Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia’s stronghold with AI app developers
Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off Nvidia GPUs.
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Key points
- Google LLC is striving to pry open Nvidia Corp.’s grip on the artificial intelligence computing industry with the launch of a specialized version of the open-source PyTorch framework, called TorchTPU, which is designed to eliminate a key advantage of its rival.
- One of the reasons why Nvidia and its graphics processing units remain so dominant [...]
- The post Google unveils TorchTPU in a push to break Nvidia’s stranglehold on AI compute appeared first on SiliconANGLE.
Sources (2)
- [1]Google has joined Amazon in attacking Nvidia’s stronghold with AI app developersTechCrunch: AI · Oct 20, 06:38 PM
Google has joined Amazon in releasing a developer tool that makes it easy for PyTorch users to move their apps off Nvidia GPUs.
- [2]Google unveils TorchTPU in a push to break Nvidia’s stranglehold on AI computeSiliconANGLE: AI · Oct 21, 01:29 AM
Google LLC is striving to pry open Nvidia Corp.’s grip on the artificial intelligence computing industry with the launch of a specialized version of the open-source PyTorch framework, called TorchTPU, which is designed to eliminate a key advantage of its rival.
One of the reasons why Nvidia and its graphics processing units remain so dominant [...]
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