TPU's ........ Tensor Processing Unit

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WuShock
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TPU's ........ Tensor Processing Unit

Post by WuShock » Fri Apr 21, 2017 11:52 am

Maybe they are getting ready to ramp up production ??

http://www.cnbc.com/2017/04/20/ex-googl ... itiya.html


And for those smarter than me ...............

https://drive.google.com/file/d/0Bx4haf ... xtcEk/view

Hope the future hurrys , I'm getting old .........
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Sean Evans
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Re: TPU's ........ Tensor Processing Unit

Post by Sean Evans » Fri Apr 21, 2017 5:43 pm

Hi, thanks for posting. What advantages do you think TPU would have over current technology?

Thank you,

Sean
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WuShock
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Re: TPU's ........ Tensor Processing Unit

Post by WuShock » Sun Apr 23, 2017 10:56 am

I don't even know if it is applicable for chess . I was hoping one of our resident experts would comment ......... Maybe they are going to build Neural Network chips ??
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Re: TPU's ........ Tensor Processing Unit

Post by mhull » Sun Apr 23, 2017 2:11 pm

WuShock wrote:I don't even know if it is applicable for chess . I was hoping one of our resident experts would comment ......... Maybe they are going to build Neural Network chips ??
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tensor_processing_unit

8-bit architecture. This is for artificial neural nets. They do not require mathematical precision. It's "brain sim" stuff, so no big number crunching but rather pattern recognition.
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