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NVIDIA CEO Hands out Special CEO Edition Titan V GPUs to AI Researchers
At the Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition conference in Salt Lake City Wednesday, NVIDIA’s Jensen Huang told top AI researchers he wanted to help them achieve a very different kind of peak performance — before unveiling a big surprise, a 32GB CEO edition Titan V.
“The number of problems you guys are able to solve as a result of deep learning is truly amazing,” Huang said, addressing more than 500 guests at NVIDIA’s “best of Utah” themed CVPR bash at the Grand America Hotel. “We’ve dedicated our company to create a computing platform to advance your work. Our goal is to enable you to do amazing research.”
Then he sprung his first surprise on the crowd. Huang called up 12 teams of researchers and presented each with an NVIDIA Pioneer Awards. The awards went to those who’ve used NVIDIA’s AI platform to support great work featured in papers accepted by CVPR and other leading academic conferences. Wednesday night’s award recipients were an elite group, representing some of the leading academic institutions that participate in the global NVIDIA AI Labs (NVAIL) program. Honorees included researchers from the Chinese Academy of Science, DFKI, Peking University, Stanford University, Tsinghua University, University of Toronto, University of Tokyo and University of Washington.
Titans for the Titans of AI
Twenty guests selected at random joined Huang in the hotel’s center courtyard. There he presented them with signed, limited edition NVIDIA Titan V CEO Edition GPUs, featuring our groundbreaking NVIDIA Volta Tensor Cores and loaded with 32 gigabytes of memory. Among the lucky ones was AI researcher Fabio Ramos, from the University of Sydney who is doing groundbreaking work in the field of robotics. “My work is focused on helping robots make decisions autonomously. I hope to use this to help advance my work to help robots take care of elderly people,” he said, as other guests noshed on chicken sandwiches prepared by Food Network star Viet Pham. While the food and drinks — which included green jello, a nod to Utah tradition — had guests buzzing, researchers were even more eager to dig into their new GPUs.
The limited edition GPU is built on top of NVIDIA’s breakthrough Volta platform. It features our revolutionary Tensor Core architecture to enable multi-precision computing. It can crank through deep learning matrix operations at 125 teraflops at FP16 precision. Or it can blast through FP64 and FP32 operations when there’s a need for greater range, precision or numerical stability.
With 20 of their peers equipped with some of our most powerful GPUs to accelerate their work, these won’t be the last to be so honored.
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#5559381 Posted on: 06/21/2018 07:35 PM
Nvidia should start making some descent drivers again. The used to care about working on performance gains in games and fixing things wrong. Most people dont care and just give them more reason too not care. I hope intel and AMD hurt them real bad right were it hurts in there wallet Than this cocky bastard will shut his mouth and get to work
Nvidia should start making some descent drivers again. The used to care about working on performance gains in games and fixing things wrong. Most people dont care and just give them more reason too not care. I hope intel and AMD hurt them real bad right were it hurts in there wallet Than this cocky bastard will shut his mouth and get to work
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#5559385 Posted on: 06/21/2018 07:43 PM
I know Huang is really full of himself but seriously... CEO edition Titan V for elite researchers? That must be the most pretentious thing he's done. Someone really needs to keep his ego in check.
Don't get me wrong - I think these Titan Vs make for a great gift that should go toward great things, but he doesn't need to elevate his significance or pat himself on the back while doing it. They could've just called it "Special Edition" and replace "Elite" with really any positive-describing word that isn't so classist. The signature is fine.
I couldn't help but think of Silicon Valley...
I know Huang is really full of himself but seriously... CEO edition Titan V for elite researchers? That must be the most pretentious thing he's done. Someone really needs to keep his ego in check.
Don't get me wrong - I think these Titan Vs make for a great gift that should go toward great things, but he doesn't need to elevate his significance or pat himself on the back while doing it. They could've just called it "Special Edition" and replace "Elite" with really any positive-describing word that isn't so classist. The signature is fine.
I couldn't help but think of Silicon Valley...
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#5559386 Posted on: 06/21/2018 07:47 PM
He is not afraid of anything, Nvidia is far far away ahead of both Intel and AMD in GPU technologies as a whole. He is laughing at them. Do any of you here remember his "Laughabee" reference for intel's larrabee failure? Radeon technologies for more than a decade is Nvidia's bitch. Huang is the absolute authority and emperor of AI and Graphics based in GPU architecture and it is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. This is the reality, numbers talk. Everything else is fanboy-ism and inferiority complex against green empire.
