Italy's Leonardo supercomputer is undergoing an AI upgrade via the development of the Leonardo Improved Supercomputing Architecture (LISA), aimed at enhancing its support for Large Language Models (LLMs) and multi-modal generative AI. The upgrade, valued at â¬28.2 million, will consist of 166 server nodes equipped with 8 GPU accelerators, interconnected through a high-performance network. However, there is uncertainty surrounding the actual specifications due to a lack of transparency from the contractor, Eviden, and the EuroHPC JU, leading to speculation about whether the budget can cover the hardware needed for effective AI capabilities.
It's a notable advancement as LISA is set to be Europe's first supercomputing partition specifically tailored for AI workloads, enhancing the continent's capability in AI development.
Despite the upgrade's significant budget, questions remain about its capacity to deliver cutting-edge performance based on disclosed specifications, which seem ambiguous at best.
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