A new coalition of tech giants threatens NVIDIA’s AI dominance.
The consortium intends to launch software for AI development.
Google, Qualcomm, and Intel aim to end NVIDIA’s supremacy.
Major tech companies in the United States are banding together to destroy Nvidia’s AI dominance, particularly in the software that has allowed it to maintain its monopoly over the last two decades.
Alternative Solution to NVIDIA’s AI Software Domination
According to Reuters, tech titans such as Google, Intel, and Qualcomm are working to develop alternative software that would eventually dethrone NVIDIA AI. The three are creating a coalition under the auspices of the UXL Foundation.
This startup intends to build on Intel’s first software, OneAPI. The goal is to develop new software to power various AI accelerator devices. According to Reuters, the latest endeavour will be open source to ensure that it can function on any chip machine, regardless of the differences in chips and hardware from the participating tech titans.
“It’s about specifically – in the context of machine learning frameworks – how do we create an open ecosystem and promote productivity and choice in hardware,” Bill Hugo, Google’s director and chief technologist of high-performance computing, told Reuters in an interview.
When NVIDIA first appeared in 1993, it was an underdog against chip heavyweights like Intel. Today, NVIDIA is regarded among the world’s largest firms, particularly after its market valuation surpassed $2 trillion earlier this year.
One of its secret weapons is the NVIDIA CUDA Software Platform, which enables the development of AI and other applications. OpenAI, Microsoft, and other groups developing AI solutions rely on this program. In the long run, the alliance being built intends to destabilize this hegemony.
NVIDIA is not sitting on the sidelines.
Since OpenAI launched ChatGPT, there has been a renewed attempt to compete in AI. Aside from ChatGPT, Google released Bard, which was eventually renamed Gemini, and several other creative applications.
Given the trend, NVIDIA upped its AI game by offering Chat With RTX, as previously reported by Coinweber. Compared to previous versions, Chat With RTX is a specialized program that can be used offline.
Almost every major technology company is preparing to deploy new AI applications. From OpenAI’s latest video production engine, Sora, to Devine’s first software developer, the AI scene is thriving, and innovators seek to limit NVIDIA’s lead in the sector.
