AI supercomputer Software Engineering
noun phrase
Domain: high-performance computing, AI infrastructure
Definition: A large-scale high-performance computing (HPC) system designed and optimized for training and serving AI models at scale, typically using clusters of accelerators (e.g., GPUs/TPUs) for large-scale distributed training and inference [Raynor 1999].
Example in context: “In 2011, producers of the popular game show “Jeopardy”3 organised a unique competition by pitting IBM’s AI supercomputer “Watson” against two of the show’s most accomplished champions, Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter.” [Rather et al. 2024]
Related terms: supercomputer, HPC, distributed training cluster