eBay lists a $60 million AI supercomputer with 9,600 Nvidia A100 GPUs and 4,200 AMD EPYC CPUs — but you do get…
- Core 4 Solutions is asking $59.7 million for its 300-rack supercomputer
- The eBay listing includes 9,600 Nvidia A100 accelerators and 4,200 AMD processors
- Each compute node combines eight A100 GPUs with two 64-core EPYC chips
A technology supplier has advertised an enormous computing installation through eBay, seeking $59.7 million from prospective buyers interested in acquiring substantial processing capacity.
Core 4 Solutions is offering 300 server racks containing thousands of graphics accelerators, enterprise processors, and supporting equipment for large computing operations.
The advertised configuration includes 9,600 Nvidia A100 accelerators and 4,200 AMD EPYC Rome processors, although prospective purchasers must consider their generation and operating requirements.
An enormous installation built around older hardware
The computing equipment uses Nvidia's Ampere architecture, which predates the company's newer Blackwell products and forthcoming Vera Rubin systems.
AMD's Rome processor family also belongs to an earlier generation than EPYC Turin, although these components remain useful for selected...
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