Ok. I've officially seen the Cybertruck now. Wasn't a big believer before – seemed too scifi / extravagant (but obv very cool!) a vehicle to be considered something you'd actually drive. But… well, let's just say you definitely need to see it to believe it.
HARDWARE
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cuBLASLt and cuDNN Dependencies for Optimized Performance
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Yes, cuBLASLt for gemms, cuDNN for flash attention
The fp32 version will become more educational and will delete these dependencies. The "mainline" version we just want to be really fast, so we're less discriminating. cuBLASLt I think is ~ok dep, but cuDNN turned out surprisingly -

UAI’s Automotive AI Accelerator: EV and ADAS Integration
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UAI's @beach66 joined @sallywf on @eetimes
' "AI with Sally" podcast to discuss our automotive #AI #accelerator plans: Collab with @Arm for efficient #EVs Flexible architecture for #ADAS & voice AI Timeline for #vehicle platform integration https://
eetimes.com/podcasts/autom
otive-ai-adas-functional-safety-and-chiplets/
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Rodney Brooks visits Matic Robots and praises their engineering
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Thanks @mehul and @navneetdalal for showing me around your company @maticrobots and sharing your passion for exquisitely well engineered solutions to hard problems using clever mixtures of mechanical design and just enough silicon compute.
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MacBook Pro M2/M3 pricing impacts personal laptop ownership trends
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A good M2/M3 MacBook Pro is $4,000+ I imagine a lot of people no longer have a personal laptop in the same class as their work laptop these days
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MacBook M1 Pro achieves 20-25 tokens per second performance
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Totally, depends on the usecase and the number of users you concurrently want to serve. I get 20-25 tokens/sec on my Macbook M1 pro 16 GB.
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Qualcomm AI growth and Enovix hardware validation in phones
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Enovix’s saying they are moving to “development” with one unnamed phone company customer was the surprise of the evening. Sell-side most interesting: Qualcomm’s AI luster, Enovix’s validation Qualcomm’s sales to Chinese phone makers suggest artificial intelligence upside,
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Received Rabbit R1, asking for opinions and suggestions
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Guys, I just received my Rabbit R1!! Any thoughts? What should I try???? So excited.
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Cerebras SDK 1.1.0 Unleashes WSE-3 High-Performance Computing
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Unlock the full potential of high-performance computing with the latest Cerebras SDK! We recently released the Cerebras SDK 1.1.0, now offering initial support for the groundbreaking Cerebras WSE-3. Our SDK has already enabled researchers at TotalEnergies, KAUST, and
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NVIDIA Inception Startups Leverage Generative AI and OpenUSD
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Learn how six #NVIDIAInception startups use generative AI and #OpenUSD to push the boundaries of what's possible in 3D development. https://
nvda.ws/3UIrlJQ