Source: Gerd Altmann from Pixabay The global video game industry has many game types, genres, platforms, business, and use models. There are so many permeations and combinations that people often disagree about what is what. There is even debate about the definition of what constitutes a video game. I have always viewed simulation and interactive training/education as part of … Read more
Three years ago, we had maybe six or less AI accelerators, today there’s over two dozen, and more are coming. One of the first commercially available AI training accelerators was the GPU, and the undisputed leader of that segment was Nvidia. Nvidia was already preeminent in machine learning (ML) and deep learning (DL) applications and adding neural net acceleration was … Read more
Factory OS wants to upend the construction industry. Thanks to a very bad set of circumstances, the Bay Area is a very good laboratory for the development of efficient practices. The Bay Area is grappling with a crippling housing shortage that has gotten more acute as a result of several ruinous fire seasons, rising home prices, and reduced building … Read more
Last week, we wrote about Cerebras’ giant 8.5-inch chip. And in previous issues, we’ve written about Nvidia’s monster 18.6 billion transistor GPU that is 754 mm2. Well, last week, Xilinx joined the big chip club and announced the expansion of its 16-nm Virtex UltraScale+ family to now include the world’s largest FPGA—the Virtex UltraScale+ VU19P. With 35 billion transistors, … Read more
Remedy of Espoo Finland has brought us some great game like the Max Payne series, the creepy Alan Wake, and the failed time-machine in Quantum Break. Control is a bit different, and a bit enhanced with ray tracing effects brought to life through Nvidia’s RTX accelerators. The folks in Espoo have always created clever, edgy, and intelligent FPSs that challenge … Read more
Autodesk Inventor is 20 years old. The company has released Inventor 2020 and in recognition that it's the 20th anniversary of Autodesk’s entry into the parametric CAD market to compete with market leader Pro/Engineer and upstart SolidWorks. At 20, Inventor is still one of the top choices in the segment but the engineering design field has changed with challenges from … Read more
The demand for machine-oriented video processing and coding technology is increasing daily. There is a growing awareness that the majority of video traffic will be used by machines of all types. It is estimated that by 2022, 82% of all Global IP traffic will be video, according to a white paper updated by Cisco on February 27, 2019. Global IP … Read more
Back in 2015 or earlier, Nvidia introduced a nice feature to help keep frame rates up with the users’ expectations. They called it Maximum Pre-Rendered Frames, also known as Max Frames to Render Ahead. It controls the number of frames the CPU prepares in advanced of being rendered by the GPU. The default value is 3. The higher values … Read more
Intel has launched its 10th Core processors (U- and Y-series) for thin-and-light designs claiming they offer scaling for demanding, multithreaded workloads, including the flagship built-for-business Intel vPro platform The 10thGen Intel Core mobile processors include connectivity with Intel Wi-Fi 6 (Gig+) and Thunderbolt 3 for fast wired and wireless speeds. The company said over 90 designs will be available … Read more
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
At Hot Chips 2019, Intel revealed new details of its upcoming AI accelerators: Nervana neural network processors, with the NNP-T for training and the NNP-I for inference. Intel engineers also presented technical information on hybrid chip packaging technology, Intel Optane DC persistent memory and chiplet technology for optical I/O. Intel’s vice president and general manager, for the Artificial Intelligence … Read more
At Hot Chips, Californian-based Cerebras Systems showed the world's most massive computer chip, the Wafer Scale Engine, that is slightly bigger than a standard iPad. The firm says a single chip can drive complex AI systems in everything from driverless cars to surveillance software. Started in 2016, by CEO Andrew Feldman and Sean Lie who previously founded SeaMicro (that AMD … Read more
