PC is also crazy! Dell: Teaming up with Nvidia to develop generative AI

Author: Wang Mei

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It’s not just software companies that are fully engaged in the generative AI race.

On Monday, PC maker Dell (Dell)** announced a partnership with Nvidia to launch a new generative AI solution to help customers quickly and safely build generative AI (GenAI) models locally. **

The new Dell Generative AI solution expands on the company's Project Helix, first announced in May, which involved deep integration with Nvidia across IT infrastructure, PCs and professional services, using a large-scale language model (LLM) Full-stack GenAI, which can meet the requirements of organizations no matter what stage of GenAI development they are in.

Dell is going all in on generative AI, with the new solution giving customers access to large language models and creating generative AI projects. Dell will provide new hardware setups, managed service platforms and computers to more quickly run generative AI projects created by customers.

Dell is best known for releasing laptops and monitors, but the company also makes server racks and other enterprise hardware. **While the AI race is more of a contest between LLM developers like Meta, OpenAI, and Google, another wave of tech companies is also figuring out how to monetize the technology. **

Today, every company, from hardware providers to cloud providers, believes they need to offer AI services to keep pace with customers wanting to add more AI capabilities to their businesses.

Un Chhabra, senior vice president of Dell's Infrastructure Solutions Group (ISG), said in a news conference that **Dell recently conducted a survey of global decision makers, and 91% of respondents said they already live with Using generative AI in some way, 71% of respondents said they were using it for work purposes. **

Chhabra said:

"In our conversations with clients, it's clear that organizations of all sizes, verticals and geographies face a unique sense of urgency when it comes to adopting and applying generative AI to empower the enterprise."

**Dell is following the example of companies like Amazon, offering managed services platforms and faster infrastructure hardware for companies looking to experiment with AI. **Even consulting firms like Accenture are eyeing generative AI services for clients.

On the infrastructure front, Dell has partnered with Nvidia to combine Nvidia's Tensor Core GPUs with Dell's enterprise AI software and data storage so companies can run AI models faster. Dell is releasing new computers with built-in AI capabilities, which it says will be small, energy-efficient computers.

Dell also announced Dell Professional Services, a managed services platform that will help users get started experimenting with generative AI models and solving problems once integrated into the business.

Chhabra said:

"With the inference-focused generative AI-verified design that Dell is partnering with Nvidia, customers can start with a pre-built foundation instead of investing time and money trying to do it themselves, testing different infrastructures and understanding which configurations they need to use, It really shortens their time to market.”