What Nvidia is doing to Intel, Wave is trying to do to Nvidia, and it might just work We got a look at Nvidia’s DGX2 datacenter accelerator at GTC a few weeks ago and about the same time Wave Computing started dropping hints that their DPU (Dataflow Processing Unit) is about ready to ship in datacenter-ready systems and that we … Read more
Hanson Robotics builds on its legacy; how real is the AI of this charming robot? Hanson Robotics, founded in 2003, has developed an AI-based animatronics robot that is strikingly compelling and a little scary, and for the cynics, highly questionable; its name is Sophia, and “she” tells jokes, winks, and has a philosophic Sophia awakens point of view — or … Read more
Beats the competition in 11 out of 12 tests We ran a series of tests on a new AMD 4-core, 3.6 GHz, Ryzen 5 2400G (in a custom built Cooler Master PC) and a HP ProDesk Intel 4-core 3.4 GHz, Core i5-7500 PC and in 38 benchmarks the AMD had an average gain of 207% better performance. AMD Ryzen 5 … Read more
Major versions of SPECviewperf and SPECwpc (to be renamed SPECworkstation) are on tap for Q2 of this year. SPECviewperf 13 will feature new volume visualization viewsets for energy and medical applications, radically new shaders, and updated viewsets to match more recent versions of the applications on which they are based. SPECworkstation 3.0 will include new GPU performance measurement, completely redesigned … Read more
Expanded SPECworkstation benchmark slated for Q2
ONNX API now available in Windows At the recent Windows Developer Day, Microsoft exec. Kevin Gallo announced a number of new products for developers, the most interesting of which was what he called “the intelligent edge” and the Windows AI Platform. In a nutshell, this means that while Microsoft has previously focused mainly on cloud-based AI, it is now turning … Read more
Units up 3.6% from last quarter, 5.4% from last year
Beats the competition in 11 out of 12 tests We ran a series of tests on a new AMD 4-core, 3.6 GHz, Ryzen 5 2400G (in a custom built Cooler Master PC) and a HP ProDesk Intel 4-core 3.4 GHz, Core i5-7500 PC and in 38 benchmarks the AMD had an average gain of 207% better performance. AMD Ryzen 5 … Read more
New report from Jon Peddie Research
Move along, nothing to see here Well actually there’s quite a lot to see. One of the first companies to come to market with Intel’s new Kaby Lake multi-chip processor with HBM and an AMD GPU was Dell. With its thin, light, powerful as hell, and reasonably priced, pen-based XPS 15 2-in1sporting a 360-degree hinged 15-in 4K screen. A story … Read more
At CES the major processor companies all claimed partnerships with car makers – the same car makers. Our friends at Intel, Nvidia, Qualcomm, and a few others are in the automotive market, and they have one thing in common—the same partners. If you can’t show at least a dozen car companies as your partners, then just go home, you’re not … Read more
Intel had the best visualizations and presentations in its history at CES 2018 CES is like Las Vegas in that it is an assault on the senses. The creative geniuses of the computer industry as well as the entertainment industry bring forth staggering visual experiences that seem other worldly, leave your ears ringing, your eyes saturated with negative afterglow, and … Read more
