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Tiny-tpu: A minimal tensor processing unit (TPU), inspired by Google's TPU
- mdaniel 1y agoRelevant: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44111452 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44111452
- mdaniel 1y agoAh, and a psuedo dupe of https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44944592 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44944592 but I'll be straight that I think the current point spread is accurate because I much prefer the repo link to some random .com domain
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- ForOldHack 1y agoCan I get a PCIe card with multiple units and An easy interface? Say 4 TPUs and 8 ram slots? $5,000???
- mdaniel 1y agoI had approximately the same comment in a thread under a submission about a new CPU <https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44201707 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=44201707> and the replies highlighted my understanding of exactly how slow using sticks of RAM versus on-die VRAM. I'd still enjoy trying it, but I have not yet loaded enough of the FPGA ecosystem in my head to know how many hours I am away from watching the bits flow
- thebruce87m 1y agohttps://www.asus.com/networking-iot-servers/aiot-industrial-solutions/gpu-edge-ai-accelerators/ai-accelerator-pcie-card/ https://www.asus.com/networking-iot-servers/aiot-industrial-... Not exactly what you specified but close
- faangguyindia 1y agoThose who are expert at this, how many TPUs i need to run lets say Gemini flash 2.5 and pro 2.5 models for 1 user?
- webdevver 1y agowe are incredibly overdue for the 3D-printer-ification of silicon chips
- snek_case 1y agoDon't hold your breath. Chip fabrication is extremely sophisticated. It's basically nanotechnology. Not something that could practically be done at home anytime soon.
- __MatrixMan__ 1y agoI agree, photolithography at home is a long way out. I think if we want to distribute the means of computational production, a better approach would be to print oligonucleotide instructions (requires a custom inkjet printer), and use a cell free extract (e. coli would work) to synthesize proteins which are programmed to assemble the computational substrate from nanoparticles. Something along these lines: https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1422649112 https://www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/pnas.1422649112
- mptest 1y agoThat being the better approach says volumes about the complexity of lithography. For anyone reading this, read Chip Wars by Chris Miller. The Lithography sub-story that threads through is amazing and fascinating and the whole book is incredible besides. For those who think Ai Is a bubble and longshot, look up how crazy of a bet EUV (extreme ultraviolet) lithography was.
- queuebert 1y agoThere is a company called Nano Dimension working on something like that. Last I heard their 3d printer wasn't at the consumer level yet, but neither were computers in the early days.
- jononor 1y agoI think that before that will be the PCB-ification, where you can order online and be batched in with others on a standardized process, for a reasonable price. This is actually starting to become possible, for example via TinyTapeout you can get tiny chips taped out for a few hundred USD.
- john_minsk 1y agoHow did you create such amazing animation with svgs? Cool docs
- xrd 1y agoI was interested in this as well. The site is awesome and beautiful. And, I wished the SVGs were built in a way that (from my limited interaction) is basically just swapping new SVG in for each tick. It's really pretty, but I wished there was a bit more interaction and composability.
- mi_lk 1y agoSeems a bunch of excalidraw outputs stacked together, no?
- john_minsk 1y agoMay be. I don't know. Thanks for answering - will check the excalidraw!