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RISC-V Upstart Targets ML Inference Performance, Power Efficiency
There is a growing number of vendors big and small going hard to the hoop to make processors for artificial intelligence workloads. …
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DOE AI Expert Says New HPC Architecture Is Needed
Artificial intelligence is taking center stage in the IT industry, fueled by the massive growth in the data being generated and the increasing need in HPC and mainstream enterprises for capabilities ranging from analytics and automation. …
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Argonne Deploying GPU-Dense Testbed Supercomputer
If not for delays, the long-awaited Aurora supercomputer at Argonne National Lab would likely just be coming online. …
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Next-Gen Insurers Are Going to Need (Way) More AI Horsepower
While involving AI/ML in the complex process of insurance claims now might be piecemeal, the future is bright for insurers to speed time to claim resolution by using image-based data and machine learning models to understand the scope of damage to vehicles or eventually, entire geographic regions. …
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Argonne Cuts Through the Noise with SambaNova System
Argonne National Laboratory has become a must-watch lab for those following the convergence of supercomputing and AI/ML. …
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Will Groq Re-Emerge to Steal AI Market Share?
With the AI chip startup hype cycle spinning down from its feverish pace in 2018, giving way to 2021 expectations for real-world deployments, it still difficult to see which company will steal what little share is left in the Nvidia/Intel/AMD dominated datacenter. …
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Intel’s Habana Makes First Supercomputing Appearance
The San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) will be preparing to put nearly ten racks of Habana AI hardware on the floor, marking the first time we have seen the AI chip startup (acquired by Intel in 2019) in force at any major supercomputing site. …
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Neocortex Supercomputer to Put Cerebras CS-1 to the Test
Over the next year, we should get a good sense of how the Cerebras CS-1 system performs for dual HPC and AI workloads between installations at Argonne and Lawrence Livermore labs, EPCC, and the Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC). …
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Waferscale Makes Further AI Supercomputing Inroads
The battle for HPC centers and national labs is underway among the leading AI chip startups in the high-end datacenter space (Graphcore, Cerebras, and SambaNova in particular). …
Next Platform TV
Next Platform TV for July 16, 2020
On today’s program we talk AI chip innovations with Graphcore co-founder and CEO, Nigel Toon, tap into the Barcelona Supercomputing Center to talk Arm server performance, check in with Sandia for brain-inspired computing advances; talk HDD technologies that keep disk relevant, and also discuss RISC-V with the foundation’s CEO. …