Datacenter Dynamics

Microsoft previews FPGA-based machine learning service for Azure

Microsoft is set to capitalize on its work on integrating field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) into servers for machine learning workloads, by launching a specialized Azure cloud service. Project ...
The Next Platform

Microsoft Extends FPGA Reach From Bing To Deep Learning

After three years of research into how it might accelerate its Bing search engine using field programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), Microsoft came up with a scheme that would let it lash Stratix V devices ...
Hackaday

Learning Verilog For FPGAs: Hardware At Last!

Getting into FPGA design isn’t a monolithic experience. You have to figure out a toolchain, learn how to think in hardware during the design, and translate that into working Verliog. The end goal is ...
Hackaday

Learning Verilog for FPGAs

Getting into FPGA design isn’t a monolithic experience. You have to figure out a toolchain, learn how to think in hardware during the design, and translate that into working Verliog. The end goal is ...
EDN

A Breakthrough in FPGA-Based Deep Learning Inference

Mipsology’s Zebra Deep Learning inference engine is designed to be fast, painless, and adaptable, outclassing CPU, GPU, and ASIC competitors. I recently attended the 2018 Xilinx Development Forum (XDF ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Machine Learning Shifts More Work to FPGAs, SoCs

A wave of machine-learning-optimized chips is expected to begin shipping in the next few months, but it will take time before data centers decide whether these new accelerators are worth adopting and ...
New Electronics

FPGAs to better machine learning and AI applications

The latest ‘buzz phrases’ to emerge into general use are ‘machine learning’ and artificial intelligence, or AI. Both techniques have wide application, so it’s no surprise to find technology companies ...
Digit

Machine Learning on Intel FPGAs

Artificial intelligence (AI) originated in classical philosophy and has been loitering in computing circles for decades. Twenty years ago, AI surged in popularity, but interest waned as technology ...
The Next Platform

Emerging “Universal” FPGA, GPU Platform for Deep Learning

In the last couple of years, we have written and heard about the usefulness of GPUs for deep learning training as well as, to a lesser extent, custom ASICs and FPGAs. All of these options have shown ...
EDN

FPGA learning made easy with a virtual university program

Altera University aims to affordably and easily introduce students to the world of FPGAs and digital logic programming tools by unveiling the curriculum, tutorials, and lab exercises that bridge the ...