Local AI can revolutionize the way you work. Whether you’re streamlining processes for your job or just want help brainstorming your creative endeavors during your off time, there’s no denying the advantages having access to low-latency, secure AI can bring to your day-to-day.
Still, training your own AI can be a daunting task. If you don’t have the proper equipment, where do you even start? GIGABYTE’s AI TOP solution is your first step to reinventing your workflow with household electricity. Combining software and hardware solutions and featuring support for top-ranking open-source AI models, AI TOP is the groundbreaking local AI training desktop solution for users ranging from individuals, small-sized businesses to medium-sized businesses and educational research centers. AI is the future; here’s how to make sure you aren’t left behind.
No programming skills necessary
You might be hesitant to even consider training your own local AI because you aren’t a programmer. Don’t let that stop you. The AI TOP Utility features a user-friendly interface that is simple for a newbie to pick up. The support of Retrieval-Augmented Generation feature helps you select the most suitable models, whether you’re building a large language model (LLM) or utilizing large multimodal models (LMM). You can easily create and manage custom datasets and use various fine-tuning strategies (Standard, Fast Speed or High Precision, for instance) depending on your needs and skill level. The real-time visualized dashboard lets you monitor your system’s stats (CPU, GPU, VRAM, DRAM and SSD) with ease, and the in-app model validation provides instant performance feedback for quick iteration. With the training scheduler, you are able to schedule the training for better efficiency and cost-effectiveness during off-peak time.
LMMs will become more accessible and efficient for generating texts, images and videos in the upcoming years, GIGABYTE AI TOP upgrades its support on the latest 405B-parameter LLMs and LMMs for multimedia content creation. Applied to the memory offloading technology, VRAM size is even less of a concern because this utility allows you to offload that data to your system memory. With support for both Linux and Windows Subsystem for Linux, this software lets you get in and get to the act of creation faster than ever.
Designed from the inside out
The software is only the beginning. You need high-end performance from your entire rig in order to make the kind of strides you may be envisioning. Having a specialized motherboard, SSD, PSU and chassis can help you find the full breadth of your local AI training capabilities. Here’s some of the gear you may want to consider:
Enhanced Performance: GIGABYTE has a lot of different options that are optimized for dual-GPU configuration. Z890 AORUS XTREME AI TOP, Z890 AORUS MASTER AI TOP, Z890 AI TOP and X870E AORUS XTREME AI TOP are all built for AI TOP and are equipped with Thunderbolt 5 technology. The great thing about these? They also provide exceptional gaming performance. You don’t have to spend all your time training AI, you know.
Extend AI capabilities: You need a drive that is ultra-fast and stable for intensive write and read during AI training. AI TOP SSDs give you both of those things, delivering up to 109,500 TBW (Terabytes Written). That’s almost 20 times higher than a server-grade SSD and nearly 156 times higher than a consumer SSD.
Built for efficiency: One of the appeals of local AI is that you’re using less energy than you would in a cloud-based setup. The AI TOP PSU supports up to four PCIe Gen 5 GPUs, so you can ensure you’re ready for intensive AI training. At the same time, you can keep an eye on real-time power consumption with the handy LCD Power Meter.
The total package
Don’t pick these up piecemeal. Grab a full set, including a motherboard, a power supply unit and a chassis. The AI TOP 100 is perfect for small businesses, startups or personal AI projects. The AI TOP 500, on the other hand, offers powerful hardware designed for sectors like finance, engineering and medical research. Even better, get both. Through the newly-introduced clustering feature, you can connect multiple AI TOP setup kits through Ethernet and Thunderbolt ports to increase speeds and expandable power for AI tasks.
Whether you’re AI curious or looking for a way to take your current training to the next level, these kits offer the kind of power you need for all that computation. AI TOP gives you a brand new path to developing your own local AI.