Azure announces new AI optimized VM series featuring AMD’s flagship MI300X GPU

In our relentless pursuit of pushing the boundaries of artificial intelligence, we understand that cutting-edge infrastructure and expertise is needed to harness the full potential of advanced AI. At Microsoft, we’ve amassed a decade of experience in supercomputing and have consistently supported the most demanding AI training and generative inferencing…

15/11/2023Azure High Performance Computing (HPC) Blog

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