Amazon Web Services offers Trainium
Trainium is AWS's purpose-built AI accelerator chip family for training and inference of large generative models.
Trainium is AWS's purpose-built AI accelerator chip family for training and inference of large generative models.
AWS Trainium is a custom AI accelerator designed for high-performance training and inference of large language and generative models. The Trainium2 generation scales into EC2 Trn2 instances and the Trn2 UltraServer, which connects up to 64 Trainium2 chips to deliver 83.2 FP8 petaflops of compute. Chips are paired with high-bandwidth memory, including HBM3e configurations, to feed data-intensive transformer workloads.
The Trainium family is positioned as a cost-optimized cloud alternative to general-purpose GPU clusters for model training and inference. AWS also previews subsequent generations, with Trainium3 announced as a next-step accelerator using advanced process technology to push performance and efficiency for future generative AI workloads.
| Attribute | Trainium | Blackwell, DGX, Hopper | IBM Power Systems | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provider |  |  NVIDIAnvidia.com$24.1B raised · Public |  IBMibm.comPublic | |
| Founded | 2006 | 1993 | 1911 | |
| Sells To | Small Business | Consumers, Enterprise | Enterprise, Small Business | |
| Pricing Model | Recurring | Licensing, Product Sales, Subscription | Recurring, Software | |
| Ownership | Public | Public | Public |
Provider
Founded 2006
Sells To Small Business
Pricing Model Recurring
Ownership Public
Provider NVIDIAnvidia.com$24.1B raised · Public
Founded 1993
Sells To Consumers, Enterprise
Pricing Model Licensing, Product Sales, Subscription
Ownership Public
Founded 1911
Sells To Enterprise, Small Business
Pricing Model Recurring, Software
Ownership Public
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