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Samsung-Esperanto Concept AI-SSD Prototype

November 21, 2021November 21, 2021 David Schor AI-SSD, ASPLOS, ASPLOS 2021, Esperanto, Facebook, Samsung

Esperanto demonstrates a concept AI-SSD prototype in collaboration with Samsung aimed at accelerating data center workloads such as recommendation engines.

Architectures Desktop Processors

Intel Launches 12th Gen Core Desktop Alder Lake Processors

October 27, 2021November 3, 2021 David Schor 10 nm, 12 Generation Core, Alder Lake, Core i5, Core i7, Core i9, Intel, Intel 7

Intel launches 12th Gen Core desktop processors based on the Alder Lake microarchitecture.

Architectures Server Processors

Alibaba Open Source XuanTie RISC-V Cores, Introduces In-House Armv9 Server Chip

October 20, 2021October 20, 2021 David Schor 5 nm, Alibaba, Apsara Conference 2021, ARM, ARMv9, Panjiu, RISC-V, T-Head, TSMC, Xuantie, Yitian 710

Alibaba open-source its high-performance XuanTie RISC-V Cores; introduces a new in-house Armv9 server chip

Architectures Neural Processors

Intel Introduces 2nd Gen Neuromorphic Research Chip: Loihi 2 on Intel 4 EUV Process

September 30, 2021September 30, 2021 David Schor Intel 4, Kapoho Point, Lava, Loihi, Loihi 2, neuromorphic chip, Oheo Gulch

Intel introduces Loihi 2, its second-generation neuromorphic research chip. First chip fabricated on their Intel 4 EUV process, Loihi 2 brings faster processing and synaptic operations, new algorithm support, and increases the neurons count to 1 million.

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Inside PFN’s AI Processor And The World’s Most Power-Efficient Supercomputer

September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 David Schor neural processors, Preferred Networks, subscriber only (general), Supercomputers

[Subscriber Content] Inside Preferred Networks’ AI processor and the world’s most power-efficient supercomputer it powers.

Architectures Hot Chips 33 Linley Processor Conference Neural Processors

A Look At Qualcomm’s Data Center Inference Accelerator

September 12, 2021September 13, 2021 David Schor 7 nm, Cloud AI 100, Hot Chips, Hot Chips 33, Linley Processor Conference, neural processors, Qualcomm

A look at Qualcomm’s Data Center Inference Accelerator, the Cloud AI 100.

Neural Processors

Mythic Rolls Out M1000-Series Analog AI Accelerators; Raises $70M Along The Way

August 22, 2021August 22, 2021 David Schor 40 nm, analog, Analog Compute Engine (ACE), Analog Matrix Processor (AMP), eFlash, embedded flash, Mythic, neural processors

Mythic rolls out its 1000-series true analog AI accelerators; raises $70M along the way

Architectures Data Processing Unit Subscriber Only Content

YouTube Accelerates Transcoding

August 21, 2021August 21, 2021 David Schor accelerator, ASPLOS 2021, google, H.264, subscriber only (general), video acceleration, Video Coding Unit (VCU), VP9, YouTube

Google accelerates YouTube and other video services with custom silicon.

Desktop Processors Mobile Processors

Intel Introduces Thread Director For Heterogeneous Multi-Core Workload Scheduling

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 David Schor Intel, scheduler, x86

Intel introduces the Intel Thread Director for heterogeneous multi-core workload scheduling

Architectures Server Processors

Intel Unveils Sapphire Rapids: Next-Generation Server CPUs

August 19, 2021August 19, 2021 David Schor Advanced Matrix Extension (AMX), AVX-512, Golden Cove, Intel, Intel 7, Sapphire Rapids, x86

Intel unveiled Sapphire Rapids, its next-generation server CPUs

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