Tag: chips
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Cloud Blog: Announcing the general availability of Trillium, our sixth-generation TPU
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/compute/trillium-tpu-is-ga/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Announcing the general availability of Trillium, our sixth-generation TPU Feedly Summary: The rise of large-scale AI models capable of processing diverse modalities like text and images presents a unique infrastructural challenge. These models require immense computational power and specialized hardware to efficiently handle training, fine-tuning, and inference. Over…
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Hacker News: Google Debuts New Quantum Chip, Error Correction Breakthrough, Roadmap Details
Source URL: https://www.hpcwire.com/2024/12/09/google-debuts-new-quantum-chip-error-correction-breakthrough-and-roadmap-details/ Source: Hacker News Title: Google Debuts New Quantum Chip, Error Correction Breakthrough, Roadmap Details Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Google has announced its new quantum chip, Willow, achieving significant milestones in quantum computing, including breaking the Quantum Error Correction (QEC) threshold and showcasing remarkable performance capabilities that highlight…
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The Register: Biden administration bars China from buying HBM chips critical for AI accelerators
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/12/03/biden_hbm_china_export_ban/ Source: The Register Title: Biden administration bars China from buying HBM chips critical for AI accelerators Feedly Summary: 140 Middle Kingdom firms added to US trade blacklist The Biden administration has announced restrictions limiting the export of memory critical to the production of AI accelerators and banning sales to more than a…
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Wired: The US Just Made It Way Harder for China to Build Its Own AI Chips
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/2024-chips-export-controls-china/ Source: Wired Title: The US Just Made It Way Harder for China to Build Its Own AI Chips Feedly Summary: The Biden administration announced a sweeping set of new export controls that will make it harder for Chinese companies like Huawei and ByteDance to develop cutting-edge artificial intelligence. AI Summary and Description:…
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The Register: AI ambition is pushing copper to its breaking point
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/28/ai_copper_cables_limits/ Source: The Register Title: AI ambition is pushing copper to its breaking point Feedly Summary: Ayar Labs contends silicon photonics will be key to scaling beyond the rack and taming the heat SC24 Datacenters have been trending toward denser, more power-hungry systems for years. In case you missed it, 19-inch racks are…
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Wired: US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips
Source URL: https://www.wired.com/story/memory-restrictions-china-advanced-chips/ Source: Wired Title: US to Introduce New Restrictions on China’s Access to Cutting-Edge Chips Feedly Summary: The new limits, which are expected to be announced Monday, are intended to slow China’s ability to build large and powerful AI models. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text outlines the Biden administration’s impending…
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The Register: China’s tech giants deliver chips for Ethernet variant tuned to HPC and AI workloads
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/11/26/global_scheduling_ethernet_china_uec/ Source: The Register Title: China’s tech giants deliver chips for Ethernet variant tuned to HPC and AI workloads Feedly Summary: ‘Global Scheduling Ethernet’ looks a lot like tech the Ultra Ethernet Consortium is also working on Chinese tech giants last week announced the debut of chips to power a technology called “Global…