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‘Mind-blowing’ IBM chip speeds up AI - C C - Oct 21, 2023
https://www.nature.com/articles/d41586-023-03267-0
INTRO: A brain-inspired computer chip that could supercharge artificial intelligence (AI) by working faster with much less power has been developed by researchers at IBM in San Jose, California. Their massive NorthPole processor chip eliminates the need to frequently access external memory, and so performs tasks such as image recognition faster than existing architectures do — while consuming vastly less power.
“Its energy efficiency is just mind-blowing,” says Damien Querlioz, a nanoelectronics researcher at the University of Paris-Saclay in Palaiseau. The work, published in Science1, shows that computing and memory can be integrated on a large scale, he says. “I feel the paper will shake the common thinking in computer architecture.”
NorthPole runs neural networks: multi-layered arrays of simple computational units programmed to recognize patterns in data. A bottom layer takes in data, such as the pixels in an image; each successive layer detects patterns of increasing complexity and passes information on to the next layer. The top layer produces an output that, for example, can express how likely an image is to contain a cat, a car or other objects... (MORE - details)
RE: ‘Mind-blowing’ IBM chip speeds up AI - Zinjanthropos - Oct 22, 2023
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I'm not sure if I will be sitting on pins and needles waiting . In fact I can't tell whether they actually have the chip or they know what they want it to do but just haven't put one together yet. It sounds like they may be in need of investment money or grants, idk. you'd think if they are so in tune with AI that they wouldn't need to resort to buzz words/phrases, just build it with AI help. Would AI recommend buzz words to entice investors?