Meta has unveiled the Research SuperCluster supercomputer to develop next-generation AI that will “prepare the ground” for the creation of the metaverse.
Technology company Meta has unveiled its own Research SuperCluster (RSC) supercomputer, which will help in the development of “advanced” artificial intelligence. The computer is already running and the company says it will be the fastest computer in the world.
It is planned to put the RSC into operation by mid-2022. According to Meta, the development of next-generation AI will require enormous power and computers capable of performing quintillions of operations per second. The company notes:
“In the long term, RSC will pave the way for the next wave of computing—a metaverse where AI-driven applications and products will play an important role.”
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg hopes that RSC will help the company create new AI systems that will become an integral part of everyday life. He cited the example of real-time voice translation, which will help people who speak different languages work together on a project or play a game in augmented reality.
Decentralized finance analyst Camilla Russo compared the Research SuperCluster to the Ethereum network, which some consider to be a global supercomputer.
“Meta is building a supercomputer to monetize user data in its metaverse. Ethereum is developing a global supercomputer so that users can control their own data. Feel the difference,” Russo said.
In mid-January, it became known that Meta was poaching developers from Microsoft and Apple. More than 100 people left Microsoft for Meta to create metaverses.
