OpenAI is teaming up with other companies to improve supercomputer networking for AI training.
… Link: Supercomputer networking to accelerate large scale AI training | https://openai.com/index/mrc-supercomputer-networking/ | OpenAI
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Anker made its own AI chip
…had to rely on small neural networks capable of handling a few hundred thousand parameters. But Anker says that with the more energy-efficient compute-in-memory design, the Thus chip is…
SpaceX reportedly rented out Colossus 1 AI data center after it ran into latency issues.
…However, the firm encountered latency issues when connecting Colossus 1 with two other sites located more than 10 miles away, the people said, compounded by aging network infrastructure.
ISS astronauts are getting new laptops
Even astronauts need to level up their laptops once in a while — including the crew of Expedition 74 on board the ISS, which NASA announced last week is in the process of some computer upgrades. …
China claims the world’s fastest supercomputer
… LineShine doesn’t even use any GPUs, which are typically the backbone of modern supercomputers. …
What is a quantum computer good for? Absolutely nothing — yet
… A quantum computer will not be a consumer gadget that individuals own, nor will it replace classical computers. “It’s a computer with a very specific purpose,” says Dries Sels, a physicist at Boston University. …
Larry Ellison’s betting everything on OpenAI. Will it pay off or pop the bubble?
… In 1996, Ellison appeared on The Oprah Winfrey Show to hype what he called “the network computer.” As part of the appearance, Oracle promised to give a network computer to each of almost 300 kids at a primary school in Menlo Park. …
A hacker ran me over with a robot lawn mower
… But as the first hundred pounds of metal, plastic, and far-too-hackable computer pin my body to the ground — and Makris eventually, thankfully, backs off — I realize this science experiment wasn’t quite as safe as I thought. …
Framework’s first eGPUs turn its laptop into a desktop PC
… There’s no solution here for Framework’s other laptops, only the Laptop 16, but there are some other computers with an OCuLink port, including a variety of relatively inexpensive mini-PCs and that GPD Win Max 2 that I reviewed. …
After three months on Linux, I don’t miss Windows at all
… I set a static IP on both the router and computer side. …