It amused me more than once that it was important to know convex analysis in LISA lab even though deep learning people at the time tended to regard anything convex as “the other faction.” The Boyd book chapter 2 served me well more than once
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Chicago builds quantum computing hub to rival Silicon Valley
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Chicago is sick of seeing its groundbreaking research migrate to Silicon Valley when it’s time to become a business. For quantum computing, officials say, things will be different. https://
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GPU Training Issues with Latest PyTorch Nightly DDP
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Glad to see the level of interest. I figured tokenization was too boring for most! The results on 8xH100 will have to wait until tomorrow; with the latest nightly torchrun is crashing in DDP with exit code -11.
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Optimizing Code with Padding Tokens for Efficiency
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The code hasn't changed so there are padding tokens in there still… I could be using that padding though!
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Lambda Labs GPU pricing comparison A100 availability
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Thanks. I've been using Lambda Labs but they only had A100 when I checked! Seems the prices are similar…
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Meta announces largest AI datacenter in Louisiana with LED partnership
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NVIDIA AWS Partnership Expands AI Inference Capabilities
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We are expanding our partnership with @AWS to supercharge #AI inference. NVIDIA NIM microservices are now available across AWS services, resulting in faster AI training and inference and lower latency for generative AI applications. #AWSreInvent
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AI-Optimized Serverless Data Warehouse Complete Guide
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This is your complete how-to guide for data warehousing – with reference architectures, best practices and code samples to help you get started. Dive into the benefits of a AI-optimized serverless data warehouse and steps you can take. https://
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Cloud-Native Solutions Transform Industry 4.0 Data Management
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Are legacy systems holding you back?
Discover how modern, cloud-native solutions like #InfluxDB are revolutionizing data historians for #Industry40. Download the new technical paper today! https://
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Cerebras Inference Crushes AWS Google on Llama Performance
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Cerebras Inference is 75x faster than AWS, 32x faster than Google on Llama 3.1 405B. Nvidia's closest rival once again obliterates cloud giants in AI performance. Read more: