Artificial intelligence has reached the inflection point where it’s less of a trend than a core ingredient across virtually every aspect of computing. These companies are applying the technology to everything from treating strokes to detecting water leaks to understanding fast-food orders. And some of them are designing the AI-ready chips that will unleash even more algorithmic innovations in the years to come.
1. Graphcore
For enabling the next generation of AI applications with its Intelligent Processing Unit AI chip
As just about every aspect of computing is being transformed by machine learning and other forms of AI, companies can throw intense algorithms at existing CPUs and GPUs. Or they can embrace Graphcore’s Intelligence Processing Unit, a next-generation processor designed for AI from the ground up. Capable of reducing the necessary number crunching for tasks such as algorithmic trading from hours to minutes, the Bristol, England, startup’s IPUs are now shipping in Dell servers and as an on-demand Microsoft Azure cloud service.
Read more about why Graphcore is one of the Most Innovative Companies of 2020.
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