据 IBM Research 介绍，他们推出了一款名为 NorthPole 的 AI 芯片，该芯片内置存储器，灵感来自于人类大脑的运作。据称，NorthPole 的性能可以超越 4nm GPU，适用于边缘计算等范畴。该芯片采用 12nm 工艺，拥有 220 亿个晶体管，每个核心每个周期可执行 2048 次操作，操作次数甚至可翻倍。此外，NorthPole 模糊了运算与存储间的界线，整合至系统，减少了搭载芯片的设备负载。据 IBM Research 测试，相较于基于 12nm 工艺的 GPU 竞品，NorthPole 每秒辨识帧数的能效是竞品的 25 倍，而且延迟和运算空间的要求也优于所有主流架构。虽然 NorthPole 无法承载 GPT-4，但应该可以满足许多企业所需的模型推论要求。目前 IBM Research 仍在研究 NorthPole 的适用领域，研究人员许多需要即时处理大量资料的边缘计算可能非常适合 NorthPole，例如自动驾驶、遥感通信等领域。
新闻英文标题：
IBM Introduces AI Chip NorthPole: Inspired by Human Brain, Outperforms 4nm GPU
关键词：IBM，AI chip，NorthPole，human brain，edge computing
新闻英文翻译：
According to IBM Research, the company has launched an AI chip called NorthPole, which is equipped with an internal storage device and inspired by the functioning of the human brain. According to the company, NorthPole’s performance can outperform 4nm GPUs and is suitable for edge computing and other fields. The chip uses a 12nm process and has 2.2 billion transistors, each core can execute 2048 operations in each clock cycle, and the number of operations can even be doubled. In addition, NorthPole blurs the boundary between computation and storage, making it easier to integrate into the system and reducing the burden on devices that carry the chip. According to IBM Research tests, compared to GPUs based on the same 12nm process, NorthPole’s recognition frame rate is 25 times higher, and its delay and operation space requirements are also better than all mainstream architectures. Although NorthPole cannot support GPT-4, it should be able to meet the model reasoning requirements of many enterprises. IBM Research is currently studying the application fields of NorthPole, and many edge computing applications that require processing large amounts of data in real-time may be well-suited for NorthPole, such as autonomous driving and remote sensing communication fields.
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