German chipmaker Infineon to work with Nvidia on power delivery chips
By Stephen Nellis
SAN FRANCISCO: German chipmaker
Infineon
said on Tuesday it will work with
Nvidia
on developing chips for new
power delivery systems
inside
artificial intelligence data centers
.
Infineon said it will work with Nvidia to develop high-voltage, direct current power delivery systems. In current data centers, most high-voltage power is distributed as alternating current and then converted to the direct current needed by computer chips by individual power supply units inside of servers.
But that method of distributing power introduces losses in moving power around and converting it. With each server rack within
AI data centers
expected to take a megawatt of power by the end of the decade, Infineon and Nvidia said they are hoping to reduce those losses by creating a centralized direct-current distribution system.
"Through this innovative approach, Nvidia is able to optimize the energy consumption of our advanced
AI infrastructure
, which supports our commitment to sustainability while also delivering the performance and scalability required for the next generation of AI workloads," Gabriele Gorla, vice president of system engineering at Nvidia, said in a statement.
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