpeak of Top500's #426 Eviden/Atos' XH3000 AMD Ouranos that sports 66 MI300As ... sweet! ;)

[TimMaher]

Compaq Portable

Agghhh!!!!

I remember them

[DarkwavePunk]

Re: Compaq Portable

I have a crooked spine to this day...

[elsergiovolador]

Slop

This is a slippery slop.

[Bill Gray]

Re: Slop

We had pigs when I was a kid. I had to feed them. My recollection is that yes, their slop consisted mostly of very slippery stuff.

[NewModelArmy]

Will the AI Bubble Actually Burst ?

When is the AI bubble going to burst ?

There is so much talk of numerous data centres being built solely for AI, but we still don't have, as far as i know, the real need for the AI data centres.

It seems to be vast amounts invested, but where is the return ?

All i see are complaints about how the AI systems have been misused.

If there is a bubble which does burst, then will there be a glut of AI processors going spare ?

I looked for a USB based AI processor and there seems to be a few, notably the Coral Edge device which can be used with Python. It does seem to offer 4 TOPS (Int8), which for such a low power (watts) device is rather good (and cheap).

Maybe Nvidia or for AMD (mi325x) which offers 1.3 Peta FLOPS (FP16), can be offered in an external powered enclosure to connect to a desktop PC to provide vast computing capability locally. External is preferred so you can disconnect and turn off when not needed.

If Nvidia or AMD are reading this (snigger), you could recoup some investment by offering your unwanted AI processors in a powered external enclosure for desktop use, when your bubble bursts. (here's hoping....)

[David 132]

Re: Will the AI Bubble Actually Burst ?

External Thunderbolt (or maybe USB4) PCIe enclosure + desired GPU… job done.

[Doctor Syntax]

"Perhaps the Omnia should be seen as the successor to these"

Only in the way that we've all put on weight since then.

[Ken G]

Four adult badgers!

As most of us are not Usians, please use either ISO standard or Vulture Central units.

I haven't used pounds since a shopping trip to Belfast.

[Anonymous Custard]

Oh Brutha...

"Omnia frees the datacenter"

Does it come with a turtle to move it?

[Ken G]

Re: Oh Brutha...

There's good eating on those.

[Jim Whitaker]

77 pound. That's quite cheap.

[brainwrong]

Light

"Neither of those weighed anything close to 77 pounds, despite containing a CRT screen"

Cathode Ray Tubes shouldn't be heavy, most of their interior is lighter than air....