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The NewReality: Fast Inference Processing For 90% Less?

by Karl Freund | Jun 18, 2024 | In the News

Most of the investment buzz in AI hardware concentrates on the amazing accelerator chips that crunch the math required for neural networks, like Nvidia’s GPUs. But what about the rest of the story? CPUs and NICs that pre- and post-process the query add significant...

Synopsys Certifies AI-Lead Design And IP Solutions For Samsung’s 2nm

by Karl Freund | Jun 12, 2024 | In the News

2nm is the Next Big Thing in chip production, and Synopsys design tools and IP are now ready for production work and tape-outs on Samsung’s latest fab. Samsung has its eyes on the prize, hoping to secure more design wins as it competes with TSMC for the semiconductor...

MLPerf Training 4.0: It’s All About Scale

by Karl Freund | Jun 12, 2024 | In the News

While there isn’t a lot of new hardware (none!), Nvidia and Intel show off their muscles and ability to run new models at scale. Ok, here we go again. MLCommons has released new AI benchmarks, this time for training. And again. Nvidia runs all AI models better than...

Nvidia Matures Its AI, While AMD Plays Catchup At Computex

by Karl Freund | Jun 3, 2024 | In the News

Nvidia broadens its reach to ensure that AI delivers on its promises. AMD is building faster chips, faster. The Market appears to prefers the former: Nvidia is up nearly 5%, while AMD is down ~2.5% today. Which is better? Well Elon Musk said Sunday on X that his xAI...

Qiskit Comes Of Age With Quantum Performance, New Features From IBM

by Karl Freund | May 15, 2024 | In the News

Qiskit has emerged as the go-to development platform for quantum coders, with over 550,000 users developing quantum circuits to run on quantum machines from eight vendors. IBM Research launched Qiskit (the "Quantum Information Science Kit") in 2017 to provide...

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What If IBM Z Could Help Stop Fraud?

by Karl Freund | September 26, 2023 | In the News | 0 Comments

Last year, IBM launched the z16 with an integrated AI accelerator on each CPU chip. Now, with the infusion of AI into IBM z/OS and a robust AI open-source toolkit, IBM Z customers can realize low-latency AI on a highly trustworthy and secure enterprise system: the...

How To Run Large AI Models On An Edge Device

by Karl Freund | July 10, 2023 | In the News | 0 Comments

It can be done, but it requires the edge device vendor to work to optimize the model. A hybrid approach can also extend the applicability of LLMs by combining Cloud and Edge processing. When most people think of Artificial Intelligence (AI), they imagine a berserk...

Nvidia Contributes Blackwell And Ethernet Tech To Meta’s Open Compute

by Karl Freund | October 15, 2024 | In the News | 0 Comments

Many think of Nvidia as a closed ecosystem. But as AI transitions from fast chips to address a full-system challenge, Nvidia is helping drive an open industry. Yes, CUDA is closed. Nvidia says it has to be closed in order to develolp an optimized software abstraction...

NIST Ratifies Quantum Safe Algorithms Co-Developed By IBM Research

by Karl Freund | August 21, 2024 | In the News | 0 Comments

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...

Qualcomm Doubles Down On Automotive With New Snapdragon Platforms

by Karl Freund | October 22, 2024 | In the News | 0 Comments

A car that thinks, plans ahead, entertains, saves time, and ensures a safe and comfortable ride depends on AI-enabled silicon. Can Qualcomm Snapdragon become the leader in this revolution? They already have. The annual Snapdragon Summit (as usual, located in beautiful...

Qualcomm Researches AI Techniques That Could Enhance The Wireless Experience

by Karl Freund | July 7, 2022 | In the News | 0 Comments

AI Research at Qualcomm Technologies is advancing wireless communications and RF location sensing. Wireless communications and RF sensing technologies continue to advance with 5G rolling out now and 5G Advanced in the wings. In order to sustain a high...

MLPerf Training 4.0: It’s All About Scale

by Karl Freund | June 12, 2024 | In the News | 0 Comments

NVIDIA AI Runs The Mlperf Table Again

by Karl Freund | August 17, 2020 | AI and Machine Learning, In the News | 0 Comments

Today, the industry standard AI benchmarking group, mlperf, released its 3rd raft of submissions for training AI networks, and just like the first two releases, NVIDIA swept a sparse competitive field in the category of commercially available hardware and software....

BrainChip Readies 2nd Gen Platform For Power-Efficient Edge AI

by Karl Freund | March 6, 2023 | In the News | 0 Comments

The company’s event-based digital Neuromorphic IP can add efficient AI processing to SoCs. Edge AI is becoming a thing. Instead of using just an embedded microprocessor in edge applications and sending the data to a cloud for AI processing, many edge companies are...

If You Love AI, Do Not Miss NVIDIA GTC This Year!

by Karl Freund | March 10, 2021 | In the News | 0 Comments

I just got an email from NVIDIA touting this year’s GTC event (April 12-16) and have to share this with you, in case you haven’t already heard. The virtual graphics, AI, and HPC event will headline AI pioneers Yoshua Bengio (University of Montreal), Geoffrey Hinton...