The MLPerf benchmark is based on GPT-3, an AI model used to train ChatGPT, the viral chatbot developed by OpenAI and backed by Microsoft (MSFT.O). Habana Labs, an AI chip company acquired by Intel, ran the benchmark in 311.945 minutes with a much smaller system equipped with 384 Gaudi2 chips. "You will get a 1.5X to 2X speed up on the Habana results. So that's when we see Habana Gaudi2 being really competitive and lower priced than H100," Plawner told Reuters. Plawner declined to say how much a Gaudi2 chip costs, but said the industry needs a second supplier of chips for AI training, and the MLPerf results show Intel can fill that need.

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Persons: David Kanter, Kanter, Intel's Jordan Plawner, Habana, Plawner, Jane Lanhee Lee, Christopher Cushing Organizations: Nvidia, Microsoft, Reuters, Habana Labs, Intel, Products, Habana, Thomson Locations: San Francisco, Habana