Today LeapMind announced Efficiera, an ultra-low power AI inference accelerator IP for companies that design ASIC and FPGA circuits, and other related products. Efficiera will enable customers to develop cost-effective, low power edge devices and accelerate go-to-market of custom devices featuring AI capabilities. “This product enables the inclusion of deep learning capabilities in various edge devices that are technologically limited by power consumption and cost, such as consumer appliances (household electrical goods), industrial machinery (construction equipment), surveillance cameras, and broadcasting equipment as well as miniature machinery and robots with limited heat dissipation capabilities.”
Gyrfalcon Acceleration Chips Speed SolidRun AI Inference Server
February 27, 2020 by
Today SolidRun introduced a new Arm-based AI inference server optimized for the edge. Highly scalable and modular, the Janux GS31 supports today’s leading neural network frameworks and can be configured with up to 128 Gyrfalcon Lightspeeur SPR2803 AI acceleration chips for unrivaled inference performance for today’s most complex video AI models. “While GPU-based inference servers have seen significant traction for cloud-based applications, there is a growing need for edge-optimized solutions that offer powerful AI inference with less latency than cloud-based solutions. Working with Gyrfalcon and utilizing their industry-proven ASICs has allowed us to create a powerful, cost-effective solution for deploying AI at the Edge that offers seamless scalability.”
NVIDIA Tops MLPerf AI Inference Benchmarks
November 7, 2019 by
Today NVIDIA posted the fastest results on new benchmarks measuring the performance of AI inference workloads in data centers and at the edge — building on the company’s equally strong position in recent benchmarks measuring AI training. “NVIDIA topped all five benchmarks for both data center-focused scenarios (server and offline), with Turing GPUs providing the highest performance per processor among commercially available entries.”
New MLPerf Benchmark Measures Machine Learning Inference Performance
June 24, 2019 by
Today a consortium involving over 40 leading companies and university researchers introduced MLPerf Inference v0.5, the first industry standard machine learning benchmark suite for measuring system performance and power efficiency. “Our goal is to create common and relevant metrics to assess new machine learning software frameworks, hardware accelerators, and cloud and edge computing platforms in real-life situations,” said David Kanter, co-chair of the MLPerf inference working group. “The inference benchmarks will establish a level playing field that even the smallest companies can use to compete.”
Qualcomm to bring power-efficient AI Inference to the Cloud
April 10, 2019 by
Today Qualcomm announced that it is bringing the Company’s artificial intelligence expertise to the cloud with the Qualcomm Cloud AI 100. “Our all new Qualcomm Cloud AI 100 accelerator will significantly raise the bar for the AI inference processing relative to any combination of CPUs, GPUs, and/or FPGAs used in today’s data centers,” said Keith Kressin, senior vice president, product management, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc.
Unified Deep Learning with CPU, GPU and FPGA Technologies
Deep learning and complex machine learning has quickly become one of the most important computationally intensive applications for a wide variety of fields. Download the new paper — from Advanced Micro Devices Inc. (AMD) and Xilinx Inc. — that explores the challenges of deep learning training and inference, and discusses the benefits of a comprehensive approach for combining CPU, GPU, FPGA technologies, along with the appropriate software frameworks in a unified deep learning architecture.