He is not afraid of anything, Nvidia is far far away ahead of both Intel and AMD in GPU technologies as a whole. He is laughing at them. Do any of you here remember his "Laughabee" reference for intel's larrabee failure? Radeon technologies for more than a decade is Nvidia's bitch. Huang is the absolute authority and emperor of AI and Graphics based in GPU architecture and it is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. This is the reality, numbers talk. Everything else is fanboy-ism and inferiority complex against green empire.
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#5559388 Posted on: 06/21/2018 07:50 PM
I know Huang is really full of himself but seriously... CEO edition Titan V for elite researchers? That must be the most pretentious thing he's done. Someone really needs to keep his ego in check.
Don't get me wrong - I think these Titan Vs make for a great gift that should go toward great things, but he doesn't need to elevate his significance or pat himself on the back while doing it. They could've just called it "Special Edition" and replace "Elite" with really any positive-describing word that isn't so classist. The signature is fine.
It seems you are reading this wrong.
Jen said nothing about these people being elite; check any other article and you'll see none of them mention anything about these 'elites'.
It's just a word used to fluff this article up.
He gave away 20 full GV100 GPUs for free and you are calling him pretentious.. lol
Lastly, marketing is fully responsible for naming conventions of products, not Jen
I know Huang is really full of himself but seriously... CEO edition Titan V for elite researchers? That must be the most pretentious thing he's done. Someone really needs to keep his ego in check.
Don't get me wrong - I think these Titan Vs make for a great gift that should go toward great things, but he doesn't need to elevate his significance or pat himself on the back while doing it. They could've just called it "Special Edition" and replace "Elite" with really any positive-describing word that isn't so classist. The signature is fine.
It seems you are reading this wrong.
Jen said nothing about these people being elite; check any other article and you'll see none of them mention anything about these 'elites'.
It's just a word used to fluff this article up.
He gave away 20 full GV100 GPUs for free and you are calling him pretentious.. lol
Lastly, marketing is fully responsible for naming conventions of products, not Jen
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#5559389 Posted on: 06/21/2018 07:50 PM
Wow...so much anger and depression over someone doing well and praising others for doing well. Just what it is that makes you folks happy...being angry at strangers?
Wow...so much anger and depression over someone doing well and praising others for doing well. Just what it is that makes you folks happy...being angry at strangers?
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#5559391 Posted on: 06/21/2018 07:52 PM
On the other hand this sort of silly fanboy goofyness, while not the fault of Nvidia, can't help but leave a bad taste in your mouth for some of their fans. It's a company son, not your girlfriend.
He is not afraid of anything, Nvidia is far far away ahead of both Intel and AMD in GPU technologies as a whole. He is laughing at them. Do any of you here remember his "Laughabee" reference for intel's larrabee failure? Radeon technologies for more than a decade is Nvidia's bitch. Huang is the absolute authority and emperor of AI and Graphics based in GPU architecture and it is unlikely to change in the foreseeable future. This is the reality, numbers talk. Everything else is fanboy-ism and inferiority complex against green empire.
On the other hand this sort of silly fanboy goofyness, while not the fault of Nvidia, can't help but leave a bad taste in your mouth for some of their fans. It's a company son, not your girlfriend.
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#5559397 Posted on: 06/21/2018 08:13 PM
Jen said nothing about these people being elite; check any other article and you'll see none of them mention anything about these 'elites'.
It's just a word used to fluff this article up.
It doesn't matter if he himself said it; Nvidia as a whole calls them elites:
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/06/20/nvidia-ceo-springs-special-titan-v-gpus-on-elite-ai-researchers-cvpr/
He gave away 20 full GV100 GPUs for free and you are calling him pretentious.. lol
Again, the act of giving them isn't pretentious and is an act I approve of. But calling these "CEO editions" by putting his name on it sounds very much like "this is only special because of me". How is that not pretentious? You have to consider the whole picture here, not just this 1 variable. In the big picture, Huang isn't known for being humble. In other words, having a "CEO edition" isn't inherently pretentious, but it is when someone like Huang does it. For example if Krzanich did a CEO edition of the 8086K giveaway, I wouldn't have thought much of it other than being a little odd.
Lastly, marketing is fully responsible for naming conventions of products, not Jen
And I'm sure he's heavily involved in the marketing decisions of Nvidia. Considering his ego, it is pretty safe to assume he would deliberately insert himself in this.
Jen said nothing about these people being elite; check any other article and you'll see none of them mention anything about these 'elites'.
It's just a word used to fluff this article up.
