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IBM Announces Two Innovations To Advance Quantum Computing
In addition to the new Osprey chip, IBM has announced two innovations at the annual Quantum Summit, one around error mitigation, and one around dynamic circuits. Both will have a significant impact...
The US Chips Act Shines Spotlight on IBM Semiconductor Technology
While IBM divested its fabs and x86 PC’s and servers, it has continued to invest in semiconductor research and product development, both for its server businesses (z mainframes and Power servers) as...
The Snapdragon AI Journey
Qualcomm is expected to announce new technologies at its annual Snapdragon Summit next month, so we thought it would make sense to see how far the provider of advanced mobile processors has come...
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explore the explosion
What’s with the “Cambrian-AI” theme?
A few years ago, NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang used the term “Cambrian Explosion” to refer to the rapid growth in AI models. I think the term is appropriate to both AI software models and the specialized hardware that accelerates AI. I began publishing an annual blog in January 2019, summarizing the year’s innovations and forecasting what we expect for the coming year. But I am getting ahead of the story…
