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IBM Shares AI Strategy And A Wealth Of Customer AI Results

by Karl Freund | Nov 16, 2023 | In the News

Under CEO Arvind Krishna’s leadership and AI’s momentum, IBM has truly transformed its business, technology, and leadership. I should know; I worked there as an exec from 2000 to 2010. Now IBM is all about AI and Hybrid Cloud, with Quantum computing in sight. Lucky...

Microsoft Announces Maia AI, Arm CPU, AMD MI300, & New Nvidia for Azure

by Karl Freund | Nov 16, 2023 | In the News

In case you missed Satya Nadella’s keynote, here is a summary of vast array of news and my perspectives. Big impact on MSFT, AMD, AWS, and NVDA. CEO Satya Nadella presented a keynote packed with new product announcements. In case you didn’t watch it, here’s the news...

Qualcomm Cloud AI100 Ultra: 4 Times The Performance For Large Models

by Karl Freund | Nov 15, 2023 | In the News

We haven't heard from Qualcomm in a while regarding their power-efficient data center inference accelerator, which still holds the record for power efficiency, according to MLCommons benchmarking. Now Qualcomm has announced a new “Ultra” version that delivers four...

Cerebras Systems And G42 Build 2nd Phase Of Joint AI Supercomputer

by Karl Freund | Nov 13, 2023 | In the News

The only AI Hardware startup to realize revenue exceeding $100M has finished the first phase of Condor Galaxy 1 AI Supercomputer with partner G42 of the UAE. Other Cerebras customers are sharing their CS-2 results at Supercomputing ‘23, building momentum for the...

Synopsys Moves To RISC-V To Help SoC Developers

by Karl Freund | Nov 8, 2023 | In the News

When the number two provider of CPU designs jumps on the RISC-V train, it is a significant milestone. The open-source RISC-V design is on a roll, displacing Arm in many SoC development plans. ARC and Arm are both companies that design and license microprocessor (CPU)...

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Nvidia Announces Rubin CPX GPU To Speed Long-Context AI

by Karl Freund | September 9, 2025 | In the News | 0 Comments

In an industry-first, Nvidia has announced a new GPU, the Rubin CPX, to offload the compute-intensive “context processing” off another GPU. Yep, now, for some AI, you will need two GPUs to achieve maximize performance and profit. I would be surprised if the...

Will NVIDIA Enter The Race For Quantum Computing?

by Karl Freund | July 29, 2022 | In the News | 0 Comments

Well, not directly. However, the company is making it easier to develop code for quantum machines using GPUs. Ok, let's face it. Programming quantum computers is hard. REALLY hard. While we do not expect NVIDIA to develop and market their own quantum system any time...

Will Nvidia GTC Mark The Peak Of AI?

by Karl Freund | March 6, 2024 | In the News | 0 Comments

In these explosive times and stock market surges, let’s look at where we might find the nuggets of new growth. Nvidia will focus on additional growth opportunities in Inference processing, Software, Edge, and Automotive; Nvidia is nowhere near Peak AI. Yes, GTC is a...

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...

Nvidia Leapfrogs Google And AMD With Vera Rubin

by Karl Freund | January 7, 2026 | In the News | 0 Comments

Its got to be tough being an Nvidia competitor. You think you are close to catching up, perhaps even taking the lead, and then, bang! Nvidia brings out yet another latest and greatest. This year brings perhaps the biggest generational change ever witnessed in Nvidia,...

AI Enables Major Healthcare Advances At JP Morgan Event

by Karl Freund | January 13, 2025 | In the News | 0 Comments

How do we create AI in Healthcare? If you are like me, when you see your doctor, the constant probing for data can be somewhat annoying. First, you fill out forms with endless questions about your medical and familial history. Then, your doctor asks about your...

IBM Nears Breakthrough In New Memory Class

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

IBM Research has been working on new non-volatile magnetic memory for over two decades. Non-volatile memory is wonderful for retaining data without power, but it is extremely slow, and does not last forever. Primary computer memory (Dynamic Random Access Memory, or...

Cerebras AI Lands A Whale As It Prepares To Go Public

by Karl Freund | January 15, 2026 | In the News | 0 Comments

Cerebras, famous for being the only AI company with a full wafer-scale chip, has landed OpenAI, its first major US-based hyperscaler. Prior to this deal, Cerebras has been successful securing investments and system commitments from a relatively small number of...

Who Won The Latest AI Drag Race? AWS Or NVIDIA?

by Karl Freund | June 8, 2021 | In the News | 0 Comments

Of course the answer depends on who you ask. There is a quiet drama simmering over AI chip benchmarks. This isn’t the first time, and will certainly not be the last. Keeps me busy. This time, it is between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and NVIDIA. It is always NVIDIA. Not...

Cerebras Unveils AI Supercomputer-On-A-Chip

by Karl Freund | September 10, 2019 | AI and Machine Learning, In the News | 0 Comments

Today unicorn startup Cerebras disclosed a few details about the wafer-scale AI chip it has been keeping under wraps for some three years. While many unanswered questions remain, the new approach could mark a significant milestone in the semiconductor industry, where...