Baidu Embraces Intel Optane for In-Memory Databases
Chinese e-commerce giant Baidu is building a new platform based on Intel Corp.’s Optane DC persistent memory as a means of upgrading search engine results delivered by its in-memory ...Full Article
AI Supercomputer-on-a-Wafer Debuted by Cerebras
Could wafer-scale silicon from Cerebras Systems be the first “supercomputer on a chip” worthy of the designation? Last week at Hot Chips at Stanford University, the Silicon Valley startup ...Full Article
At Hot Chips, Intel Shows New Nervana AI Training, Inference Chips
At the Hot Chips conference last week, Intel showcased its latest neural network processor accelerators for both AI training and inference, along with details of its hybrid chip packaging ...Full Article
OCP Storage Hits the Datacenter
The emerging market for storage equipment based on the Open Compute Project is expected to more than double through 2023, according to datacenter storage equipment forecast. IHS Markit said ...Full Article
Xilinx Says Its New FPGA is World’s Largest
In this age of exploding “technology disaggregation” – in which the Big Bang emanating from the Intel x86 CPU has produced significant advances in CPU chips and a raft ...Full Article
Photonics Chiplet Startup Touts Terabit/Second I/O Bandwidth, 10X Lower Power
Silicon startup Ayar Labs continues to gain momentum with its optical chiplet technology that puts advanced electronics and optics on the same chip using standard CMOS fabrication. At Hot ...Full Article
Singularity Moves Up the Container Value Chain
The enterprise version of the Singularity HPC container platform released this week by Sylabs is designed to allow users to create, secure and share the high-end containers in self-hosted ...Full Article
Translating AI and Storage Innovation into Business Value – Innovate or Die
Determining value and adapting a business to a changing environment is the focus of the University of Saint Gallen working paper, “The St. Gallen Business Model Navigator.” With examples ...Full Article
Talk to Me: Nvidia Claims NLP Inference, Training Records
Nvidia says it’s achieved significant advances in conversation natural language processing (NLP) training and inference, enabling more complex, immediate-response interchanges between customers and chatbots. And the company says it ...Full Article
AI Agent Provides Rationale Behind Decisions
Frameworks for explaining the rationales underlying AI-based decisions continue to make progress in the form of an AI agent that attempts to provide straightforward English explanations in a readily ...Full Article
