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Am I missing something in thinking that this could be alleviated like every other compression algorithm by implementing it via a hardware codec?
by heavyset_go 3y ago
Am I missing something in thinking that this could be alleviated like every other compression algorithm by implementing it via a hardware codec?
- ipsum2 3y agoIt's a neural network, not a traditional compression algorithm. It would be difficult to implement this efficiently in an ASIC AFAIK, but if there are any hardware designers that disagree please chime in.
- heavyset_go 3y agoI figured some sort of NPU + tuned hardware would be enough, but I'm just going off of intuition.
- woodson 3y agoTraditional codecs also use a lot of “magic” tables with numbers (see e.g. AMR codecs used in GSM telephony). I think this codec could be optimized to run relatively efficiently on the various AI accelerator chips modern phones have, which is “kind-of” doing it in hardware.