The real motivation behind the Matrix engine (GPU/TPU/…) adoption in HPCThere is current backlash in the HPC community against GPU/TPU/… aka matrix engine accelerator adoption. Most of the arguments are…Nov 7, 2020Nov 7, 2020
Data is the new oil fueling Machine learning adoption but Business are discovering #AI is no…Data is the new oil. However, unlike oil, as data scarcity is becoming less of a problem, processing costs are skyrocketing. The business…Jul 1, 2020Jul 1, 2020
The rise of Domain-Specific AcceleratorsTwo recent articles indicate a certain pick up of Domain-specific Accelerators adoption. With the end of Moore’s Law, domain-specific…Jun 23, 2020Jun 23, 2020
Stop throwing GPU at HPC, Not all scientific problems are compute denseThe current race exascale has put a heavy emphasis on GPU-based acceleration at the detriment of other architecture. However, Crossroads…Jun 22, 2020Jun 22, 2020
Yet another Red Queen Project : Franco-German Gaia-XFor some reason, the EU and especially the French government love moonshot project. The only problem is that they tend to be launched…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
With enough data and/or fine-tuning, simpler models are as good as more complex modelsThis is an age-old issue that seems to repeat itself in every field. There are a couple of recent papers published criticising the race to…Jun 19, 2020Jun 19, 2020
Google Cloud GKE control plane price introduction: the tragedy of the commons or bait and switch?Recently when GCP announced that On June 6, 2020, Google Kubernetes Engine (GKE) clusters will start accruing a management fee. The fee is…Mar 6, 2020Mar 6, 2020
Amazon ads stuffing and upcoming “China Crisis.”This article on #amazon stuffing its search results with ads reminded me of the tipping point when I did the switch from #altavista to…Sep 12, 2018Sep 12, 2018
Microsoft aim at undercutting AWS strategic advantage with its Github acquisitionMicrosoft acquired Github code sharing platform. This is a brilliant move. It allows Microsoft to offset some of the insane advantages that…Jun 4, 2018Jun 4, 2018
The curse of low-tech ScrumI recently read the following article that describes how scrum disempowers devs. It criticises the “sell books and consulting” aspect that…May 30, 2018May 30, 2018