Shikanokotan

Noko Shikanoko  ·  Arts Yang

Principal Hardware & Systems Architect · NVIDIA

I architect large-scale AI infrastructure. I created the original NVIDIA Cloud Partner (NCP) Reference Designs and authored the NVIDIA DGX SuperPOD Reference Architectures covering H200, B200, B300, GB200, GB300, VR NVL8, and VR NVL72.

Previously Principal Product Architect and Senior Systems Solution Architect at NVIDIA, and the responsible architect for NVIDIA Cambridge-1 — the UK’s most powerful AI supercomputer at its launch.

Before NVIDIA, I was a research staff and doctoral candidate at Technische Universität München (TUM) in association with the Leibniz Supercomputer Centre (LRZ), funded by the Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung (BMBF). I earned my doctorate in Computer Science from TUM in 2020. Prior to my PhD I worked as a systems and software engineer at Airbus Defence and Space and IT Operations at UnternehmerTUM gGmbH.

Published Reference Architectures

System Document
DGX SuperPOD H100 Reference Architecture
DGX SuperPOD B200 Reference Architecture
DGX SuperPOD GB200 Reference Architecture
DGX SuperPOD GB300 Reference Architecture

Stack

C++ Python Bash Linux NVIDIA

I don’t write much code anymore — I build the directions that shape modern AI infrastructure.

Contact

Email   [email protected]
Web   arts.moe