3D Stacking Could Boost GPU Machine Learning

Nvidia has staked its growth in the datacenter on machine learning. Over the past few years, the company has rolled out features in its GPUs aimed neural networks and related processing, notably with the "Pascal" generation GPUs with features explicitly designed for the space, such as 16-bit half precision math. The company is preparing its upcoming "Volta" GPU architecture, which promises to offer significant gains in capabilities. More details on the Volta chip are expected at Nvidia's annual conference in May. CEO Jen-Hsun Huang late last year spoke to The Next Platform about what he called the upcoming "hyper-Moore's Law" era in HPC and supercomputers that will drive such emerging technologies as AI and deep learning and in which GPUs will play an increasingly central role.