Comments on: Drilling Into Microsoft’s BrainWave Soft Deep Learning Chip https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/08/24/drilling-microsofts-brainwave-soft-deep-leaning-chip/ In-depth coverage of high-end computing at large enterprises, supercomputing centers, hyperscale data centers, and public clouds. Mon, 23 Apr 2018 11:19:46 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.5.5 By: jimmy https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/08/24/drilling-microsofts-brainwave-soft-deep-leaning-chip/#comment-95209 Tue, 29 Aug 2017 05:40:55 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=35019#comment-95209 So it does ~ 320 GOPS/ watt and a far more flexible GPU like V100 does ~400 GOPS/watt, what then is the USP for this?

]]> By: jimmy https://www.nextplatform.com/2017/08/24/drilling-microsofts-brainwave-soft-deep-leaning-chip/#comment-95208 Mon, 28 Aug 2017 15:12:38 +0000 https://www.nextplatform.com/?p=35019#comment-95208 So roughly 320 GOPS / watt?

Volta V100 does estimated 120 000 GOPS / 300 watts ( real world consumption would be lower) which yields 400 GOPS / watt, and its all done in software….

What is the motivation for this FPGA tech if its less efficient and less flexible?

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