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Elon Musk is Breaking the GPU Coherence Barrier

In a significant development for artificial intelligence, Elon Musk and xAI has reportedly achieved what experts deemed impossible: creating a supercomputer cluster that maintains coherence across more than 100,000 GPUs. This breakthrough, confirmed by NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang as "superhuman," could revolutionize AI development and capabilities. The Challenge of Coherence Industry experts previously believed it was impossible to maintain coherence—the ability for GPUs to effectively communicate with each other—beyond 25,000-30,000 GPUs. This limitation was seen as a major bottleneck in scaling AI systems. However, Musk's team at xAI has shattered this barrier using an unexpected solution: ethernet technology. The Technical Innovation xAI's supercomputer, dubbed "Colossus," employs a unique networking approach where each graphics card has a dedicated 400GB network interface controller, enabling communication speeds of 3.6 terabits per second per server. Surprisingly, the system uses standard ethernet rather than the exotic connections typically found in supercomputers, possibly drawing from Tesla's experience with ethernet implementations in vehicles like the Cybertruck. Real-World Impact Early evidence of the breakthrough's potential can be seen in Tesla's Full Self-Driving Version 13, which reportedly shows significant improvements over previous versions. The true test will come with the release of Grok 3, xAI's next-generation AI model, expected in January or February. Future Implications The team plans to scale the system to 200,000 GPUs and eventually to one million, potentially enabling unprecedented AI capabilities. This scaling could lead to: More intelligent AI systems with higher "IQ" levels Better real-time understanding of current events through X (formerly Twitter) data integration Improved problem-solving capabilities in complex fields like physics The Investment Race and the "Elon Musk Effect" This breakthrough has triggered what experts call a "prisoner's dilemma" in the AI industry. Major tech companies now face pressure to invest in similar large-scale computing infrastructure, with potential investments reaching hundreds of billions of dollars. The stakes are enormous—whoever achieves artificial super intelligence first could create hundreds of trillions of dollars in value. This development marks another instance of "Elon Musk Effect" in which Musk's companies continue to defy industry expectations, though it's important to note that while Musk is credited with the initial concept, the implementation required the effort of hundreds of engineers. The success of this approach could reshape the future of AI development and computing architecture. Read the full article