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This looks like a customized ASIC specializing solely in recommendation systems possibly focused on ads ranking >We found that GPUs were not always optimal for
by htrp 3y ago
This looks like a customized ASIC specializing solely in recommendation systems possibly focused on ads ranking
>We found that GPUs were not always optimal for running Meta’s specific recommendation workloads at the levels of efficiency required at our scale. Our solution to this challenge was to design a family of recommendation-specific Meta Training and Inference Accelerator (MTIA) ASICs.
- flangola7 3y agoWhat a tragic waste of human effort and potential.
- nikhilsimha 3y agoI hope they take comfort in the fact that this is open-source.
- throwuwu 3y agoSame thing was said about GPUs when they were just for games
- flangola7 3y agoI don't remember that. Games are art and offer at least some benefit to the world. Optimizing Facebook attention algorithms harms society.
- fortyseven 3y agoThat, but the exact opposite. Games were the primary motivation for GPUs in desktop computers in the 90s.