Intel and IBM Accelerate and Secure Scalable, Cost-Efficient AI Workloads

To help enterprises scale AI initiatives with cost efficiency, security, and resiliency at the forefront, IBM and Intel are announcing a collaborative effort to deploy Intel’s Gaudi 3 AI accelerators as a service on IBM Cloud. By leveraging key IBM capabilities in conjunction with Intel’s Gaudi 3, the two companies aim to better equip organizations for the ongoing, ever-evolving era of AI.

Companies in every industry are looking toward AI to drive transformations that positively impact the business, whether in operational efficiency, decision making, or productivity. Yet, these lofty AI initiatives require one critical resource: compute power. Without it, enterprises are fundamentally incapable of implementing the AI projects they desire, lacking the support to drive necessary availability, performance, cost efficiency, energy efficiency, and security requirements.

Intel and IBM’s joint offering targets these growing concerns, aiming to lower total cost of ownership (TCO) for adopting and scaling AI while increasing its overall performance, according to the companies.

Gaudi 3, integrated with 5th Gen Xeon, will serve to support AI workloads in IBM Cloud—whether in hybrid or on-prem environments—accompanied by extended visibility and control over the software stack. This collaboration will not only simplify workload and application management but also support cost-effective scalability paired with performance, security, and resiliency enhancements, according to the companies.

“Unlocking the full potential of AI requires an open and collaborative ecosystem that provides customers with choice and accessible solutions,” said Justin Hotard, executive vice president and general manager, Intel Data Center and AI. “By integrating Gaudi 3 AI Accelerators and Xeon CPUs with IBM Cloud, we are creating new AI capabilities and meeting the demand for affordable, secure, and innovative AI computing solutions.”

Intel and IBM’s offering delivers the scalable performance of Gaudi 3 while leveraging IBM Cloud’s security and compliance capabilities. Customers will be able to adjust computing resources as needed to save on costs and increase operational efficiency. Additionally, integrating Gaudi 3 into IBM Cloud Virtual Servers for VPC will enable x86-based organizations to run applications faster and more securely.

“IBM is committed to helping our clients drive AI and hybrid cloud innovation by offering solutions to meet their business needs. Our dedication to security and resiliency with IBM Cloud has helped fuel IBM’s hybrid cloud and AI strategy for our enterprise clients,” said Alan Peacock, GM of IBM Cloud. “Leveraging Intel's Gaudi 3 accelerators on IBM Cloud will provide our clients access to a flexible enterprise AI solution that aims to optimize cost performance. We are unlocking potential new AI business opportunities designed for clients to more cost effectively test, innovate, and deploy AI inferencing solutions.”

IBM plans to enable support for Gaudi 3 within IBM’s watsonx AI and data platform, offering additional AI infrastructure resources to empower scalability within hybrid cloud environments.

Intel and IBM’s collaborative offering is expected to be available in early 2025.

To learn more, please visit https://www.intel.com/content/www/us/en/homepage.html or https://www.ibm.com/us-en.