The New NVIDIA Graphics Card and Its Impact in Data Science

Just like other pieces of hardware, graphic cards continuously evolve, becoming more efficient and more powerful. This constant evolution is partly due to the need for more computing power, whatever the form it can take. Graphic cards are no exception, and lately, NVIDIA has come to dominate this technology scene. This month, a new set of graphic cards by this company (the GeForce RTX 30 series) is making its debut. Naturally, this is bound to have ripple effects in data science, among other fields. In this article, we'll look at just that and see how you can benefit from this new development.

Graphic cards have been used in cloud computing successfully and other machines (e.g., regular PCs). The idea is to use their GPUs for crunching the numbers, instead of just standard CPUs, like those found on a typical computer. Although a GPU is part of a graphics card and designed to handle graphics data, it can be leveraged to handle complex mathematical calculations in various data science models. Particularly AI-related models, such as deep learning networks, have a lot to benefit from GPUs for various reasons. Not only are they fast and efficient (i.e., not consuming much power), but also they are inexpensive and can setups using them scale up very well. So, if you want to train that deep learning network quickly and without costing the moon, GPUs are your best option.

The new GPU servers based on the new NVIDIA graphics card can do this task even better. Featuring speeds up to twice as high as those of the previous generation cards (i.e., RTX 20), they are genuinely efficient. Additionally, they feature more memory (up to 24 GB GDDR6X, which is more than twice as much as the previous generation) and a different architecture altogether (Ampere vs. Turing previously). All this translates into a better experience for the user, particularly if that user has high graphics card demands. As more and more people use graphics cards in their AI-related work, these cards' manufacturers try to address this requirement in their new products. Of course, not all of them succeed, but those that do are big successes. Perhaps that's why NVIDIA has become a name you'd hear not only among gamers but also among data scientists and AI professionals.

Hostkey is one of those companies that have figured out the edge such state-of-the-art graphics cards can offer in cloud computing. That's why it boasts such GPU-powered servers among the various services it offers. Geared mostly towards data scientists, Hostkey has various packages available, many of which involve GPU servers. What's more, lately, it has started to offer servers with one of the latest NVIDIA cards on them (GeForce RTX 3080), which we expect to see released next week. Not only that, but it has a raffle for a free one-month subscription to this service, involving such a GPU server. Check out the company's website for more information. Cheers!