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An Nvidia supercomputer has been improving DLSS non-stop for the past six years

While discussing the tech at at the consumer electronics show, Nvidia's VP of applied deep learning research, Bryan Catanzaro, said improving DLSS has been a continuous, six-year...

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It's been more than six years since Nvidia introduced the world to its image enhancement and upscaling tech – deep learning super sampling, or DLSS for short. The latest implementation, DLSS 4, was announced earlier this month at CES and promises to be exponentially better than what we first saw with GeForce 20 Series, but have you ever stopped to ponder exactly how we got to this point? As it turns out, a massive supercomputer has been involved in the process since the very beginning.

While discussing the tech at at the consumer electronics show, Nvidia's VP of applied deep learning research, Bryan Catanzaro, said improving DLSS has been a continuous, six-year learning process. According to Catanzaro, a supercomputer at Nvidia loaded with thousands of the latest and greatest GPUs runs 24/7, 365 days a year – and its sole focus in on improving DLSS.

The training process largely involves analyzing failures, Catanzaro said. When a DLSS model fails, it looks like ghosting, flickering, or blurriness in a game. When such failures are detected, Nvidia tries to figure out what caused the model to make the wrong choice.

Analyzing errors helps Nvidia figure out how to improve their training data. The model is then retrained on the newer data, and gets tested across hundreds of games. Rinse, repeat. "So, that's the process," Catanzaro concluded.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Oh great, those death cult morons will be gluing their hands to that building now.

 

[nani17]

When the computer has had enough

 

[LordOcidax]

I always thought that bitcoin mining had a relation with AI training at the end…

 

[Spukc]

Watch pssr still be better

 

[Lunnarre]

At least they were nice enough to give it 9 days off.

 

[Darkkahn]

So what? Is it demanding a pay raise?

 

[DeepEnigma]

Watch pssr still be better

 

[llien]

Spoiler

6 years ago were Volta/Pascal times. Today's AI accel are an order of magnitude faster.

Spoiler

DLSS 1.0, the actual AI one, released in 2019, has failed miserably. Get on with it.

Spoiler

Are 5080 and below so meh that more bazinga marketing is needed?[/sopiler]

 

[LordOcidax]

Watch pssr still be better

Sony have 10 PS3s running since 2006, the Cell processor is better than any supercomputer, that’s a fact.

 

[Magic Carpet]

Watch pssr still be better

Just need 2 super computers running 24/7/365 for 3 years to catch up.

 

[poppabk]

Watch pssr still be better

It's already better than a 4090!

 

[bender]

 

[winjer]

When the computer has had enough

Mind you, they have upgrade this computer several times, over the years.
It's not running hardware from 6 years ago.

 

[BlackTron]

Better finish saving up for that supercomputer AMD, you have to turn it on pretty soon.

 

[Insane Metal]

Watch pssr still be better

Pisser is the thang!

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Sony have 10 PS3s running since 2006, the Cell processor is better than any supercomputer, that’s a fact.

Pfffft, child's play

 

[HeisenbergFX4]

 

[SweetTooth]

Wow..all that efforts to be barely any better than PSSR ..

I know I will get a lot of angry responses .. but thats the fact

 

[LordOcidax]

Pfffft, child's play

Nothing beats the CELL

Your turn

 

[Rush2112]

And they STILL cant make a card that can run Black Myth Wukong. Hire smarter engineers.

 

[LordOcidax]

And they STILL cant make a card that can run Black Myth Wukong. Hire smarter engineers.

That only tells how bad BMW devs are…

 

[Dr.Morris79]

Nothing beats the CELL

I guess all those PS3's I've been hoarding aren't so bad after all

 

[Magic Carpet]

Better finish saving up for that supercomputer AMD, you have to turn it on pretty soon.

They can turn on Day Generation and save time.

 

[SweetTooth]

Sony have 10 PS3s running since 2006, the Cell processor is better than any supercomputer, that’s a fact.

A look at Nintendo Switch2 factory line

 

[Zathalus]

Wow..all that efforts to be barely any better than PSSR ..

I know I will get a lot of angry responses .. but thats the fact

Stupid take about PSSR vs DLSS aside (no surprise coming from you). Do you think Sony magically shat out PSSR out with zero effort? It’s being iterated on and improved upon via the exact same method, Supercomputer training, likely running on Nvidia GPUs funnily enough.

 

[Senua]

Watch pssr still be better

 

[BlackTron]

A look at Nintendo Switch2 factory line

Make as many of these posts as you can before it comes out.

 

[MrTroubleMaker]

Six years constantly on and didn't upgrade that computer? WTF Nvidia, do as you say to your customers...

 

[SweetTooth]

Make as many of these posts as you can before it comes out.

Why angry? I thought you guys loved LABO

 

[Danny Dudekisser]

That's a lot of effort to make games look worse than they did 5+ years ago.

