Introducing Graphcloud: Graphcore's MK2 IPU-POD AI cloud service with Cirrascale

Today, Graphcore is proud to take the next step in our commitment to helping customers accelerate their innovation and harness the power of AI at scale. Together with Cirrascale Cloud Services, we have built something totally new for AI in the cloud, with the first publicly available Mk2 IPU-POD scale-out cluster, offering a simple way to add compute capacity on-demand, without the need to own and operate a datacentre. We recognise that the tremendous opportunity offered by AI brings with it a unique set of computing challenges; model size is growing rapidly, and the bar for accuracy is constantly being raised. If customers are to take full advantage of the latest innovations, they need a tightly integrated hardware and software system built specifically for artificial intelligence. Graphcloud is a secure and reliable IPU-POD family cloud service that allows customers to access the power of Graphcore's Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU), as they scale from experimentation, proof of concept and pilot projects to larger production systems.