@MaximeRivest: this and the recent @Modular acquisition by @Qualcomm makes me believe that qualcomm might repeat the nvidia run for ed…
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Maxime Rivest predicts Qualcomm could replicate NVIDIA's success in edge AI, citing recent acquisitions and advancements in mobile AI training efficiency compared to historical NVIDIA GPUs.
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this and the recent @Modular acquisition by @Qualcomm makes me believe that qualcomm might repeat the nvidia run for edge ai, and energy efficient ai, super relevant for edge and robotics!
Maxime Rivest 🧙♂️🦙🐧 (@MaximeRivest): Alexnet could be trained faster, better and cheaper on current flagship phones then on tge 2 nvidia gpus that Alex and Ilya used.
1000x less energy used, more then 10x faster to train!
and the whole phone is cheaper today then those gpus were.
where will we be in 15 years!?
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