These desktop systems, first previewed as “Project DIGITS” in January, aim to bring AI capabilities to developers, researchers, and data scientists who need to prototype, fine-tune, and run large AI models locally. DGX systems can serve as standalone desktop AI labs or “bridge systems” that allow AI developers to move their models from desktops to DGX Cloud or any AI cloud infrastructure with few code changes.
If the aim is to get them to researchers and those researchers manage to develop useful software that runs on parallel compute hardware, that increases the value of their product.
I’d guess that desktop computer usage will only account for a small portion of their parallel compute hardware, and not what the parties with deep pockets are mostly interested in.
If the aim is to get them to researchers and those researchers manage to develop useful software that runs on parallel compute hardware, that increases the value of their product.
I’d guess that desktop computer usage will only account for a small portion of their parallel compute hardware, and not what the parties with deep pockets are mostly interested in.