Thursday, March 19, 2020

Intel debuts Pohoiki Springs, a powerful neuromorphic research system for AI workloads

Good news! Hardware is the limiting factor of AI, but with every passing day less so!

"... a powerful self-contained neuromorphic system that’s about the size of five standard servers. ... a tool to scale up their neuromorphic research and explore ways to accelerate workloads that run slowly on today’s conventional architectures. ... is similar in neural capacity to the brain of a small mammal, with 768 Loihi chips and 100 million neurons spread across 24 Arria10 FPGA Nahuku expansion boards (containing 32 chips each) that operate at under 500 watts. ... "

Intel debuts Pohoiki Springs, a powerful neuromorphic research system for AI workloads | VentureBeat: Intel this morning debuted Pohoiki Springs, a powerful neuromorphic research system for AI workloads. It'll be made available to select partners soon.

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