Research Archive

September 24, 2024 / Max Weinbach

After a few days with Intel Lunar Lake, Intel is back!

Key Takeaways: Intel is back(!) with a really good, really efficient core design. Intel’s tiled SoC with TSMC N3B compute tile and N6 I/O tile works really well We’re at a point where performance and efficiency among all major PC silicon providers is more or less equal, moving the differentiation from silicon to actual device…

August 15, 2024 / Max Weinbach

Geekbench AI and the State of the NPU

Key Takeaways: Geekbench AI 1.0 is a new cross-platform benchmark suite designed for machine learning, deep learning, and AI-centric workloads. It provides three main scores: Single Precision, Half Precision, and Quantized, reflecting different precision levels used in AI tasks. The benchmark includes both computer vision and natural language processing workloads. Accuracy measurements are incorporated alongside…

August 7, 2024 / Ben Bajarin

Data Center Cooling Innovation: A Critical Imperative

As data centers continue to proliferate and expand to meet the ever-growing demands of our digital world, the need for innovative cooling solutions has become increasingly urgent. This report examines why new methods of cooling data centers are critical, considering environmental, technological, economic, and operational factors. The rise of artificial intelligence (AI) and high-density computing…

June 13, 2024 / Ben Bajarin

Key Points in the Infiniband vs. Ethernet Debate

We have been digging through a host of resources, speaking with technical executives, and investors, to summarize a few key points in the debate about Infiniband vs. Ethernet for AI networking in the data center.  Below are the key point and pros and cons of each. The comparative analysis of Ethernet versus Infiniband for AI…

June 5, 2024 / Ben Bajarin

Report: Comparing Cloud AI Strategies: Microsoft, Google, and Amazon

In the rapidly evolving world of cloud computing, the strategies of industry leaders Microsoft, Google, and Amazon reveal distinct approaches to integrating and leveraging artificial intelligence (AI) to stay ahead. Microsoft Azure: AI Integration and Custom Hardware Microsoft’s Azure is positioning itself as a leader in the AI-driven cloud market through several key initiatives:  …

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