by Karl Freund | Aug 27, 2024 | In the News
Cerebras’ Wafer-Scale Engine has only been used for AI training, but new software enables leadership inference processing performance and costs. Should Nvidia be afraid? As Cerebras prepares to go public, it has expanded its target markets and competitive stance by...
by Karl Freund | Aug 26, 2024 | In the News
IBM has announced the Telum II Processor with shared on-chip AI and, perhaps surprisingly, the Spyre Accelerator, delivered on a PCIe card and designed to accelerate AI models, including LLM Generative AI. The new chips will ship in the yet-to-be-announced...
by Karl Freund | Aug 21, 2024 | In the News
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has confirmed three algorithms co-developed by IBM Research, which are used to protect sensitive infrastructure and data from attacks by bad actors using Quantum Computers to break the existing encryption. As...
by Karl Freund | Aug 20, 2024 | In the News
By acquiring ZT Systems, a favorite Hyperscale systems designer, AMD addresses a fundamental weakness it faces versus Nvidia: AI requires a complete system design, not just a fast chip. What else must it do to grab a 20% share? At a recent investment conference hosted...
by Karl Freund | Aug 9, 2024 | In the News
Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang believes Physical AI will be the next big thing. Emerging robots will take many forms, all powered by AI. Recently Nvidia has been extolling a future where robots will be everywhere. Intelligence machines will be in the kitchen, the factory,...
by Karl Freund | Aug 9, 2024 | In the News
The Silicon Valley startup has just raised an astonishing $640M in additional funding, and is valued at $2.8B. Have they captured AI Lightning in a bottle? Groq has announced a $640M Series D round at a valuation of $2.8B, led by BlackRock Private Equity Partners....
