According to the source, Saudi Arabia has already purchased a batch of at least 3,000 NVIDIA H100 accelerators, the market value of which will reach $40,000 each. Developers from the United Arab Emirates are trying to keep up with their neighbors in the macro region and not only buy such accelerators in thousands of pieces, but also develop their own language model Falcon. The state-sponsored Technology Innovation Institute in Abu Dhabi has the key resources to succeed in this space: cash, energy and the ability to attract qualified personnel from around the world.
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According to unofficial estimates, TSMC will not be able to ship more than 550,000 NVIDIA H100 accelerators by the end of this year, giving priority to processing orders from US companies. Other customers won’t get much in this situation, so they’re actively competing for the right to get the accelerators they want. Developers in Saudi Arabia want to build their supercomputers not only on the basis of the H100, but also on the A100 accelerators that are already available to them. In addition, they will use hybrid accelerators from NVIDIA’s recently announced Grace Hopper family. In specialized projects in Saudi Arabia, Chinese professionals are hoping to use their talents who have been unable to find jobs there due to US-imposed sanctions.