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Exactly, it's pretty much identical to Nvidia's own DGX-1 (actually, the DGX-1 will be faster, because it's now using the Volta GPUs, a generation ahead of Pascal):

2 x E5-2698 v3, 512GB memory, 4 x 2TB SSD, 100GB Infiniband, and 8 x P100 (or Volta).

$129,000.

https://www.nextplatform.com/2016/11/14/nvidias-saturn-v-dgx...

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Yeah, I'm not sure why I would compete with Nvidia on their own turf unless I could do something bigger/better, but Nvidia will always have the advantage of information.

A big reason to buy a Cray is the experience they have. There's not a ton of people who've run large systems as long as they have. The technology may originate from Nvidia but Nvidia doesn't have a 40+ years experience building and supporting massive machines.

Very much this. And, that they have very high-end technicians that are cleared for top secret/classified data centers.

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