How Google Cloud Networking Supports Your Fluid Compute Choices for AI Workloads
The availability of resources for AI workloads can be challenging across the industry, especially accelerators. This can slow your AI workload deployment if it’s built around a spe
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In short: How Google Cloud Networking Supports Your Fluid Compute Choices for AI Workloads
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The availability of resources for AI workloads can be challenging across the industry, especially accelerators. This can slow your AI workload deployment if it’s built around a specific type of accelerator. The concept of fluid compute allows you to design your AI deployment with several options based on available resources that can fit your use case.
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