It doesn't matter if he himself said it; Nvidia as a whole calls them elites:
https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2018/06/20/nvidia-ceo-springs-special-titan-v-gpus-on-elite-ai-researchers-cvpr/
He gave away 20 full GV100 GPUs for free and you are calling him pretentious.. lol
Again, the act of giving them isn't pretentious and is an act I approve of. But calling these "CEO editions" by putting his name on it sounds very much like "this is only special because of me". How is that not pretentious? You have to consider the whole picture here, not just this 1 variable. In the big picture, Huang isn't known for being humble. In other words, having a "CEO edition" isn't inherently pretentious, but it is when someone like Huang does it. For example if Krzanich did a CEO edition of the 8086K giveaway, I wouldn't have thought much of it other than being a little odd.
Lastly, marketing is fully responsible for naming conventions of products, not Jen
And I'm sure he's heavily involved in the marketing decisions of Nvidia. Considering his ego, it is pretty safe to assume he would deliberately insert himself in this.
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#5559402 Posted on: 06/21/2018 08:25 PM
Like it or not Nvidia is No1 right now on the market of graphics and AI computing. Jensen is only doing what he knows better than anyone.. thats all! It is merely only a show for him, just another good performed show and by giving those researchers a nice gift with 32GB of HBM2, "A nice welcome to the green family that is", he's ensuring that everyone in the planet with key role in AI is involved as nvidia has intended to. Don't be fooled by the news... CEO EDITION ohh well we've seen that too...! What's next..??!!
Like it or not Nvidia is No1 right now on the market of graphics and AI computing. Jensen is only doing what he knows better than anyone.. thats all! It is merely only a show for him, just another good performed show and by giving those researchers a nice gift with 32GB of HBM2, "A nice welcome to the green family that is", he's ensuring that everyone in the planet with key role in AI is involved as nvidia has intended to. Don't be fooled by the news... CEO EDITION ohh well we've seen that too...! What's next..??!!
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#5559404 Posted on: 06/21/2018 08:26 PM
This could be my new card, if there´s a special giveaway during the next christmas contest...
This could be my new card, if there´s a special giveaway during the next christmas contest...
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#5559410 Posted on: 06/21/2018 08:39 PM
I personally don't question Nvidia being #1, I have nothing against the event, and I agree it's a very nice gift. My gripe is nothing more than Jensen elevating his importance too much, and the implications behind using words like "elite". To me, there's a big difference between saying "the most deserving recipients" vs "only the best get to receive". The latter statement is unnecessarily provocative to those who aren't (in the eyes of Huang, since it's his name on the box) elites.
Like it or not Nvidia is No1 right now on the market of graphics and AI computing. Jensen is only doing what he knows better than anyone.. thats all! It is merely only a show for him, just another good performed show and by giving those researchers a nice gift
I personally don't question Nvidia being #1, I have nothing against the event, and I agree it's a very nice gift. My gripe is nothing more than Jensen elevating his importance too much, and the implications behind using words like "elite". To me, there's a big difference between saying "the most deserving recipients" vs "only the best get to receive". The latter statement is unnecessarily provocative to those who aren't (in the eyes of Huang, since it's his name on the box) elites.
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#5559434 Posted on: 06/21/2018 09:40 PM
I still don't get your 'elitist' wording.
Jen never says elite in the presentation; you are quoting a specific person who wrote a news article
I personally don't question Nvidia being #1, I have nothing against the event, and I agree it's a very nice gift. My gripe is nothing more than Jensen elevating his importance too much, and the implications behind using words like "elite". To me, there's a big difference between saying "the most deserving recipients" vs "only the best get to receive". The latter statement is unnecessarily provocative to those who aren't (in the eyes of Huang, since it's his name on the box) elites.
I still don't get your 'elitist' wording.
Jen never says elite in the presentation; you are quoting a specific person who wrote a news article
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#5559435 Posted on: 06/21/2018 09:41 PM
I want two of these to go along with 6 Acer X27's. Can't afford it? Just get a better job or something.
I want two of these to go along with 6 Acer X27's. Can't afford it? Just get a better job or something.
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#5559439 Posted on: 06/21/2018 09:52 PM
Look up the definition of elite (from Google):
"a group or class of people seen as having the greatest power and influence within a society, especially because of their wealth or privilege."
By this definition, elitism is a result of classism. It's basically like saying "only these people are worthy" and in my opinion, I don't like that connotation. A more positive approach would've been to describe them as earning these GPUs.
I know that... I don't know why you keep insisting that I said otherwise. In my last reply to you, I gave a link from Nvidia's own blog that uses the same word. Therefore, it is phrasing approved by the company.
