Tag: energy efficiency
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The Register: The future of AI is … analog? Upstart bags $100M to push GPU-like brains on less juice
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/17/encharge_ai_compute/ Source: The Register Title: The future of AI is … analog? Upstart bags $100M to push GPU-like brains on less juice Feedly Summary: EnCharge claims 150 TOPS/watt, a 20x performance-per-watt edge Interview AI chip startup EnCharge claims its analog artificial intelligence accelerators could rival desktop GPUs while using just a fraction of…
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Cloud Blog: Balance of power: A full-stack approach to power and thermal fluctuations in ML infrastructure
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/topics/systems/mitigating-power-and-thermal-fluctuations-in-ml-infrastructure/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Balance of power: A full-stack approach to power and thermal fluctuations in ML infrastructure Feedly Summary: The recent explosion of machine learning (ML) applications has created unprecedented demand for power delivery in the data center infrastructure that underpins those applications. Unlike server clusters in the traditional data center,…
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The Register: Los Alamos lab to research next-gen chip technologies
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/02/05/los_alamos_lab_to_research/ Source: The Register Title: Los Alamos lab to research next-gen chip technologies Feedly Summary: Radiation-hardening for space environments and energy efficiency tweaks for above and below Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is leading a project to transform how chips are designed and manufactured, to make them more energy efficient and able to…
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The Register: Startup plugs AI datacenters into biogas-powered energy
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/30/startup_datacenter_biogas/ Source: The Register Title: Startup plugs AI datacenters into biogas-powered energy Feedly Summary: Sidestepping the grid led to 44% cheaper electricity and 70% fewer emissions, CEO says A UK datacenter startup realized it could have to wait until the late 2030s for power grid connection dates, and has instead turned to modular…
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Hacker News: Linux kernel could cut energy use in data centres by up to 30 per cent
Source URL: https://cs.uwaterloo.ca/news/cheriton-school-computer-science-researchers-update-linux Source: Hacker News Title: Linux kernel could cut energy use in data centres by up to 30 per cent Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: Researchers have enhanced the Linux kernel to improve data center energy efficiency significantly, potentially reducing consumption by up to 30%. This innovation can have…
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The Register: Germany unleashes AMD-powered Hunter supercomputer
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/17/hlrs_supercomputer_hunter/ Source: The Register Title: Germany unleashes AMD-powered Hunter supercomputer Feedly Summary: €15 million system to serve as testbed for larger Herder supercomputer coming in 2027 Hundreds of AMD APUs fired up on Thursday as Germany’s High-Performance Computing Center (HLRS) at the University of Stuttgart announced the completion of its latest supercomputer dubbed…
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The Register: TSMC plans to have 1.6nm chips in ‘volume production’ by 2026
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/16/tsmc_says_16nm_chips_volume_2026/ Source: The Register Title: TSMC plans to have 1.6nm chips in ‘volume production’ by 2026 Feedly Summary: You’ve got to spend money – like $36 billion+ – to make, er, AI chips TSMC is bumping capital expenditure in 2025 to between $38 billion and $42 billion in anticipation of scooping up more…