HPC Posts Archive | Puget Systems https://www.pugetsystems.com/all-hpc/ Workstations for creators. Mon, 17 Jun 2024 22:23:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 https://www.pugetsystems.com/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/Puget-Systems-2020-logomark-color-500-48x48.png HPC Posts Archive | Puget Systems https://www.pugetsystems.com/all-hpc/ 32 32 Local alternatives to Cloud AI services https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/local-alternatives-to-cloud-ai-services/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/local-alternatives-to-cloud-ai-services/#respond Thu, 11 Apr 2024 20:07:33 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=hpc_post&p=26768 Presenting local AI-powered software options for tasks such as image & text generation, automatic speech recognition, and frame interpolation.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/local-alternatives-to-cloud-ai-services/feed/ 0 AMD Zen4 Threadripper PRO vs Intel Xeon-w9 For Science and Engineering https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/amd-zen4-threadripper-pro-vs-intel-xeon-w9-for-science-and-engineering/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/amd-zen4-threadripper-pro-vs-intel-xeon-w9-for-science-and-engineering/#respond Thu, 07 Mar 2024 19:56:57 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=hpc_post&p=25940 The performance improvement with the new Zen4 TrPRO over the Zen3 TrPRO is very impressive!
My first recommendation for a Scientific and Engineering workstation CPU would now be the AMD Zen4 architecture as either Zen4 Threadripper PRO or Zen4 EPYC for multi-socket systems.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/amd-zen4-threadripper-pro-vs-intel-xeon-w9-for-science-and-engineering/feed/ 0 Benchmarking with TensorRT-LLM https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/benchmarking-with-tensorrt-llm/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/benchmarking-with-tensorrt-llm/#respond Fri, 16 Feb 2024 18:06:51 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=hpc_post&p=23187 Evaluating the speed of GeForce RTX 40-Series GPUs using NVIDIA's TensorRT-LLM tool for benchmarking GPU inference performance.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/benchmarking-with-tensorrt-llm/feed/ 0 Experiences with Multi-GPU Stable Diffusion Training https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/multi-gpu-sd-training/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/multi-gpu-sd-training/#respond Mon, 29 Jan 2024 23:22:19 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=hpc_post&p=22714 Results and thoughts with regard to testing a variety of Stable Diffusion training methods using multiple GPUs.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/multi-gpu-sd-training/feed/ 0 LLM Server Setup Part 2 — Container Tools https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/llm-server-setup-part-2-container-tools/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/llm-server-setup-part-2-container-tools/#respond Mon, 20 Nov 2023 22:15:10 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=hpc_post&p=21032 This post is Part 2 in a series on how to configure a system for LLM deployments and development usage. Part 2 is about installing and configuring container tools, Docker and NVIDIA Enroot.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/llm-server-setup-part-2-container-tools/feed/ 0 LLM Server Setup Part 1 – Base OS https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/llm-server-setup-part-1-base-os/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/llm-server-setup-part-1-base-os/#respond Wed, 15 Nov 2023 23:42:42 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=hpc_post&p=20669 This post is Part 1 in a series on how to configure a system for LLM deployments and development usage. The configuration will be suitable for multi-user deployments and also useful for smaller development systems. Part 1 is about the base Linux server setup.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/llm-server-setup-part-1-base-os/feed/ 0 Can You Run A State-Of-The-Art LLM On-Prem For A Reasonable Cost? https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/can-you-run-a-state-of-the-art-llm-on-prem-for-a-reasonable-cost/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/can-you-run-a-state-of-the-art-llm-on-prem-for-a-reasonable-cost/#respond Mon, 17 Jul 2023 23:44:37 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=hpc_post&p=15672 In this post address the question that's been on everyone's mind; Can you run a state-of-the-art Large Language Model on-prem? With *your* data and *your* hardware? At a reasonable cost?

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/can-you-run-a-state-of-the-art-llm-on-prem-for-a-reasonable-cost/feed/ 0 Note: How To Setup Apache on Ubuntu 22.04 For User public_html https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/note-how-to-setup-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04-for-user-public_html/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/note-how-to-setup-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04-for-user-public_html/#respond Fri, 02 Jun 2023 15:37:23 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=hpc_post&p=14961 This is a short note on setting up the Apache web server to allow system users to create personal websites and web apps in their home directories.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/note-how-to-setup-apache-on-ubuntu-22-04-for-user-public_html/feed/ 0 GTC23  Notes And Selected Sessions https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/gtc23-notes-and-selected-sessions/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/gtc23-notes-and-selected-sessions/#respond Wed, 12 Apr 2023 15:27:46 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=hpc_post&p=14289 NVIDIA GTC 2023 was outstanding! To say that about a virtual conference tells you how much I value it. This post is largely a catalog of the talks I found interesting along with titles that I think will be interesting to a larger audience and my colleagues at Puget Systems.

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]]> https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/gtc23-notes-and-selected-sessions/feed/ 0 How To Use Linux Kernel Boot Options https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/how-to-use-linux-kernel-boot-options/ https://www.pugetsystems.com/labs/hpc/how-to-use-linux-kernel-boot-options/#respond Mon, 13 Mar 2023 23:05:06 +0000 https://www.pugetsystems.com/?post_type=hpc_post&p=14011 This post is a short HowTo on passing Linux kernel boot options during OS installation and persisting them for future system starts

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