I still don't get your 'elitist' wording.
Look up the definition of elite (from Google):
"a group or class of people seen as having the greatest power and influence within a society, especially because of their wealth or privilege."
By this definition, elitism is a result of classism. It's basically like saying "only these people are worthy" and in my opinion, I don't like that connotation. A more positive approach would've been to describe them as earning these GPUs.
Jen never says elite in the presentation; you are quoting a specific person who wrote a news article
I know that... I don't know why you keep insisting that I said otherwise. In my last reply to you, I gave a link from Nvidia's own blog that uses the same word. Therefore, it is phrasing approved by the company.
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#5559452 Posted on: 06/21/2018 10:24 PM
Look up the definition of elite (from Google):
"a group or class of people seen as having the greatest power and influence within a society, especially because of their wealth or privilege."
By this definition, elitism is a result of classism. It's basically like saying "only these people are worthy" and in my opinion, I don't like that connotation. A more positive approach would've been to describe them as earning these GPUs.
I know that... I don't know why you keep insisting that I said otherwise. In my last reply to you, I gave a link from Nvidia's own blog that uses the same word. Therefore, it is phrasing approved by the company.
I'm well aware what elitist means.
But a blog poster is using their own words in reviewing a presentation; do you actually think a CEO has time(or even does, they don't) to proof read through one of many blog posts?
Answer is no.
So for you to say Jensen is approving of the elite attitude is a bit out there if you ask me.
From first hand experience doing IT with a large newspaper/article company for a big city, I can tell you that the CEO does not read through the articles written by employees. Not to mention that anyone who writes any kind of news/article has some form of their own opinions.
I'm not saying you're wrong the word elite is the best choice of words but you excluded that it also means 'the best of the best'; someone who has a great amount of skill in something.
Elite warriors, elite programmers, etc.
None of these people are getting rewarded because they are 'privileged or wealthy'.
It's safe to assume some of those guests haven't done much of anything to be considered wealthy or privileged.
Lastly, being 'elite' generally is because you earned it.
You work hard and earn the right to be an elite anything, it's not a given.
You are contexting the word in the wrong way as if NVIDIA is classifying others as peasants or lesser people; I see no negative implications assumed by the word.
Your argument can be applied to anyone who receives awards for being good at what they do.
Anyways, just saying one guy's word is not another guy's word and beliefs. Nor is anyone getting rewarded for being wealthy or privileged.
Look up the definition of elite (from Google):
"a group or class of people seen as having the greatest power and influence within a society, especially because of their wealth or privilege."
By this definition, elitism is a result of classism. It's basically like saying "only these people are worthy" and in my opinion, I don't like that connotation. A more positive approach would've been to describe them as earning these GPUs.
I know that... I don't know why you keep insisting that I said otherwise. In my last reply to you, I gave a link from Nvidia's own blog that uses the same word. Therefore, it is phrasing approved by the company.
I'm well aware what elitist means.
But a blog poster is using their own words in reviewing a presentation; do you actually think a CEO has time(or even does, they don't) to proof read through one of many blog posts?
Answer is no.
So for you to say Jensen is approving of the elite attitude is a bit out there if you ask me.
From first hand experience doing IT with a large newspaper/article company for a big city, I can tell you that the CEO does not read through the articles written by employees. Not to mention that anyone who writes any kind of news/article has some form of their own opinions.
I'm not saying you're wrong the word elite is the best choice of words but you excluded that it also means 'the best of the best'; someone who has a great amount of skill in something.
Elite warriors, elite programmers, etc.
None of these people are getting rewarded because they are 'privileged or wealthy'.
It's safe to assume some of those guests haven't done much of anything to be considered wealthy or privileged.
Lastly, being 'elite' generally is because you earned it.
You work hard and earn the right to be an elite anything, it's not a given.
You are contexting the word in the wrong way as if NVIDIA is classifying others as peasants or lesser people; I see no negative implications assumed by the word.
Your argument can be applied to anyone who receives awards for being good at what they do.
Anyways, just saying one guy's word is not another guy's word and beliefs. Nor is anyone getting rewarded for being wealthy or privileged.
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I know Huang is really full of himself but seriously... CEO edition Titan V for elite researchers? That must be the most pretentious thing he's done. Someone really needs to keep his ego in check.
Don't get me wrong - I think these Titan Vs make for a great gift that should go toward great things, but he doesn't need to elevate his significance or pat himself on the back while doing it. They could've just called it "Special Edition" and replace "Elite" with really any positive-describing word that isn't so classist. The signature is fine.