ACE, the upcoming set of x86 Extensions defined by both AMD & Intel, has seen the latest spec release, focusing on AI acceleration. AMD & Intel Focus on AI Acceleration Through Next-Gen x86 Architectures That Are ACE Compliant Last year, Intel and AMD partnered to strengthen the x86 ecosystem through their "x86 Ecosystem Advisory Group" initiative. The plan was to offer a standardized set of features across architectures to make x86 accessible, scalable, and compatible with future requirements. Four key features were announced: FRED, AVX10, ChkTag, and ACE. Now, the latest ACE "AI Compute Extensions" specifications have been published by AMD […]

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It's one thing to partner with either one or two major names in the AI segment, but OpenAI got AMD, NVIDIA, Intel, Microsoft, & Broadcom to accelerate large-scale AI training. OpenAI Announces Mega-Partnership With AMD, NVIDIA, Intel, Microsoft & Broadcom To Accelerate AI The new announcement from OpenAI comes as a supercomputer network partnership that aims to accelerate large-scale AI training. For this purpose, AMD, Broadcom, Intel, Microsoft, and NVIDIA are working with the firm to develop a new protocol called MRC (Multipath Reliable Connection) with the goal of improving GPU networking performance and resilience in large training clusters. OpenAI […]

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