Monday, March 27, 2017
Tencent Cloud Adopts NVIDIA Tesla for AI Cloud Computing
NVIDIA today announced that Tencent Cloud will adopt NVIDIA® Tesla® GPU accelerators to help advance artificial intelligence for enterprise customers. Tencent Cloud will integrate NVIDIA's GPU computing and deep learning platform into its public cloud computing platform. This will provide users with access to a set of new cloud services powered by Tesla GPU accelerators, including the latest Pascal™ architecture-based Tesla P100 and P40 GPU accelerators with NVIDIA NVLink™ technology for connecting multiple GPUs and NVIDIA deep learning software. NVIDIA's AI computing technology is used worldwide by cloud service providers, enterprises, startups and research organizations for a wide range of applications. "Companies around the world are harnessing their data with our AI computing technology to create breakthrough products and services," said Ian Buck, general manager of Accelerated Computing at NVIDIA. "Through Tencent Cloud, more companies will have access to NVIDIA's deep learning platform, the world's most broadly adopted AI platform." "Tencent Cloud GPU offerings with NVIDIA's deep learning platform will help companies in China rapidly integrate AI capabilities into their products and services," said Sam Xie, vice president of Tencent Cloud. "Our customers will gain greater computing flexibility and power, giving them a powerful competitive advantage."