Graphcore CTO and co-founder Simon Knowles delivered a keynote talk during the IEEE International Conference on Artificial Intelligence Circuits and Systems (AICAS) on June 15, 2022. In his keynote, Simon provided an overview of the current state of AI and outlined the path to achieving human-scale (or even superhuman) artificial intelligence with current or near-future technology. For more on the Good Computer, read Graphcore announces roadmap to Ultra-Intelligence AI supercomputer.

How do you build a computer capable of delivering artificial intelligence processing power on par with the human brain? With AI progressing at pace, the prospect of models that use a greater number of parameters than their biological counterparts is tantalisingly close. An important determinant of when we reach that meaningful milestone is the available compute. In this keynote talk to the World Artificial Intelligence Cannes Festival, Graphcore CTO and Co-founder Simon Knowles discusses the road to "Ultra-Intelligence" and how Graphcore hardware and software systems will enable the advent of Exascale AI computing. For more on the Good Computer, read Graphcore announces roadmap to Ultra-Intelligence AI supercomputer.

Addressing the Hot Chips 2021 conference, Graphcore co-founder and CTO Simon Knowles delivers a detailed technical keynote on the design and capabilities of the ColossusTM GC200 Intelligence Processing Unit (IPU). Simon outlines the need for a specialist AI processor as a means of unlocking new directions in AI research. He also discusses the importance of sparse computation as a means of handling the multi-trillion parameter models that will be required for human-level machine intelligence. Design features of the IPU, covered in Simon's talk, include:

Graphcore is targeting the area of machine learning, which, the company argues, is not well served by the existing forms of processors but is going to be an essential tool for future developments in data analysis and artificial intelligence (AI) applications such as self-driving cars.