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Graphcore (Bristol, UK), Launched with VC backing in 2016,
the company raised $200 million at its last funding round in December 2018,
based on a company valuation of $1.7 billion, making Graphcore the only Western semiconductor “unicorn.”
Investors include Dell, Bosch, BMW, Microsoft, and Samsung.
・2016年にVCの資金で操業 ・2018年12月の出資で200Mドル。ざっくり200憶円 ・企業価値は1.7B ドル。ざっくり1700億円(欧米の半導体会社唯一のユニコーン) ・Dell, Bosch, BMW, Microsoft, Samsungが出資
200Mが1700Mって、既に8.5倍？。。。たった2年だよ。。。
Graphcoreは、
・汎用ASICとして開発 ・1200コア x 6スレッド ・1.6GHzで動作する ・45TBytes/sのメモリ転送レート ・4U chassisの中に16チップ(8枚のPCIeボード)
そして、Poplarは、
Poplar fits in at the same point as CUDA, but it’s really a programming language,
not a framework, describing the graph at a lower level.
In Poplar you could describe a new type of convolutional function
or a new type of recurrent neural network layer,
then call that as a library element in your high-level framework.
We provide a complete range of all the high-level operators and library elements.
We also provide lots of low-level operators that you can easily connect together to make new library elements.
Alternatively, if you’re doing something completely innovative,
you can create your own using the Poplar C++ environment.
Poplarでは、独自に convolution function や recurrent neural network layer を記述できるって。
