New NVIDIA Ampere capacity, network upgrades, and more! 🐎

We've added a large number of high-end NVIDIA Ampere machines to pools across all three datacenter regions. We've also released a number of improvements related to network connectivity and uplink speed. Additionally, we're rolling out new peering capabilities for select customers -- more on that below. 

Let's dive in!

A100s in eight configurations improvement 

According to NVIDIA, the A100 has succeeded the V100 as the world's best GPU for deep learning. To answer the surge in demand from Paperspace deep learning users, we've been busy racking and stacking A100 machines as fast as we can – starting with the NY2 region.

We're pleased to offer A100 machines with maximum flexibility when it comes to configuration and price point. You should now notice A100s in both 40 GB of graphics memory and 80 GB of graphics memory flavors with 1-way configurations as well as 2-way, 4-way, and 8-way multi-GPU configurations available.

Here's the full table of A100 machines now available:

GPU

Graphics Memory

CPUs

System Memory

Price

A100 x 1

40 GB

12

90 GB

$3.09 / hr

A100 x 2 

40 GB

24

180 GB

$6.18 / hr

A100 x 4

40 GB

48

360 GB

$12.36 / hr

A100 x 8

40 GB 

96

720 GB

$24.72 / hr

A100 x 1

80 GB

12

90 GB

$3.18 / hr

A100 x 2

80 GB

24

180 GB

$6.36 / hr

A100 x 4

80 GB

48

360 GB

$12.72 / hr

A100 x 8

80 GB

96

720 GB

$25.44 / hr

We’re working to bring A100s to other regions soon.

Ampere is also for CA1 and AMS1! improvement  

We've also loaded-up the CA1 and AMS1 datacenter regions with plenty of Ampere machines. We now offer A4000 machines in 1-way, 2-way, and 4-way configurations in the CA1 and AMS1 regions and have added A6000 machines in a variety of configurations to AMS1.

Watch this space for more Ampere availability across all datacenter regions!

Peering and network upgrades IMPROVEMENT 

We're pleased to be rolling out peering arrangements with customers whose data transfer requirements to/from Paperspace machines are exceptional. If you'd like to talk more about your use case, please reach out to schedule a conversation.

On a related note, we've now enabled a second 10 Gbps uplink in NY2! We are multiplying efforts to increase speeds in every region to help customers access improved bandwidth and traffic paths no matter where their machines are located.

Finally, we've also improved private network performance among machines on a single private network and among multiple connected private networks hosted in the Paperspace cloud. As part of these improvements, we’ve enabled machine swapping across private networks.

As always drop us a line if you have any questions!