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For a millisecond I thought Intel were doing something new and interesting. Neuromorphic or neuromeristive architectures maybe. Nope it's just some rebranded x
by grabcocque 10y ago
For a millisecond I thought Intel were doing something new and interesting. Neuromorphic or neuromeristive architectures maybe.
Nope it's just some rebranded x86 cores.
- lern_too_spel 10y agoNervana TPUs aren't rebranded x86 cores. They aren't neuromorphic either, and I don't know what neuromeristive is.
- eagletusk 10y agoPerhaps it uses a memrister?
- elihu 10y agoI think memristers are an HP thing. Intel's competing product is 3D cross point, which, according to marketing is a persistent memory technology that's higher density than DRAM and faster than flash.
- deepnotderp 10y agoNeuromorphic means brain like, so basically, super parallel. Neuromemristive,although I haven't heard the term before, means using memristors to compute artificial neural networks.
- andrepd 10y ago>using memristors to compute artificial neural networks What does that mean?
- john_reel 10y agoDo you mind explaining those architectures?
- imaginenore 10y agoI think he means something along the lines of this IBM chip: https://www.wired.com/2014/08/ibm-unveils-a-brain-like-chip-with-4000-processor-cores/ https://www.wired.com/2014/08/ibm-unveils-a-brain-like-chip-...
- ssvss 10y agoThey aren't rebranded x86 cores, This is from Nervana systems which was acquired by Intel few months back. More details about Nervana architecture. https://www.nervanasys.com/nervana-engine-delivers-deep-learning-at-ludicrous-speed/ https://www.nervanasys.com/nervana-engine-delivers-deep-lear...
- ssvss 10y agoPrevious HN discuasion about Nervana systems. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12257376 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=12257376
- amelius 10y agoI think Intel would be wiser just improving the performance of proven algorithms, rather than trying something radically different.