Graphcore
Empowering innovation in artificial intelligence through Graphcore's purpose-built IPUs and optimized Poplar Software platform, delivering high performance for machine learning workloads.
Graphcore is a UK-based tech company with strong academic ties, developing Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs) for machine learning, providing 10X acceleration over traditional GPUs. Their Poplar Software platform optimizes ML models across IPU configurations and cloud/data center use. Collaborating with Intellectus, Stanford AI Lab, and Citadel LLC, Graphcore's mission is to drive AI innovation through hardware-software optimization.
About Graphcore
Graphcore is a pioneering technology company based in Bristol, UK, with strong connections to the University of Bristol and Oxford University. The company's mission is to accelerate artificial intelligence (AI) innovation by developing and delivering Intelligence Processing Units (IPUs), which are purpose-built for machine learning.
Graphcore's IPUs are designed to deliver high performance in machine learning workloads, providing significant advantages over traditional GPUs. Their flagship product, the Poplar® Software development platform, allows developers to optimize and deploy ML models across various IPU configurations, including those available in the cloud or data centers.
The company's achievements include delivering 10X acceleration for DNA and protein sequence alignment tasks, as demonstrated through their collaboration with Intellectual Property & University (IPU) at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (LBNL). They have also presented their groundbreaking FP8 research at NeurIPS 2023.
Graphcore's vision for the future of AI aligns with Citadel LLC, as they believe that the future lies in software and hardware optimization to support AI innovation. Their solutions enable rapid experimentation and reduced turnaround times, as evidenced by Dr. Katya Putintseva's experience at carmot_02, who was able to speed up their experimentation process with Graphcore.
Graphcore collaborates with several renowned organizations, including the Stanford AI Lab, and has partnerships with companies such as Citadel LLC. Their dedication to pushing the boundaries of AI technology drives them to continue developing advanced IPUs and software to support machine learning applications across various industries.
