Using a Cell Broadband Engine processor and featuring a PCI Express x16 interface and an ATX form factor, the CAB accelerator board is said to deliver 180 GFLOPS of performance. It targets compute-intensive applications such as rendering, ray tracing ...

Big Blue might be a little late to the AI acceleration game, but it has a captive audience in its System z mainframe and Power Systems servers. Many of these customers, who spend millions of dollars for their application and database servers, will want a ...

The big picture: After attempting (and failing) to position Watson as the next generation platform for AI applications, IBM is now focusing on creating hardware components for the latest generative AI models. The market is evolving, AI technology is moving ...

Microsoft has announced two in-house designed semiconductors - an Arm CPU and a dedicated AI accelerator. The Microsoft Azure Cobalt CPU is designed for general workloads, with a focus on performance per watt. The Microsoft Azure Maia AI Accelerator ...

Realizing Advanced Endpoint Vision AI While Reducing System Size and Cost with a Power-Efficient MPU that Eliminates the Need for Cooling Fans (Graphic: Business Wire) The new MPU is significantly smaller than the RZ/V2H, with its package area measuring ...

RISC-V’s expanding role in AI is not a rejection of incumbent architectures, which continue to deliver performance and compatibility across a wide range of systems. It reflects a shift in engineering constraints highlighted by AI’s pace.