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MLPerf Training 3.0 Showcases LLM; Nvidia Dominates, Intel/Habana Also Impress
June 29th, 2023 Comments Off on MLPerf Training 3.0 Showcases LLM; Nvidia Dominates, Intel/Habana Also Impress
As promised, MLCommons added a large language model (based on GPT-3) to its MLPerf training suite (v3.0) and released the latest round of results yesterday. Only two chips took on the LLM challenge – Nvidia’s H100 GPU and Intel/Habana’s ...

MLPerf Inference 3.0 Highlights – Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm and…ChatGPT
April 5th, 2023 Comments Off on MLPerf Inference 3.0 Highlights – Nvidia, Intel, Qualcomm and…ChatGPT
MLCommons today released the latest MLPerf Inferencing (v3.0) results for the datacenter and edge. While Nvidia continues to dominate the results – topping all performance categories – other companies are joining the MLPerf constellation with impressive performances. There were ...

Nvidia, Qualcomm Shine in MLPerf Inference; Intel’s Sapphire Rapids Makes an Appearance.
September 9th, 2022 Comments Off on Nvidia, Qualcomm Shine in MLPerf Inference; Intel’s Sapphire Rapids Makes an Appearance.
The steady maturation of MLCommons/MLPerf as an AI benchmarking tool was apparent in today’s release of MLPerf v2.1 Inference results. Twenty-one organizations submitted 5,300 performance results and 2,400 power measurement. While Nvidia again dominated, showcasing its new H100 GPU, Qualcomm impressed ...

The Race to Ensure Post Quantum Data Security
July 28th, 2022 Comments Off on The Race to Ensure Post Quantum Data Security
Fault-tolerant quantum computers won’t exist for years – a decade is the most common estimate. When they do arrive, thanks to Shor’s now-famous algorithm, they will be able to crack the most widely-used encryption methods, which are based on factoring. Earlier ...

The Mainstreaming of MLPerf? Nvidia Dominates Training v2.0 but Challengers Are Rising
June 30th, 2022 Comments Off on The Mainstreaming of MLPerf? Nvidia Dominates Training v2.0 but Challengers Are Rising
MLCommons’ latest MLPerf Training results (v2.0) issued today are broadly similar to v1.1 released last December. Nvidia still dominates, but less so (no grand sweep of wins). Relative newcomers to the exercise – AI chip/system makers Graphcore and Habana ...

Nvidia Dominates MLPerf Inference, Qualcomm also Shines, Where’s Everybody Else?
April 7th, 2022 Comments Off on Nvidia Dominates MLPerf Inference, Qualcomm also Shines, Where’s Everybody Else?
MLCommons today released its latest MLPerf inferencing results, with another strong showing by Nvidia accelerators inside a diverse array of systems. Roughly four years old, MLPerf still struggles to attract wider participation from accelerator suppliers. Nevertheless, overall performance and ...

SambaNova Adds GPT Banking to its Growing Dataflow-as-a-Service Lineup
February 23rd, 2022 Comments Off on SambaNova Adds GPT Banking to its Growing Dataflow-as-a-Service Lineup
AI chip and systems specialist SambaNova today announced a new offering – SambaNova GPT Banking – intended to simplify and speed deployment of GPT models in the financial services industry. The new service is available now and becomes part ...

Quantum-based Cryptographic Key Service Debuts – Could This Be a Quantum Advantage?
December 7th, 2021 Comments Off on Quantum-based Cryptographic Key Service Debuts – Could This Be a Quantum Advantage?
Quantum Origin, a service to deliver “completely unpredictable cryptographic keys” that are based on random numbers generated by a quantum computer, has been unveiled by the newly-created quantum computing vendor, Quantinuum. The new Quantum Origin service is being described ...

Nvidia Still Dominates Latest MLPerf Results, but Competitors Are Making Some Noise
December 1st, 2021 Comments Off on Nvidia Still Dominates Latest MLPerf Results, but Competitors Are Making Some Noise
MLCommons today released its fifth round of MLPerf training benchmark results and Nvidia GPUs again dominated the rankings, but competitors were not taking those results sitting down. One of the other AI accelerator companies that participated, Graphcore, stood its ...

Nvidia GPUs Stay in Lead In Latest MLPerf Inference Results, but CPUs and Intel Gaining Ground
September 23rd, 2021 Comments Off on Nvidia GPUs Stay in Lead In Latest MLPerf Inference Results, but CPUs and Intel Gaining Ground
Nvidia again dominated the latest round of MLPerf inference benchmark (v 1.1) results when they were unveiled Sept. 23 (Thursday), sweeping the top spots in the closed data center and edge categories. And in an interesting show of progress, ...
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