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. Nvidia supplies gaming APUs for Nintendo’s wildly successful 7th generation Switch console while AMD does the same for Sony’s PS4 and Microsoft’s Xbox. 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. 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.