Dell Technologies and NVIDIA announce a joint initiative to make it easier for businesses to build and use generative AI models on-premises, to quickly and securely deliver better customer service, market intelligence, enterprise search, and a range of other capabilities.
Project Helix
Project Helix will deliver a series of full-stack solutions with technical expertise and pre-built tools based on Dell and NVIDIA infrastructure and software.
It includes a complete blueprint to help enterprises use their proprietary data and more easily deploy generative AI responsibly and accurately.
Generative AI solutions
“Project Helix gives enterprises purpose-built AI models to more quickly and securely gain value from the immense amounts of data underused today,” said Jeff Clarke, Vice Chairman, and Co-Chief Operating Officer, Dell Technologies, adding “With highly scalable and efficient infrastructure, enterprises can create a new wave of generative AI solutions that can reinvent their industries.”
Scalable, highly efficient infrastructure
We are at a historic moment when incredible advances in generative AI are intersecting with enterprise demand"
“We are at a historic moment when incredible advances in generative AI are intersecting with enterprise demand to do more with less,” said Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO, of NVIDIA.
Jensen Huang adds, “With Dell Technologies, we’ve designed extremely scalable, highly efficient infrastructure that enables enterprises to transform their business by securely using their data to build and operate generative AI applications.”
Data privacy
Project Helix simplifies enterprise generative AI deployments with a tested combination of optimised hardware and software, all available from Dell. This delivers the power to convert enterprise data into smarter, higher-value outcomes while maintaining data privacy.
These solutions will help companies quickly deploy customised AI applications that drive trusted decisions from their data to grow and scale their businesses.
Blueprint for on-premises generative AI
Project Helix will support the complete generative AI lifecycle from infrastructure provisioning, modeling, training, fine-tuning, application development, and deployment, to deploying inference and streamlining results.
The validated designs help enterprises quickly build on-premises generative AI infrastructure at scale.
Dell PowerEdge servers
Customers can pair this infrastructure with resilient and scalable unstructured data storage
Dell PowerEdge servers, such as the PowerEdge XE9680 and PowerEdge R760xa, are optimised to deliver performance for generative AI training and AI inferencing. The combination of Dell servers with NVIDIA® H100 Tensor Core GPUs and NVIDIA Networking form the infrastructure backbone for these workloads.
Customers can pair this infrastructure with resilient and scalable unstructured data storage, including Dell PowerScale and Dell ECS Enterprise Object Storage.
NVIDIA AI Enterprise software
With all Dell Validated Designs, customers can use the enterprise features of Dell server and storage software, with observability through Dell CloudIQ software. Project Helix also includes NVIDIA AI Enterprise software to provide tools for customers as they move through the AI lifecycle.
NVIDIA AI Enterprise includes more than 100 frameworks, pre-trained models, and development tools such as the NVIDIA NeMo™ large language model framework and NeMo Guardrails software for building topical, safe, and secure generative AI chatbots.
Reduced risk
Project Helix includes security and privacy built into foundational components, such as Secured Component Verification.
Protecting data on-premises reduces inherent risk and helps companies meet regulatory requirements.
Powerful and customised tools
“Companies are eager to explore the opportunities that generative AI tools enable for their organisations, but many aren’t sure how to get started,” said Bob O’Donnell, President and Chief analyst, TECHnalysis Research, adding “By putting together a complete hardware and software solution from trusted brands, Dell Technologies, and NVIDIA are offering enterprises a head start to building and refining AI-powered models that can leverage their own company’s unique assets and create powerful, customised tools.”
Availability
Dell Validated Designs based on the Project Helix initiative will be available through traditional channels and APEX flexible consumption options, beginning in July 2023.
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