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Re:Intel axes Nervana just two months after launch by ars on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @05:08PM (#22241563)
> Could it be they bought Habana for US$2B?

That's what the article says. They had two lines that did basically the same thing, and axed one of them.

According to the article, the hardware on Nervana was better, but the software was worse.

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Re:Intel axes Nervana just two months after launch by UncleOxidant on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @06:16PM (#22242207)
Word on the street was that Nervana power consumption was much too high and a big problem (likely thermal issues). The software will be repurposed for use on Habana. So no, AFAICT it wasn't the software, it was the actual Nervana chip that was the problem.
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Re:Intel axes Nervana just two months after launch by trsohmers on Tuesday February 04, 2020 @05:25PM (#22241741)
Not the case... AFAIK (based on talking to people who have played with Habana test systems), any real performant applications still need to be hand optimized with their assembly.
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