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Re:Goodbye, Lua (2016) on Monday February 11, 2019 @12:00PM (#19135913)
...”and now you have 2 problems!”
Re:Why Swift for TensorFlow? on Sunday February 10, 2019 @04:16PM (#19130084)
http://nondot.org/sabre/Resume.html

"Swift for TensorFlow rethinks machine learning development ... I imagined, advocated for, coded the initial prototype and many of the subsystems after that; recruited, hired and trained an exceptional engineering team; we drove it to an open source launch and are continuing to build out and iterate on infrastructure."

Re:Unequal Cofounders on Friday June 22, 2018 @12:41PM (#17375382)
Can we get some examples where the dominant cofounder was the reason why the business did not succeed? These success stories reference generally smart and savvy executives.
Re:Tell HN: We're bringing back the “Work at a Startup” event on Satur... on Friday June 22, 2018 @01:16AM (#17371525)
I’m working at my first startup. I really hope it’s my last one. Best wishes to those who want to live the dream!
Re:Summit Supercomputer Up and Running, Claims First Exascale Application on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:57AM (#17300601)
Intel knows better than anyone that they need to sell a roadmap, not a chip. Who’s going to put in a large advance order on a bunch of future silicon that may get cancelled as well?
Re:Summit Supercomputer Up and Running, Claims First Exascale Application on Wednesday June 13, 2018 @01:54AM (#17300587)
Omni-Path Gen1 has a Wolf River NIC and a Prairie River Switch.
Re:Summit Supercomputer Up and Running, Claims First Exascale Application on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @07:15PM (#17298930)
Bulk discount when currency miners will pay full price?
Re:Summit Supercomputer Up and Running, Claims First Exascale Application on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @07:14PM (#17298929)
What’s not inside the Summit Supercomputer speaks volumes: Intel.

Knights Landing/Hill/Mill is simply not compelling; Omni-Path was created as an infiniband knockoff that doesn’t beat Mellanox. The Cray Gemini/Aries interconnects can be found all over the top of the list (and the Intel acquisition of those interconnects happened in 2012), but you don’t see Omni-Path replacing anything.

Meanwhile, Nvidia comes out with NVLink and begins to build small clusters of GPUs connected by larger networks containing IBM and Mellanox. A vacuum was created, and IBM and Mellanox moved (back) in.