FPGAs
First Xeon-FPGA Integration Launched by Intel
Ever since Intel’s acquisition of FPGA specialist Altera in 2015 for $16.7 billion, it’s been widely acknowledged that some day, Intel would release a processor that integrates its mainstream ...Full Article
Intel Extends Support for IoT Vision Edge Apps
In the IoT era unfolding before us, the next frontier is vision applications, applying ML and DL techniques for real-time/near-time analytics of video data from cameras at the edge. ...Full Article
Microsoft Adds Intel FPGAs to Azure Cloud for AI
Intel and Microsoft are again joining forces, this time to accelerate Azure Cloud machine learning tools, including AI inferencing models, based on Intel’s FPGAs. Microsoft also this week announced ...Full Article
AMD Continues to Nip at Intel’s Heels
Advanced Micro Devices appears to making market share headway at the expense of long-time rival Intel Corp. based on quarterly results released this week. AMD reported quarterly revenue totaling ...Full Article
FPGAs, ASICs Seen Driving Machine Learning
As machine learning makes steady progress in enterprise datacenters, industry observers are forecasting the emergence of a new wave of machine learning chips in the coming year, a market ...Full Article
Intel Heads List of Strong 3Q Tech Results
Intel Corp. reported strong revenue growth during its third quarter as its "data-centric" strategy begins to take hold in key technology sectors like all-flash storage. Meanwhile, it is readying ...Full Article
Servers On Steroids Speed Stock Swaps
Executing stock trades often comes down to being first in the queue of traders. Hence, developers of high-frequency trading platforms that connect trading servers to networks focus on reducing ...Full Article
Intel Intros Tools to Ease FPGA Adoption in the Datacenter
Field Programmable Gate Arrays (FPGAs) have a reputation for being difficult to program, requiring expertise in specialty languages, like Verilog or VHDL. Easing the programming burden is key to ...Full Article
Microsoft, Intel Unveil FPGA-driven ‘Real-Time AI’ in Azure
We know about the seeming light-speed processing power of FPGAs and the natural fit they pose for data-dense AI workloads. But we also know that FPGAs present usability and ...Full Article
Speed Fix for Wall Street: Tick-to-Trade Half-life Cut in Half
Wall Street speed addicts just got another fix. A triumvirate of companies, combining advanced NICs and algorithms powered by FPGAs, has announced it has cut the “tick-to-trade” life cycle ...Full Article