Hitachi Vantara announced the
availability of Hitachi iQ with the
NVIDIA HGX platform
in an end-to-end solution stack of fast, scalable, and resilient
infrastructure for modern AI systems. Hitachi iQ provides cost-optimized
solutions, tailored to a variety of industries and use cases, including
large language models, inferencing, model training, analytics, digital
twins, and image processing.
Despite 97% of organizations viewing GenAI as a top-five priority, ESG Research found
only slightly more than one-third (37%) believe their infrastructure
and data ecosystem is well-prepared for implementing GenAI solutions,
while 77% agreed that data quality issues needed to be addressed before
they could adopt GenAI processes.
The latest offering from Hitachi iQ is built to directly address
these challenges. Designed to maximize AI performance and reliability,
Hitachi iQ saturates GPUs with data to deliver faster time to insight.
Of note:
- Hitachi iQ with NVIDIA HGX combines storage, networking, servers with NVIDIA H100 and H200 Tensor Core GPUs options, and the NVIDIA AI Enterprise end-to-end, cloud-native software platform for the development and deployment of generative AI applications.
- Enhanced data processing of distributed file systems allows for
more effective pattern identification, while access to diverse datasets
helps AI models learn from a wider range of scenarios.
- With NVIDIA HGX, Hitachi iQ improves the economics and
sustainability of AI through a zero-copy architecture that eliminates
wasteful data copying and transfer times between storage silos for
different phases of AI.
- The updated Hitachi Content Software for File platform with
generation 5 PCIe features the latest AMD EPYC processor technology and
high-performance networking with NVIDIA ConnectX-7 400Gb/s InfiniBand or Ethernet NICs.
In addition, PCIe Generation 5 E3.S NVMe drive technology adds extreme
performance capabilities for Hitachi iQ and other data solutions where
performance is mission-critical and provides significant performance
upgrades for high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial
intelligence (AI) workloads.
- High-density object storage integrated with Hitachi Content
Software for File allows scaling of compute and storage independently
with the flexibility to adapt to diverse and fluctuating data sizes,
data types, and workloads.
"Our customers are looking for advanced solutions to meet the
ever-evolving demands of AI, and the Hitachi iQ offering with NVIDIA HGX
is the latest example of how we are at the forefront of AI
innovation," said Jason Hardy, chief technology officer for artificial intelligence at Hitachi Vantara.
"As one of the only vendors to offer a complete, end-to-end AI
infrastructure solution, we marry world-class technology with deep
industry expertise for a powerful, one-stop-shop experience."
"Pairing NVIDIA's accelerated computing platform with the deep
industrial expertise of Hitachi Vantara helps address the growing demand
for enterprise-grade AI infrastructure and applications, delivering
high-performance computing capabilities for AI workloads to enable
faster training, fine-tuning, and inferencing," said Shar Narasimhan, director of data center GPUs and AI at NVIDIA.
"There is immense pressure to leverage AI right now but in the education space, it needs to tie directly to ROI," said Allen Lee, managing director of Genesis Networks Pte Ltd. "Optimized
to drive industry specific results from a partner with the experience
to help us make it happen, that's what we see in Hitachi iQ."
Hitachi iQ Portfolio Evolution
Hitachi has a
long history of IT/OT domain expertise in industries such as rail,
energy, and manufacturing, and is a leader for integrating IT
infrastructure and business applications. Offered through multiple
consumption models, Hitachi iQ provides customers with mechanisms to
consume the data infrastructure they need, all while providing improved
on-premises performance and allowing for a better ROI.
The Hitachi iQ portfolio of AI-ready infrastructure, solutions, and services first became available in July 2024,
including a new AI Discovery Service designed to help customers
identify the most valuable AI use cases, assess their data readiness,
determine ROI, and create a strategic roadmap for successful AI
implementation.
Hitachi iQ with the NVIDIA HGX platform and Hitachi Content Software for File are now available globally.