Solving AI's Hardware Challenge for Optimal Deep Learning Potential
This article is a summary of a YouTube video "AI’s Hardware Problem" by Asianometry
TLDR Developing new systems and hardware is necessary to unlock the full potential of deep learning.
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OpenAI, Google, and others are pushing the boundaries of deep learning with increasingly larger models, but the Von Neumann architecture limits hardware capabilities.
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Memory Wall is a limitation caused by the gap between AI models and GPUs, leading to expensive hardware and energy costs that could restrict AI benefits to the wealthy.
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In the past 40 years, DRAM memories have become increasingly difficult to scale due to their low latency and cheap manufacturing.
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Compute-in-Memory integrates processing elements into RAM, making it ideal for deep learning and edge computing.
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Making logic circuits with DRAM or DRAM cells with logic processes both have significant drawbacks.
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ReRAM is close to commercialization, but DRAM can also be used to implement logic functions with three rows.
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AMD is using 3D V-Cache to add more memory cache to their processor chips, enabling hundreds of gigabytes of memory for AI ASICs.
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Developing new systems and hardware is necessary to unlock the full potential of deep learning.