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The Cambrian AI Landscape: GROQ

by | Feb 25, 2021 |

Ex-Google TPU engineers have been there and done that! Startup Groq is now sampling its AI platform to select customers and claims to have built the most efficient DNN processor in the industry. However, we need more transparency to substantiate this claim, in my...

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The Cambrian AI Landscape: Cerebras Systems

by | Feb 24, 2021 |

This startup stands alone with its innovative Wafer-Scale Engine for AI and HPC Let’s take an updated look at one of the most interesting AI startups: Cerebras, which came out of stealth in August 2019. The company has an unheard-of aggressive design, using an entire...

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Beware The AI Benchmarks!

by | Feb 19, 2021 |

Common Pitfalls In AI Benchmark Claims Most AI hardware purchase decisions follow lengthy evaluations running models and data representative of the application under development. Thats how decisions are made, and should be made. However, in typical AI hardware...

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The Cambrian AI Landscape: Intel

by | Feb 18, 2021 |

Intel has adopted a "Domain-Specific Architecture" strategy espoused by John L. Hennessy, Alphabet Chairman and former President of Stanford University. Consequently, the company has at least one of everything: CPU, GPU, ASICs, and FPGAs. While this may appear to be a...

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New Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite Has A Real Shot At The Laptop x86 Market

by | October 24, 2023 | In the News | 0 Comments

And laptops are just the beginning of the road for the new Oryon CPU, which will become the primary Qualcomm Arm CPU for all devices, from phones to cars, boasting industry-leading performance and efficiency. “There is a new sheriff in town!” Cristiano Anon, CEO of...
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NVIDIA And Intel Publish First GPT3 Benchmarks; AMD, AWS, And Google Are MIA

by | June 27, 2023 | In the News | 0 Comments

Let’s look into the results and explore why so many competitors chose not to play ball. Those who follow me know the drill: MLCommons publishes benchmarking results every 3 months, alternating between inferencing and training. Then I explain the results and whine...
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Nvidia AI Foundry And NIMs: A Huge Competitive Advantage

by | July 23, 2024 | In the News | 0 Comments

Nvidia has fleshed out a complete software stack to ease custom model development and deployment for enterprises. Is this AI Nervana? And can AMD and Intel compete with this? In order for enterprises to adopt AI, its got to become a lot easier and more affordable....
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A Look At Graphcore’s AI Software

by | June 12, 2020 | AI and Machine Learning, In the News | 0 Comments

Software for new processor designs is critical to enabling application deployment and optimizing performance. UK-based startup Graphcore, the unicorn provider of silicon for application acceleration, places significant emphasis on software, dedicating roughly half its...
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Competitive Landscape Excerpt: AMD

by | March 19, 2021 | DataCenter AI, In the News | 0 Comments

As a bookend to AMD’s EPYC3 launch earlier this week, I thought I should share my thoughts on the company’s AI chip, the MI100, excerpted and updated from the Q1 Competitive Landscape Report. The company’s new GPU is a solid first effort for AMD’s revived data center...
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NVIDIA GTC: “DPU” Smart NIC And More

by | October 22, 2020 | AI and Machine Learning, In the News | 0 Comments

NVIDIA Co-founder and CEO Jensen Huang rarely disappoints his audience nor his investors. This week he once again delivered the goods at the GPU Technology Conference. Announcing a broad range of hardware and software innovations, Jensen made it clear that he intends...
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IBM Adds AI Accelerator On Next Generation Z CPU

by | August 23, 2021 | In the News | 0 Comments

Transaction processing is the lifeblood of the modern enterprise. And with the next generation IBM Z processor, these applications will be able to run accelerated Artificial Intelligence (AI) processing directly on the platform, providing real-time analytic insights...
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Using AI To Build Better Chips

by | May 8, 2020 | AI and Machine Learning, In the News | 0 Comments

With so many startups and large semiconductor firms racing to get new AI chips to market, electronic tool and design service firms like Synopsys, Cadence and Mentor Graphics are looking for new approaches to help designers speed their time to market. Ironically, one...
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IBM Shares AI Strategy And A Wealth Of Customer AI Results

by | November 16, 2023 | In the News | 0 Comments

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...
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The Raging Debate: When Will Quantum Arrive?

by | February 11, 2025 | In the News | 0 Comments

There has been considerable discussion and stock price volatility of late surrounding the expected timing of useful applications and hardware for quantum computing. One month after Google created excitement around its Willow quantum chip, Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang and...
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