Buying up old GPUs for AI might be the way to go for some smaller AI outfits Every time Nvidia drops a new flagship accelerator, the entire AI processing landscape …
Christian de Looper
Christian de Looper
Christian de Looper covers AI semiconductors. He has previously written for leading consumer technology publications, reviewing everything from audio gear and mobile devices to smart home products. Over the years, he has reported on the rise of 5G, the innovations that powered it, and the evolution of the AI industry, from consumer applications to the infrastructure that makes them possible. Christian holds a (somewhat irrelevant) Bachelor of Science in Music Technology and lives in Santa Cruz with his wife, two kids, and cat.
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New 102.4 tbps Silicon One promises efficiency gains for hyperscalers In sum – what we know: It’s easy to focus on the GPU arms race when talking about AI infrastructure, …
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How can quantization turn massive models into efficient tools without ruining their accuracy? Running large language models is expensive. The biggest ones pack hundreds of billions of parameters, each stored …
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Replacing copper with optical pipes could have a significant impact on the AI data bottleneck The semiconductor industry has been following the same steps for decades, revolving around shrinking the …
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Ultimately, a hybrid approach will probably win out The AI hardware conversation tends to fixate on the biggest, most powerful chips. But there’s a parallel hardware race that doesn’t generate …
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FPGAs may not be as powerful as GPUs, but they’re a whole lot more flexible Field-programmable gate arrays, sit in an interesting middle ground in the AI hardware landscape, somewhere …
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Connecting AI chips with interconnects is arguably just as important as the chips themselves Modern AI training has moved far beyond what any single GPU can accomplish. Training large language …
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Memory shortage to continue due to massive demand, according to Synopsys CEO In sum – what we know: The memory chip shortage isn’t going anywhere soon. Synopsys CEO Sassine Ghazi …
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Specs bumped to 2.3 kW and 22.2 TB/s bandwidth to cement leadership before launch later this year In sum – what we know: Nvidia’s grip on the AI accelerator market …
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Hyperscalers are all making ASICs — so why are they still buying from Nvidia and AMD?
Will ASICs completely take over from the GPU workhorses? The world’s largest technology companies are doing something that looks, at first glance, like a bit of a contradiction. Amazon, Google, …