Meta’s open AI hardware vision
Oct 15, 2024Dan Rabinovitsj, Omar Baldonado

Summary
This post introduces Meta's open AI hardware vision, detailing new initiatives like the Catalina high-powered rack for AI workloads, the expansion of the Grand Teton platform to support AMD accelerators, and the Disaggregated Scheduled Fabric (DSF) for next-generation AI clusters. It highlights the importance of open hardware for scaling AI infrastructure, discussing advancements in power capabilities (140kW for ORv3), liquid cooling, modular design, and the use of open standards like OCP-SAI and FBOSS for networking. The post also emphasizes the collaboration with Microsoft on disaggregated power racks like Mount Diablo.
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