Part III: The evolution to AI GPUs
CUDA, Tensor Cores, and NPUs rewrote computing history.
Autonomous systems in factories and cars
The big boys move in.
Huawei’s Ascend 950 AI processor
Second in a line AI processors.
Huawei 950 SuperCluster isn’t so super
Lots of chips, not so much TOPS.
Chinese AI GPU needs and ambitions
Will Nvidia be a minority player in five years?
China’s domestic AI alliances
Forms two AI alliances, reducing foreign tech dependence.
Just say no to Huawei Ascend
Ascend chips are likely in breach of existing export rules.
What is happening in China?
Huawei’s Kirin 9000S has a homegrown GPU.
Amazon’s Lumberyard game engine goes open source
New Open 3D Foundation is launching with over 20 founding members, including Adobe, AWS, Huawei, Niantic, and Red Hat, to accelerate developer collaboration on 3D engine development for AAA games and high-fidelity simulations.
Real-time ray tracing on Huawei smartphone
NetEase, founded in June 1997 and based in Guangzhou, Guangdong, China, is an Internet company providing online services. At the 2019 Software Green Alliance Developers Conference held recently, NetEase showed the results of realtime ray tracing technology in mobile games and used Love Is Justice mobile game to demonstrate. The company showed the first public demonstration of mobile gaming applications … Read more
China buys China—is the war over?
China owns considerable market share in world markets and these days, the country is capturing even more mind share, but what is China’s ultimate goal? It’s possible China wants most of all to own its own market.
Huawei’s Da Vinci AI accelerator explained at Hot Chips
Announced at Hot Chips last year and again at the Shanghai Full link Conference, the Da Vinci AI accelerator has been making the rounds. Huawei provided more details at Hot Chips this year. The company said their plan is to scale their technology from inference on wearables to training for the data centers. A big part of the design is the … Read more