If you're using Colab and you feel like training your model on GPU is slow, switch to the TPU runtime and tune the "steps_per_execution" parameter in model.compile() (higher = more work being done on device before moving back to host RAM) Can often see a 4-5x speedup.
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Groq Expands AI Infrastructure in Kazakhstan with LPU Deployment
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Kazakhstan is building serious AI infrastructure.
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E-fuse Limitation Impact on BF16 to FP32 Accumulation Speed
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I think this is the e-fuse issue isn't it, which is artificially limiting the bf16->fp32 accum speed? So strictly speaking "same chip" is correct, if a bit misleading?…
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Kimi K2 Thinking: Breakthrough Open Source Model with 1T Parameters
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Las cifras reportadas por el nuevo Kimi K2 Thinking son un barbaridad para un modelo open source! Además cuantizado a INT4 para mayor velocidad de inferencia y arquitectura tipo MoE. Eso sí, 1T de parámetros con 32B activos, no apto para mucho de nuestros equipos
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Smarter Spaces Hackathon: Edge AI Project Opportunities
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Got an idea for an edge AI project? We’re kicking off Smarter Spaces soon; a new #hackathon in the Axelera Community for builders and makers working with Metis and @orangepixunlong
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Jamba Reasoning 3B: Lightest Model Running on Just 2.25 GiB RAM
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How much RAM do you need to run tiny models? Jamba Reasoning 3B runs on just 2.25 GiB, the lightest among small models like Qwen (
@Alibaba_Cloud
), Llama (
@Meta
), Granite (
@IBM
), and Gemma (
@GoogleDeepMind
). Try Jamba Reasoning 3B yourself: https://
huggingface.co/collections/ai
21labs/jamba-reasoning-3b
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Artificial Muscle Technology Enables Humanoid Robots Lifting Power
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This New Artificial Muscle Could Let Humanoid Robots Lift 4,000 Times Their Own Weight! https://
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Edge AI Collaborations Transform Smart City and Medical Detection
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Live at EWNA, Axelera AI collabs are on display:
Axiomtek: Smart City detection running continuously at the edge
MicroIP: 8K object detection run locally for accuracy & efficiency
SECO: Tumor detection with sensitive data staying onsite #EmbeddedWorldNA #PowerEfficiency #EdgeAI