Microsoft announces ND A100 v4 VM series--a new series of AI virtual machines

Microsoft has announced the development of its new ND A100 v4 VM--an AI virtual machine series designed to give its customers a massive AI processing boost. Microsoft made the announcement on its Azure blog, saying that the new series will be available soon. Projects based on artificial intelligence tend to require a lot of computer power--more than most organizations have on hand. This situation has led big companies like Microsoft to develop AI systems that can be accessed via the internet. Training such systems typically requires more resources than its customers have access to, which has led to the development of partially trained systems--the bulk of the training is done by a team at Microsoft, leaving customers to add a minor amount of training for their unique application.