computing

Supermicro offers rack-scale solutions with new 5th Generation Intel® Xeon® processors optimized for AI, cloud service providers, storage and edge computing – LeLézard.com

Class in: science and technologyTheme : New products and services Ready-to-use, rack-scale solutions with liquid cooling provide customers with faster delivery times, improved quality, optimized performance and greater efficiency, with systems performing 67%1 better than the best-of-generation and an average performance gain of 87%2 in AI-driven tests Comparison to systems based on 4th generation Intel … [Read more…]

Meta’s AI boss doesn’t think AI superintelligence is coming soon and is skeptical about quantum computing

Facebook parent Meta hosted a media event in San Francisco this week highlighting the 10th anniversary of its Fundamental AI Research team. The likelihood of society getting “cat” or “dog” level AI is probably years ahead of human-level AI, said Meta chief scientist Yann LeCun. Unlike Google, Microsoft and other tech giants, Meta doesn’t particularly … [Read more…]

Photonic, a quantum computing startup, raises $100 million – Enerzine

Photonic, a quantum computing startup, recently raised $100 million in venture funding. In addition, the company has entered into a strategic cooperation agreement with Microsoft to rapidly accelerate the development of its technology. Founded in 2016 by Simon Fraser University researchers Stephanie Simmons and Michael Thewalt, Photonic focuses on a silicon-based quantum computing architecture that … [Read more…]

Lightmatter raises $155 million to develop photonic computing – Enerzine

Lightmatter, the Boston-based startup developing silicon photonics hardware for generative artificial intelligence (AI) and high-performance computing applications, announces it has raised an additional $155 million in funding. Capital risk. Support for the “C-2 Series” led by Google Ventures and Viking Global Investors follows a similarly large initiative earlier this year, bringing total funding raised to … [Read more…]