One of my readers had problems getting the NFV big picture (and how it relates to SDN):
I find the topic area of SDN and NFV a bit overwhelming in terms of information, particularly the NFV bit.
NFV is a really simple concept (network services packaged in VM format), what makes it complex is all the infrastructure you need around it.
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When it comes to deep learning innovation on the hardware front, few other research centers have been as forthcoming with their results as Baidu. Specifically, the company’s Silicon Valley AI Lab (SVAIL) has been the center of some noteworthy work on GPU-based deep learning as well as exploratory efforts using novel architectures specifically for ultra-fast training and inference.
It stands to reason that teams at SVAIL don’t simply throw hardware at the wall to see what sticks, even though they seem to have more to toss around than most. Over the last couple of years, they have broken down …
Baidu’s New Yardstick for Deep Learning Hardware Makers was written by Nicole Hemsoth at The Next Platform.