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Microsoft Build goes gaga for AI: Azure Machine Learning and beyond
Machine learning algorithms are among those that FPGAs can turbo-charge. And that’s how an FPGA-based architecture for deployed ML models leads to a service called Azure Machine Learning Hardware Accelerated Models.
Microsoft promises fast and flexible FPGA chips will unlock new AI abilities for customers using its Azure cloud-computing service.
In the news | Wired
Microsoft Charts Its Own Path on Artificial Intelligence
Microsoft is pitching the idea of running AI projects atop chips called FPGAs, whose designs can be reprogrammed to support new forms of software on the fly.
In the news | Microsoft News
DJI and Microsoft partner to bring advanced drone technology to the enterprise
New developer tools for Windows and Azure IoT Edge Services enable real-time AI and machine learning for drones.
In the news | ZDNet
Microsoft Build goes gaga for AI: Azure Machine Learning and beyondMicrosoft is luring A.I. developers to its cloud by offering them faster chips
Microsoft says FPGA acceleration of models can actually be a good bit faster than GPU acceleration, so Azure Machine Learning Hardware Accelerated Models have the potential to create a super-fast AI infrastructure.
In the news | TechCrunch
Microsoft launches Project Brainwave, its deep learning acceleration platform
Microsoft believes FPGAs give it more flexibility than designing custom chips and that the performance it achieves on standard Intel Stratix FPGAs is at least comparable to that of custom chips.
In the news | Intel Newsroom
Intel FPGAs bring power to artificial intelligence in Microsoft Azure
Project Brainwave unlocks the future of AI by unleashing programmable hardware using Intel FPGAs to deliver real-time AI.
An initiative called Project Brainwave lets developers in Microsoft’s data centers use field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), which can be customized even after they’ve been plugged into servers.
Machine learning and the incredible flying robot with Dr. Ashish Kapoor
Episode 22, May 2, 2018 – Dr. Kapoor talks about how cutting-edge machine learning techniques are empowering a new generation of autonomous vehicles, and tells us all about AirSim, an innovative platform that’s helping bridge the simulator-to-reality gap, paving the…