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Beyond GPUs: Innatera And The Quiet Uprising In AI Hardware

VentureBeat, Saturday, July 6th, 2024

While much of the tech world remains fixated on the latest large language models (LLMs) powered by Nvidia GPUs, a quieter revolution is brewing in AI hardware. As the limitations and energy demands of traditional deep learning architectures become increasingly apparent, a new paradigm called neuromorphic computing is emerging - one that promises to slash the computational and power requirements of AI by orders of magnitude.

Mimicking nature's masterpiece: How neuromorphic chips work

But what exactly are neuromorphic systems? To find out, VentureBeat spoke with Sumeet Kumar, CEO and founder of Innatera, a leading startup in the neuromorphic chip space.

'Neuromorphic processors are designed to mimic the way biological brains process information,' Kumar explained. 'Rather than performing sequential operations on data stored in memory, neuromorphic chips use networks of artificial neurons that communicate through spikes, much like real neurons.'

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