Tag: performance
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Hacker News: SoftBank Group to Acquire Ampere Computing for 6.5B
Source URL: https://group.softbank/en/news/press/20250320 Source: Hacker News Title: SoftBank Group to Acquire Ampere Computing for 6.5B Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: SoftBank Group’s acquisition of Ampere Computing is a strategic move to enhance its AI infrastructure and semiconductor capabilities, critical for developing Artificial Super Intelligence. The transaction, valued at $6.5 billion, emphasizes…
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The Register: SoftBank buys server-grade Arm silicon designer Ampere Computing
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/softbank_acquires_ampere/ Source: The Register Title: SoftBank buys server-grade Arm silicon designer Ampere Computing Feedly Summary: Japanese tech investor expects its own hyperscalers and e-com giants to collaborate, which could take a bite out of x86 market Japanese tech investment house SoftBank Group has announced its intention to acquire Ampere Computing, the chip design…
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The Register: Tencent slows pace of GPU rollout as it wrings more performance from fewer accelerators
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/20/tencent_q4_fy2024_gpu_slowdown/ Source: The Register Title: Tencent slows pace of GPU rollout as it wrings more performance from fewer accelerators Feedly Summary: Chinese giant says locals are more efficient than Western hyperscalers, and has tiny capex to prove it Chinese tech giant Tencent has slowed the pace of its GPU rollout since implementing DeepSeek.……
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Hacker News: Writing an LLM from scratch, part 10 – dropout
Source URL: https://www.gilesthomas.com/2025/03/llm-from-scratch-10-dropout Source: Hacker News Title: Writing an LLM from scratch, part 10 – dropout Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text details the concept and implementation of dropout within the training of large language models (LLMs), specifically within a PyTorch context. It illustrates the importance of dropout in spreading…
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New York Times – Artificial Intelligence : SoftBank to Buy Silicon Valley Chip Start-Up Ampere for $6.5 Billion
Source URL: https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/19/technology/softbank-ampere-chips.html Source: New York Times – Artificial Intelligence Title: SoftBank to Buy Silicon Valley Chip Start-Up Ampere for $6.5 Billion Feedly Summary: The move is a bet that Ampere’s chips can begin playing a significant role in data centers for creating artificial intelligence. AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: SoftBank’s acquisition of Ampere…
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Slashdot: AI Crawlers Haven’t Learned To Play Nice With Websites
Source URL: https://slashdot.org/story/25/03/19/1027251/ai-crawlers-havent-learned-to-play-nice-with-websites?utm_source=rss1.0mainlinkanon&utm_medium=feed Source: Slashdot Title: AI Crawlers Haven’t Learned To Play Nice With Websites Feedly Summary: AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: SourceHut is experiencing service disruptions due to aggressive web crawling by AI companies collecting data for training large language models (LLMs). They have implemented mitigations, including blocking certain cloud providers due to…
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The Register: Nvidia invests in quantum computing weeks after CEO said it’s decades from being useful
Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2025/03/19/nvidia_boston_quantum_research/ Source: The Register Title: Nvidia invests in quantum computing weeks after CEO said it’s decades from being useful Feedly Summary: Qubit awkward, you might say GTC Nvidia is investing in a research center to advance quantum computing development, just weeks after its head honcho torpedoed the share price of quantum firms by…
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Cloud Blog: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL: Two years of innovation and industry leadership
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/reflecting-on-two-years-of-alloydb/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: AlloyDB for PostgreSQL: Two years of innovation and industry leadership Feedly Summary: Two years ago, on a mission to redefine enterprise-grade databases we released AlloyDB for PostgreSQL in production. We saw the immense popularity and flexibility of PostgreSQL — a database developers love for being open-source — and…
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Cloud Blog: A framework for adopting Gemini Code Assist and measuring its impact
Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-development/how-to-adopt-gemini-code-assist-and-measure-its-impact/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: A framework for adopting Gemini Code Assist and measuring its impact Feedly Summary: Software development teams are under constant pressure to deliver at an ever-increasing pace. As sponsors of the DORA research, we recently took a look at the adoption and impact of artificial intelligence on the software…