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A Look At Celerity’s Second-Gen 496-Core RISC-V Mesh NoC

Architectures Circuit Design Manycore Processors Network-on-Chip Neural Processors VLSI 2019 January 12, 2020 0

A look at the 496-core RISC-V manycore array, network-on-chip, and the digital PLL of the Celerity open-source RISC-V tiered accelerator.

A Look At The Habana Inference And Training Neural Processors

Architectures Hot Chips 31 Neural Processors December 15, 2019 2

A look at the Habana inference and training neural processors designed for the acceleration of data center workloads.

Centaur Unveils Its New Server-Class x86 Core: CNS; Adds AVX-512

Architectures Embedded Processors Neural Processors Server Processors December 9, 2019 2

Centaur lifts the veil on CNS, its next-generation x86 core for data center and edge computing. The core improving performance in many areas and adds support for the AVX-512 extension.

Intel Starts Shipping Initial Nervana NNP Lineup

Neural Processors Supercomputing 19 December 6, 2019 0

Intel starts shipping its initial Nervana NNP lineup for both inference and training acceleration with four initial models in three different form factors.

Groq Tensor Streaming Processor Delivers 1 PetaOPS of Compute

Architectures November 15, 2019 0

AI startup Groq makes an initial disclosure of their Tensor Streaming Processor (TSP); a single chip capable of 1 petaOPS or 250 teraFLOPS of compute.

Intel Announces Keem Bay: 3rd Generation Movidius VPU

Neural Processors November 12, 2019 0

Intel announces Keem Bay, its 3rd-generation Movidius VPU edge inference processor.

Intel Spring Hill: Morphing Ice Lake SoC Into A Power-Efficient Data Center Inference Accelerator

Architectures Hot Chips 31 Neural Processors October 20, 2019 6

First detailed at Hot Chips 31, Intel Spring Hill morphs the Ice Lake SoC into a highly power-efficient data center inference accelerator.

Analog AI Startup Mythic To Compute And Scale In Flash

Architectures Neural Processors October 6, 2019 0

A look at the IPU architecture of analog AI startup Mythic which attempts to significantly reduce the power consumption by computing directly in analog in flash.

Alibaba Launches DC Inference Accelerators

Architectures Neural Processors September 28, 2019 0

Alibaba launches its own homegrown inference accelerator for their own cloud.

Inside Tesla’s Neural Processor In The FSD Chip

Architectures Hot Chips 31 Neural Processors September 22, 2019 0

A deep dive into the custom-designed Tesla neural processing units integrated inside the company’s full self-driving (FSD) chip based on the Tesla Hot Chips 31 talk.