The Ai boom is increasingly being regarded as another industrial revolution, and whether you’re a novice or an old hand, you need to get onboard (at least to some degree) or risk becoming the modern equivalent of a horse-drawn plough salesman.
However, beginners might not know where to start and experts will be aware that training Large Language Models (LLMs) in the wrong environment with the wrong hardware can lead to expensive cost blowouts, reliability issues, massive delays plus plenty of privacy, security and intellectual property concerns.
The good news is that Gigabyte has sought to significantly simplify all elements of the Ai workflow with its AI TOP technologies which combine software, hardware and automated Ai advice to facilitate the creation of Ai systems (consumer to business grade) at your own desk, efficiently and securely.
Models can be generated in just a few clicks using the AI TOP Utility interface that will be familiar to all gamers (it also allows experts to use console commands). It comes with the top 20 most popular Ai models (like Llama, GPT and BERT) included. There’s also a cloud-based AI TOP Tutor, called Airus. She can provide tech support, setup advice and even expert consultations.
All AI TOP Hardware components and pre-built systems will be familiar to PC gamers, but they’ve been augmented to work better with Ai workloads. Everything has been tested extensively to work in harmony, at peak performance, through long LLM processing workloads that can last many (potentially thousands of) hours.
Gigabyte’s extensive testing and Ultra Durable engineering processes means that all hardware also comes with an extended warranty.
The resulting PCs aren’t specialist workstations with expensive certifications, but they’ve nonetheless been extensively tested by Gigabyte to perform reliably for the required, extended periods. It’s also worth noting that they have no special power requirements and all components are also designed to work with a single PSU.
In addition to a variety of complete PC systems, that suit different industries and budgets, AI TOP hardware includes:
Motherboards
The Gigabyte TRX50 AI TOP is a foundational Ai motherboard with four, dual-slot PCIe 5.0 x16 slots and four SSD slots, that can run in RAID 0. It has two 10GbE LAN ports and room for 2TB of DDR5 RAM. The Gigabyte W790 AI TOP motherboard takes things up a notch by adding two Thunderbolt 4 ports and an additional two SSD slots.
Graphics Cards
Gigabyte’s AI TOP graphics cards come in two flavours. The first is Nvidia based – the GeForce RTX 4070 Ti Super AI TOP 16G – which is a dual-slot card, optimised for quad-card systems, with a full-copper heatsink, optimised airflow channels and turbo fans.
Gigabyte is also the only vendor to make graphics cards with AMD Radeon Pro series GPUs. The Gigabyte-constructed cards come in two flavours: the W7900 AI TOP 48G and the W7800 AI TOP 32G (which really do contain 48GB and 32GB of GDDR6 RAM, respectively). The huge amount of VRAM (potentially 192GB in a four-card PC) opens the door to even larger Ai models and significantly reduces the risk of LLM training failure.
SSDs
The AI TOP 100E is available in 1TB and 2TB flavours and allows 150x more Total Bytes Written than a regular SSD to maximise longevity when dealing with extended, write-rewrite, Ai-based workloads.
PSU
The Gigabyte UD1600PM PG5 AI TOP works with a single wall plug and can support systems using four graphics cards. It uses server-grade components and has been tested to handle ongoing, 24-hour Ai workloads. It has been designed to last twice as long as competitor products and has an 80 PLUS Platinum rating for power efficiency.
Whether you choose to build your own or buy a complete system, you’ll end up with an ultra-reliable PC that’s fully optimised to run Ai workloads for potentially thousands of hours at a time.
Finally, professionals working in the game industry can augment their workflows to become more efficient at their regular work while gaining the availability of a whole new toolset. The latter was recently on show at Computex when Gigabyte held an exhibition with world famous artists.
Titled, “Humanity X Art X Technology” the event, ‘explored the convergence of artificial intelligence with human creativity, artistic expression and technological advancements’ in Taipei. The collective used Gigabyte Ai PCs, powered by Nvidia GPUs, to create a variety of new-media artworks.
However, a particular highlight was made in collaboration with the Hello World Future Ltd collective which used the robust, high-performing Gigabyte Ai PCs to create a unique battle system by integrating the concept of classic fighting games with generative Ai in a nostalgic arcade atmosphere.
The exhibition showed gamers and a new generation of Ai-prompt engineers, just what could be created with the new hardware and software.
So, if you’ve been wondering how to break into Ai, or how to find hardware that won’t let your Ai workloads down, check out Gigabyte’s AI TOP Utility, Tutor and Hardware collection which has offerings to suit every budget and every industry. Find out more click here.
