SambaNova: New AI Chip Runs 5 Trillion Parameter Models

Specialty AI chip maker SambaNova Systems today announced the SN40L processor, which the company said will power SambaNova’s full stack large language model (LLM) platform, the SambaNova Suite. Manufactured by TSMC, the SN40L can serve a 5 trillion parameter model, with 256k+ sequence length possible on a single system node, according to the company.

@HPCpodcast: Evaluating Specialty AI Chips at Argonne’s AI Testbed

Our latest episode of @HPCpodcast delves into the Cambrian explosion of AI specialty chips – of which there so many have been released on the HPC-AI market that it’s hard to discern which chip is right for what workload. Hence the AI Testbed at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility. Shahin and Doug spoke with Venkat Vishwanath….

Tenstorrent Selects Arteris IP for HPC RISC-V Chiplets

CAMPBELL, Calif. – May 2, 2023 – Arteris, Inc. (Nasdaq: AIP), a  provider of system IP designed to accelerate system-on-chip (SoC) creation, today announced that Tenstorrent, the Toronto-based AI chip startup, has licensed Ncore and FlexNoC interconnect IP for its AI chiplet systems. According to Arteris, the flexible network-on-chip (NoC) interconnect meets the demanding time-to-market […]

Ng and Keller to Keynote at AI Hardware and Edge AI Summit, Sept. 12-14

March 17, 2023 — Two leading names in AI, Jim Keller of Tenstorrent and Andrew Ng of Landing AI, will deliver keynote addresses at this year’s AI Hardware & Edge AI Summit, Sept. 12-14, in Santa Clara. Registration for the conference  is here. Keller, well-known HPC, AI and data center chip architecture and CEO of […]

Tattile Selects AI Chip Maker Hailo for Smart LPR Cameras for ITS

Mairano, Italy & Tel Aviv, Israel, September 14, 2022 –  Italian automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) specialist, Tattile, part of TKH Group, announced today its technology partnership with leading edge AI chip maker Hailo to power their next generation of high-end cameras: the “SMART+.” The Hailo-8 AI processor will be integrated into Tattile’s new product line, […]

Untether AI Unveils At-Memory Compute Architecture at Hot Chips

PALO ALTO — Untether AI, an at-memory computation company for artificial intelligence (AI) workloads, today announced at the HOT CHIPS 2022 conference its next-generation architecture for accelerating AI inference workloads called speedAI devices, with an internal codename “Boqueria.” At 30 TeraFlops per watt (TFlops/W) and 2 PetaFlops of performance, the speedAI architecture sets a new […]

Habana Gaudi AI Chip Joins cnvrg.io’s Metacloud Marketplace of AI Infrastructure Solutions

SANTA CLARA, Calif., Dec. 8, 2021 — cnvrg.io, an operating system for artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) built by data scientists, today announced that Habana’s Gaudi AI Accelerator is available on cnvrg.io’s Metacloud marketplace of AI infrastructure solutions. cnvrg.io Metacloud enables AI developers to run AI/ML workloads on a mix of infrastructure and hardware choices, […]

AI Chipmaker Hailo Partners with KAGA FEI America

SAN JOSE and TEL AVIV — December 6, 2021 – AI (Artificial Intelligence) chipmaker Hailo has partnered with KAGA FEI America, Inc. (KFAI), a global semiconductor distributor, to promote and support Hailo’s products in North America. The partnership is designed to enable Hailo to extend its reach to more customers across the region in sectors such as […]

MicroSys Partners with AI Chipmaker Hailo on Embedded AI Platform

Munich and Tel Aviv, September 30, 2021 – MicroSys Electronics announced today its partnership with artificial intelligence chipmaker Hailo to launch its miriac AIP-LX2160A embedded platform, hosting up to 5 integrated Hailo-8 AI accelerator modules. The new edge server-grade AI solution enables high-performance and scalable AI inference capabilities at the edge. The new, application-ready AI platform offers […]

Baidu Announces Baidu Brain 7.0 and Production of 2nd Gen Kunlun AI Chip

BEIJING, Aug. 18, 2021 — Baidu today showcased its artificial intelligence technology with the launch of Baidu Brain 7.0, the start of mass production of its 2nd generation Kunlun AI chip, Kunlun II, and the demonstration of industrial applications using Baidu AI Cloud. Shared at Baidu World 2021, Baidu’s annual technology conference, the announcements represent the […]