Benoit HudziaThe 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…3 min read·Nov 7, 2020----
Benoit HudziaData 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…2 min read·Jul 1, 2020----
Benoit HudziaThe 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…1 min read·Jun 23, 2020----
Benoit HudziaStop 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…2 min read·Jun 22, 2020----
Benoit HudziaYet 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…3 min read·Jun 19, 2020----
Benoit HudziaWith 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…2 min read·Jun 19, 2020----
Benoit HudziaGoogle 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…3 min read·Mar 6, 2020----
Benoit HudziaAmazon 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…2 min read·Sep 12, 2018----
Benoit HudziaMicrosoft 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…3 min read·Jun 4, 2018----
Benoit HudziaThe 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…2 min read·May 30, 2018----