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Description

Larry Ellison co-founded Oracle and serves as executive chairman. He directs Oracle’s plan for a supercomputer using about 26,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, enabling roughly 5×10^19 dense INT8 operations per second.1[^2]

Scope

  • Oracle announced plans for a supercomputer using about 26,000 NVIDIA H100 GPUs, yielding roughly 5×10^19 dense INT8 operations per second.1[^2]
  • Oracle operates additional data centers, but accessible compute figures are limited.

Total compute: 5×10^19 dense INT8 operations per second.

Implications

Ellison’s control over Oracle’s cloud resources positions him to shape enterprise AI development. Concentrating these capabilities in a single stakeholder raises questions about oversight, yet it also enables rapid experimentation and services for Oracle’s customers.

Works cited

https://www.oracle.com/news/announcement/oracle-nvidia-ai-infrastructure-2023/ [^2]: Colfax. “NVIDIA H100 Tensor Core GPU.” 2023. https://colfaxresearch.com/nvidia-h100-performance/

  1. Oracle. “Oracle and NVIDIA collaborate on AI infrastructure.” 2023.  2