by Karl Freund | Jun 8, 2021 | Video
Qualcomm Technologies surprised everyone with exceptional performance and efficiency in the MLPerf 1.0 benchmark release. Mike Vildibill, GM of the Cloud AI100 business unit, tells us about his vision, and what we can expect next from the mobile chip leader. More...
by Karl Freund | May 20, 2021 | In the News, Semiconductor
New MLPerf benchmarks lay a solid foundation; now the company needs to finish the job. As the Cambrian Explosion reverberates across the landscape of AI chips, the benchmarking silence of many challengers stands in sharp contrast to their marketing hype. Most are...
by Karl Freund | Apr 21, 2021 | In the News, Semiconductor
The Qualcomm AI chip also looks pretty efficient, but where is everyone else? MLCommons, the not-for-profit organization that manages the AI benchmarks collectively known as MLPerf, has just released the V1.0 inference results. While NVIDIA once again dominated the...
by Karl Freund | Mar 4, 2021 | In the News
Can the mobile chip giant finally break into the data center? Qualcomm began sampling the Cloud AI100 to select data center customers last quarter. The performance looks to be promising, based on the limited benchmarks we have seen, and the power efficiency for...
by Karl Freund | Feb 26, 2021 | In the News
For the last two years, in January, I have published my predictions about the new AI silicon I expect in the coming year. Like the weatherman, I’ve gotten some details wrong but I’ve been reasonably accurate, at least directionally. So, here we go again with a look at...
