Preferred Networks

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.

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Japanese AI Startup Preferred Networks Designed A Custom Half-petaFLOPS Training Chip

November 24, 2019May 25, 2021 David Schor 12 nm, AI, GRAPE, multi-chip package, neural processors, Preferred Networks, Supercomputers, training

Japanese AI Startup Preferred Networks has been working on a custom training chip with a peak performance of half-petaFLOPS as well as a supercomputer with a peak performance of 2 exaFLOPS (HP).