 

[DeepEnigma]

Nothing beats the CELL

Your turn

Did you know Saddam Hussein's Iraq allegedly used PS2 to make missiles?​

PlayStation 30th Anniversary: Did you know Saddam Hussein's Iraq allegedly used PS2 to make missiles?

PlayStation Turns 30: Sony celebrates 30 years of PlayStation, remembering its journey from the original 1994 PlayStation to the PS5. The PlayStation 2, launched in 2000, was reportedly used by Iraq for military purposes due to its powerful microprocessors. Despite challenges from competitors...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

 

[Thebonehead]

Oh great, those death cult morons will be gluing their hands to that building now.

They're already here.

 

[nowhat]

Nothing beats the CELL

Your turn

Eight PS3s? Bah!

Defense Department discusses new Sony PlayStation supercomputer

The Defense Department discussed its latest gee-wiz technology: 1,760 Sony PlayStation video gaming consoles, lined together to form a cutting-edge supercomputer.

www.cleveland.com

 

[LordOcidax]

Watch pssr still be better

Lol, some people are really triggered

Did you know Saddam Hussein's Iraq allegedly used PS2 to make missiles?​

PlayStation 30th Anniversary: Did you know Saddam Hussein's Iraq allegedly used PS2 to make missiles?

PlayStation Turns 30: Sony celebrates 30 years of PlayStation, remembering its journey from the original 1994 PlayStation to the PS5. The PlayStation 2, launched in 2000, was reportedly used by Iraq for military purposes due to its powerful microprocessors. Despite challenges from competitors...

economictimes.indiatimes.com

That’s nothing compared with the CELL

 

[SweetTooth]

Stupid take about PSSR vs DLSS aside (no surprise coming from you). Do you think Sony magically shat out PSSR out with zero effort? It’s being iterated on and improved upon via the exact same method, Supercomputer training, likely running on Nvidia GPUs funnily enough.

No..I know it was no easy effort (I watched Cerny seminar and DF interview) but I gotta admire Sonys efforts and what they achieved on a fraction of budget and resources of Nvidia.

 

[LordOcidax]

Watch pssr still be better

lol, Sweetoot is triggered

 

[LectureMaster]

Nvidia's slave computer working 24/7 for six years:

 

[Puscifer]

Oh great, those death cult morons will be gluing their hands to that building now.

If it's where I think it is the entire parking lot has shaded parking with solar panels ontop .-.

 

[Senua]

No..I know it was no easy effort (I watched Cerny seminar and DF interview) but I gotta admire Sonys efforts and what they achieved on a fraction of budget and resources of Nvidia.

We know

 

[SweetTooth]

Lol, some people are really triggered
That’s nothing compared with the CELL

See those headlines? You will never see similar headlines for any Nintendo device ever! You know why?

Because Nintendo shops whatever cheap and decade old technology then put it in their new toy .. and ship it with a new "innovative" Mario game where he rescues Peach for the millionth time

 

[DeepEnigma]

Nvidia's slave computer working 24/7 for six years:

Awe shit, that pooter has a 2-step tune!

 

[LordOcidax]

See those headlines? You will never see similar headlines for any Nintendo device ever! You know why?

Because Nintendo shops whatever cheap and decade old technology then put it in their new toy .. and ship it with a new "innovative" Mario game where he rescues Peach for the millionth time

I am crying in a corner right now

 

[SweetTooth]

Its ok, hope Nintendo can price Switch 2 low enough for your mom to be able to buy it for you

 

[BlackTron]

Why angry? I thought you guys loved LABO

Dude I typed a reply then deleted it because I thought we were in another thread.

This is an Nvidia thread. GTFO of here

 

[SweetTooth]

Dude I typed a reply then deleted it because I thought we were in another thread.

This is an Nvidia thread. GTFO of here

Wut? Is Nvidia threads your house?

Oh... Your safe space? Ah sorry then

 

[LordOcidax]

Its ok, hope Nintendo can price Switch 2 low enough for your mom to be able to buy it for you

 

[BlackTron]

Wut? Is Nvidia threads your house?

Oh... Your safe space? Ah sorry then

It's everyone else's safe space not to watch me get into an off-topic debate with a (literal) clown.

 

[PaintTinJr]

Stupid take about PSSR vs DLSS aside (no surprise coming from you). Do you think Sony magically shat out PSSR out with zero effort? It’s being iterated on and improved upon via the exact same method, Supercomputer training, likely running on Nvidia GPUs funnily enough.

I genuinely believe Nvidia have had a massive advantage on the training resources side, and only maybe now where PSN has so many connected PS5s does the combined ability for PlayStation to maybe use 1min on average a day of PS5s that get switched on and connected a cheap resource to bridge the gap a little on training capacity.

PSSR being in such a better state than DLSS1.0 at releases would suggest the algorithm is superior on PSSR IMO.

 

[JimboJones]

Sony have 10 PS3s running since 2006, the Cell processor is better than any supercomputer, that’s a fact.

They probably just rub its nose in it and tell it that it did a bad job.