David Patterson — Faster Training and Inference: Using MLPerf to test new AI hardware
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David Patterson — Faster Training and Inference: Using MLPerf to test new AI hardware

Billions of dollars invested to create novel AI hardware will bear their early fruit in 2020. Google unleashed a financial avalanche with its tensor processing unit in 2017.

January 1, 20201 min read
David Patterson — Faster Training and Inference: Using MLPerf to test new AI hardware
Processors

David Patterson — Faster Training and Inference: Using MLPerf to test new AI hardware

Billions of dollars invested to create novel AI hardware will bear their early fruit in 2020. Google unleashed a financial avalanche with its tensor processing unit in 2017.

January 1, 20201 min read
Not Your Father’s GPU: Nvidia released two chips designed for AI.
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Not Your Father’s GPU: Nvidia released two chips designed for AI.

Intel, which dominates the market for general-purpose processors, is shipping its long-awaited AI chips. The chip giant announced that two so-called neural network processors are available to data-center customers.

November 27, 20192 min read
Not Your Father’s GPU: Nvidia released two chips designed for AI.
Processors

Not Your Father’s GPU: Nvidia released two chips designed for AI.

Intel, which dominates the market for general-purpose processors, is shipping its long-awaited AI chips. The chip giant announced that two so-called neural network processors are available to data-center customers.

November 27, 20192 min read
Quantum Leap
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Quantum Leap

A leaked paper from Google’s quantum computing lab claims “supremacy” over conventional computers. The U.S. space agency NASA, whose scientists are collaborating with Google on a quantum computer, accidentally published a paper describing the breakthrough.

October 2, 20192 min read
Quantum Leap
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Quantum Leap

A leaked paper from Google’s quantum computing lab claims “supremacy” over conventional computers. The U.S. space agency NASA, whose scientists are collaborating with Google on a quantum computer, accidentally published a paper describing the breakthrough.

October 2, 20192 min read
Size Matters
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Size Matters

Silicon Valley startup Cerebras shifted out of stealth mode to unveil its flagship product: an enormous chip designed from the ground up to accelerate neural networks.

August 28, 20192 min read
Size Matters
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Size Matters

Silicon Valley startup Cerebras shifted out of stealth mode to unveil its flagship product: an enormous chip designed from the ground up to accelerate neural networks.

August 28, 20192 min read

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