A team at the Microsoft Azure cloud service is passionate about high-performance computing with background coming from places like supercomputer centers. The company has been building a supercomputer in the cloud that allows one to consume HPC without having to build out a site. Unlike some other cloud vendors, Microsoft is building specific infrastructure with AMD EPYC 7002 series CPUs with SMT turned off and Mellanox interconnects in their Azure HBv2 instances.
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