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Built to Scale: Andromeda Supercomputer from Cerebras Speeds up AI
Wafer Scale Engine (WSE)

Built to Scale: Andromeda Supercomputer from Cerebras Speeds up AI

A new computing cluster delivers more bang per chip. Cerebras unveiled Andromeda, a supercomputer based on its processors. Unlike conventional clusters, the system’s processing speed rises linearly with additional processors.

November 23, 20222 min read
Built to Scale: Andromeda Supercomputer from Cerebras Speeds up AI
Wafer Scale Engine (WSE)

Built to Scale: Andromeda Supercomputer from Cerebras Speeds up AI

A new computing cluster delivers more bang per chip. Cerebras unveiled Andromeda, a supercomputer based on its processors. Unlike conventional clusters, the system’s processing speed rises linearly with additional processors.

November 23, 20222 min read
Trillions of Parameters: Are AI models with trillions of parameters the new normal?
Wafer Scale Engine (WSE)

Trillions of Parameters: Are AI models with trillions of parameters the new normal?

The trend toward ever-larger models crossed the threshold from immense to ginormous. Google kicked off 2021 with Switch Transformer, the first published work to exceed a trillion parameters, weighing in at 1.6 trillion.

December 22, 20212 min read
Trillions of Parameters: Are AI models with trillions of parameters the new normal?
Wafer Scale Engine (WSE)

Trillions of Parameters: Are AI models with trillions of parameters the new normal?

The trend toward ever-larger models crossed the threshold from immense to ginormous. Google kicked off 2021 with Switch Transformer, the first published work to exceed a trillion parameters, weighing in at 1.6 trillion.

December 22, 20212 min read
New Horsepower for Neural Nets: UK startup Graphcore released its Colossus MK2 chip for AI.
Wafer Scale Engine (WSE)

New Horsepower for Neural Nets: UK startup Graphcore released its Colossus MK2 chip for AI.

A high-profile semiconductor startup made a bid for the future of AI computation. UK startup Graphcore released the Colossus Mk2, a processor intended to perform the matrix math calculations at the heart of deep learning more efficiently than other specialized processors.

August 5, 20201 min read
New Horsepower for Neural Nets: UK startup Graphcore released its Colossus MK2 chip for AI.
Wafer Scale Engine (WSE)

New Horsepower for Neural Nets: UK startup Graphcore released its Colossus MK2 chip for AI.

A high-profile semiconductor startup made a bid for the future of AI computation. UK startup Graphcore released the Colossus Mk2, a processor intended to perform the matrix math calculations at the heart of deep learning more efficiently than other specialized processors.

August 5, 20201 min read
Size Matters
Wafer Scale Engine (WSE)

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
Wafer Scale Engine (WSE)

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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