by Karl Freund | Feb 21, 2020 | AI and Machine Learning, In the News
Last week, I reported that Intel plans to switch its AI acceleration from Nervana technology to Habana Labs, which it acquired in December. Since Intel had planned to bring out both the inference and the training versions of Nervana’s second generation, this came as...
by Karl Freund | Feb 14, 2020 | AI and Machine Learning, In the News
Last month, Intel announced that it would acquire Israeli AI chip startup Habana Labs for $2B. At the time, I opined that this probably spelled the end for chips from the 2016 Nervana acquisition. Intel planned to bring out both the inference and the training versions...
by Karl Freund | Jan 14, 2020 | Research Paper
Qualcomm has been innovating artificial intelligence (AI) features for years in their Snapdragon products, and the next generation Snapdragon 865 & 765 5G Mobile Platform, due in 2020, are designed to take AI performance to the next level and enable distributed...
by Karl Freund | Jan 1, 2020 | AI and Machine Learning, In the News
The Habana Gaudi accelerator for training comes complete with an integrated fabric to scale out to hundreds or even thousands of nodes. image: HABANA LABS In a strategic move in its datacenter AI plans, Intel has announced that it will acquire Israeli chip startup...
by Karl Freund | Dec 27, 2019 | AI and Machine Learning, In the News
For the last decade, a “smart phone” was defined by its ability to run applications locally on the device. These days, however, “smart” means features powered by AI, with intelligent applications such as enhanced computational photography, voice processing and gaming...
