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Dedicated hardware for common algorithms is actually not very far fetched. In addition to GPUs, we already have examples of HSMs [1] and TPUs [2] that optimize
by divbzero 4y ago
Dedicated hardware for common algorithms is actually not very far fetched. In addition to GPUs, we already have examples of HSMs [1] and TPUs [2] that optimize for specific cryptographic and machine learning operations.
[1]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_security_module https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hardware_security_module
[2]: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_Processing_Unit https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_Processing_Unit
- orangeoxidation 4y agoThere's video de- and encoding as well.
- formerly_proven 4y agoIntel has dedicated gzip hardware in QAT among a few other hardware blocks.
- contravariant 4y agoPretty sure the internet exists by virtue of algorithm specialized hardware.