Tag: CPU
Voltron Aims to Unblock AI with GPU-Accelerated Data Processing
Data is at the heart of artificial intelligence, but it’s also emerging as one of its biggest bottlenecks. Without sufficient quantities of good, clean data to feed into models, companies simply can’t reap the reward Read more…
OpenXLA Delivers Flexibility for ML Apps
Machine learning developers gained new abilities to develop and run their ML programs on the framework and hardware of their choice thanks to the OpenXLA Project, which today announced the availability of key open source Read more…
Is Quantum Computing the Future of AI?
Quantum computing has grabbed the imagination of computer scientists as one possible future of the discipline after we’ve reached the limits of digital binary computers. Thanks to its capability to hold many different Read more…
SambaNova Brings Custom Silicon To Bear on High-End AI Workloads
With its own custom silicon for AI workloads and a $5 billion valuation, it seems likely you’ll be hearing more about the Silicon Valley startup SambaNova Systems and its complete AI stack in the years to come. Samb Read more…
IBM Introduces its First Power10-based Server, the Power E1080; Targets Hybrid Cloud
IBM today introduced the Power E1080 server, its first system powered by a Power10 IBM microprocessor. The new system reinforces IBM’s emphasis on hybrid cloud markets and the new chip beefs up its inference capabiliti Read more…
The Perfect Storm: How the Chip Shortage Will Impact AI Development
This chip shortage has brought to light our dependency on hardware to run high-tech economies and the everyday lives of consumers. Today, chips can be found in everything from gaming consoles like Xbox Series, PlayStatio Read more…
US Census Provides Big Data Grist for GPU Analytics Mill
As the United States Census Bureau begins to release data from its 2020 tally, companies are gearing up to analyze the new information and figure out how they can leverage it for competitive advantage. For large corporat Read more…
Intel Launches 10nm ‘Ice Lake’ Datacenter CPU with Up to 40 Cores
The wait is over. Today Intel officially launched its 10nm datacenter CPU, the third-generation Intel Scalable Processor, codenamed Ice Lake. With up 40 “Sunny Cove” cores per processor, built-in acceleration and new Read more…
Deep Learning Has Hit a Wall, Intel’s Rao Says
The rapid growth in the size of neural networks is outpacing the ability of hardware to keep up, said Naveen Rao, vice president and general manager of Intel's AI Products Group, at the company’s AI Summit yesterday. S Read more…
Why CTOs Should Reconsider FPGAs
Big data analytics adoption has soared in recent years. According to a 2018 market study, use of the technology has grown from 17 percent in 2015 to 59 percent in 2018, reaching a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 36 Read more…
Formulus Black’s DRAM Persistence Tech Now GA
Formulus Black yesterday announced the general availability of ForsaOS, a piece of software that allows any KVM-compatible application to run entirely in memory, without any modification. In-memory computing has enjoy Read more…
In Search of a Common Deep Learning Stack
Web serving had the LAMP stack, and big data had its SMACK stack. But when it comes to deep learning, the technology gods have yet to give us a standard suite of tools and technologies that are universally accepted. Desp Read more…
A Wave of Purpose-Built AI Hardware Is Building
Google last week unveiled the third version of its Tensor Processing Unit (TPU), which is designed to accelerate deep learning workloads developed in its TensorFlow environment. But that's just the start of a groundswell Read more…
Inside Intel’s nGraph, a Universal Deep Learning Compiler
The advent of deep learning has spawned new life into the quest to create artificial intelligence. But along the way, we've become awash in technological complexity, forcing data scientists to juggle multiple deep learni Read more…
MIT Programmers Attack Big Data Memory Gap
Among the computing challenges presented by big data is the scattering of unstructured items across huge datasets. Pulling together that data from arbitrary locations in main memory is therefore emerging as a major perfo Read more…
Fusion-io Flashes the Future of Storage
It has been quite a year for Fusion-io, the Salt Lake City-based purveyor of a new type of storage memory platform that moves time-critical data closer to the CPU for more rapid processing. From its growing presence in supercomputing circles to its adoption at a number of web-based retail.... Read more…
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