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They probably weren’t inspired by [Jeff Dunham’s] jalapeno on a stick, but Intel have created the Movidius neural compute stick which is in effect a neural network in a USB stick form factor. They don’t rely on the cloud, they require no fan, and you can get one for well under $100.
What distinguishes AI systems on a chip from traditional mobile processors is that they come with specialized neural-network processors, such as graphics processing units or GPUs, tensor processing units or TPUs, and field programming gate arrays or FPGAs. These AI-optimized chips offload neural-network processing from the device’s central processing unit chip, enabling more local autonomous AI processing
Are we about to see another computing revolution and what will the technological and sociopolitical landscape look like after this?
(Score: 2) by takyon on Sunday April 29 2018, @03:30PM
Google's TPUs speed up the company's translation, search, etc. while reducing costs and power consumption. It's also behind many image/pattern recognition techniques and driverless cars. Even people not financially involved can use their GPUs to create #deepfake porn. Machine learning is not going away, no matter what you may think. Any bubble bursting will be a temporary speed bump and a great time for the tech giants to snap up companies and talent for cheap. Yes, they would welcome the burst with faces of glee. They worry about the advertising bubble bursting, not AI.
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