Enterprises will be able to allocate and utilise its GPU resources among HP AI devices, reducing reliance on costly cloud access, the company said.
The PC devices brand has doubled down its play as a GenAI software and services provider with the HP AI Studio which offers tools, data and compute for data scientists to accelerate LLM development while also detecting biases.
Besides, HP is also bringing AI to printers, it said at its flagship HP Imagine event at Palo Alto on Tuesday. Here’s a lowdown of key announcements made at the event:
Sharing GPUs
A graphics processing unit (GPU) is, simply, a computer chip that creates graphics and images by performing mathematical calculations at superfast speeds. That is why GPUs are suited for high compute requirements of training AI models.
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However, GPU access is scarce and costly.
According to an HP survey of 800 data scientists, nearly 50% of AI projects are bottlenecked by compute. It takes time to set up cloud environments and costs are unpredictable. AI researchers also said that they don’t have the hardware they need, the survey showed.
“We are announcing the world’s first workstation solution for on-demand GPU sharing, which turns the corporate workstations into a shareable resource and puts idle GPUs to work in ways no one else can,” said Alex Cho, President, Personal Systems Business at HP Inc.
With the ‘Z by HP Boost’ program, the company is aiming to solve for scarcity by maximizing GPU utilization where enterprises can build AI models on-device without the need to export client data to the cloud.
Data scientists among the organisation will have instant GPU access needed to perform complex computations and manage large datasets.
The waitlist for the program is open and HP shall announce the pricing soon.
Security and Remote IT Support
GenAI technologies have widened the threat landscape. HP’s Wolf Security solution has found that cyberattackers are using GenAI to write malware code. They are also using SVG vector images to smuggle malware.
As employees prefer flexible and hybrid work environments, they expect remote IT support for instances like when a PC crashed and won’t reboot. Therefore, HP has introduced a remediation service that allows support agents to remotely gain keyboard, video and mouse control even while the PC won’t reboot.
The diagnoses are expected to fix complex issues like boot failures, blue screen of death and BIOS issues, without assistance from the end user.
HP also announced new global command centers to help enterprise customers monitor and manage both HP and non-HP devices across the world for detecting and remediating incidents.
AI in Printing
In an industry-first, HP also unveiled intelligent AI printing, for both home and enterprise use.
AI will help consumers to automatically cut white spaces, adjust image size, remove ads from webpages, adjust spreadsheets to save time, paper and ink.
HP also demonstrated the chatbot, ‘HP AI Companion’, which could give personalised design recommendations for learners, teachers and designers while printing.
In the commercial segment, HP announced HP Scan AI, which can automatically scan and extract key information from documents – both handwritten and computerised. This solution reduced manual steps and data entry for SMB and enterprise customers.
“For instance, a major retail group with 300 locations in Italy saw an 80% reduction in labor costs after implementing HP Scan AI Enhanced in its delivery and inventory workflow,” the company demonstrated.
(The reporter is in Palo Alto to cover the HP Imagine Event at the invitation of HP.)
