"""The supercomputer developed for OpenAI is a single system with more than 285,000 CPU cores, 10,000 GPUs and 400 gigabits per second of network connectivity for each GPU server. Compared with other machines listed on the TOP500 supercomputers in the world, it ranks in the top five, Microsoft says."""
Each of the big three cloud providers could, if they chose to, build a #1 Top500 computer using what they have available (that includes the CPUs, GPUs, and interconnect). That said, it's unclear why they would: the profit would be lower than if they sold the equivalent hardware, without the low-latency interconnect, to "regular" customers. The supercomputer business isn't obscenely profitable.
"""The supercomputer developed for OpenAI is a single system with more than 285,000 CPU cores, 10,000 GPUs and 400 gigabits per second of network connectivity for each GPU server. Compared with other machines listed on the TOP500 supercomputers in the world, it ranks in the top five, Microsoft says."""
Each of the big three cloud providers could, if they chose to, build a #1 Top500 computer using what they have available (that includes the CPUs, GPUs, and interconnect). That said, it's unclear why they would: the profit would be lower than if they sold the equivalent hardware, without the low-latency interconnect, to "regular" customers. The supercomputer business isn't obscenely profitable.