Alphabet plans to integrate Nvidia's Tesla P4 graphic cards into Google's Cloud Services to speed up its ability to compress large data sets from AI modules, a process known as AI inference. The move is part of Alphabet's plan for the future and will help it better compete with Amazon Web Services, Microsoft Azure, Google Cloud, IBM SoftLayer, Oracle Dblox and other cloud providers. The chipmaker reported revenues of $701m from AI-optimised data centre hardware in Q1 2018, close to 22% share of the firm's total revenues, up from just 13% two years previously.
Alphabet plans to integrate Nvidia's Tesla P4 graphic cards into Google's Cloud Services to speed up its ability to compress large data sets from AI modules, a process known as AI inference. It marks the second Cloud-graphics processing unit collaboration between the two firms; Nvidia also lists Microsoft, SAP, Facebook, Amazon, Baidu, Alibaba and Tencent as among the 1,200 firms using its inference platform. The chipmaker reported revenues of $701m from AI-optimised data centre hardware in Q1 2018, close to 22% share of the firm's total revenues, up from just 13% two years previously.