CS-3 System
Provider 
Founded 2016
Sells To —
Pricing Model —
Ownership —

Wafer-scale AI supercomputer in mini-fridge form with cluster-scale power.
The CS-3 system deploys your own AI & HPC supercomputer with highest levels of performance, privacy, and control. At its heart is the innovative engine block wafer packaging with direct power delivery and uniform closed internal water cooling (all supplies redundant and hot-swappable).
900,000 AI-optimized cores, 214 Petabits/s interconnect bandwidth, 44GB on-chip SRAM (250× more), 21PB/s memory bandwidth (2,625× more), 1.2Tb/s system I/O. Purpose-built for large-scale AI workloads with better performance, lower power, smaller footprint, and fraction of the cost of GPU-based systems.
| Attribute | CS-3 System | DGX, HGX | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Provider | |||
| Founded | 2016 | 1993 | |
| Sells To | — | Consumers, Enterprise | |
| Pricing Model | — | Licensing, Product Sales, Subscription | |
| Ownership | — | Public |
Provider 
Founded 2016
Sells To —
Pricing Model —
Ownership —
Provider 
Founded 1993
Sells To Consumers, Enterprise
Pricing Model Licensing, Product Sales, Subscription
Ownership Public


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