Inside Baidu’s In-House Neural Processor
David Schor
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As with the rest of the Super 7 hyperscalars, Baidu is large enough to justify having an entire team exploring hardware acceleration for their own data centers in an effort to get an edge over the competition. Baidu's AI team started in 2010 using programmable devices and in recent years moved into full ASIC development.
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