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An interactive guide to AI infrastructure

How Compute Works.

Five scales. One connected system.

Illustrative exploded GPU package showing a floating metal lid, a compute die, stacked memory, and its supporting boardHBM memory Compute dies Package substrate

01 / GPU package

Where
computation begins.

A GPU package brings compute dies and stacked high-bandwidth memory together. The package’s interconnects let them exchange data through short, wide connections. Start with the parts that store and process information, then zoom out to see how trays, racks, and networks combine those parts into a larger system.

Explore the GPU

Illustrative rendering. Geometry and memory layers are simplified.

Follow the connections

Computation is only
part of the story.

At every scale, data has to move. Follow that movement from a GPU package to a compute tray, through a rack and cluster, and finally between data centers.

Each chapter pairs an interactive model with one useful idea. Take the guided route or start at the scale that interests you.

Read the field notes