Voltron Data has announced support for AMD's Instinct GPUs in its accelerated SQL engine, Theseus. This change comes as enterprises seek to optimize data processing speeds for AI applications. Previously, GPU-accelerated data processes relied mainly on Nvidia's technology, but Voltron aims to provide flexibility for running SQL queries on both Nvidia and AMD architectures. AMD's Instinct chips are gaining traction among major cloud providers, making them a viable alternative for efficient AI inference workloads, which are often costly with Nvidia's GPUs.
Up to this point, this kind of GPU-accelerated data process has primarily run on Nvidia accelerators... But now the company is looking to extend this functionality to AMD's Instinct family of chips.
Our goal is to give customers the choice to run their SQL query engines on either Nvidia or AMD architectures, Rodrigo Aramburu, co-founder and field CTO of Voltron Data, told El Reg.
The ability to churn through large quantities of data quickly has become increasingly important as enterprises look to capitalize on AI.
AMD's Instinct accelerators have become increasingly popular as an alternative to Nvidia's GPUs among hyperscalers and cloud providers.
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