ARM data centre chip designer Ampere has launched the AI Platform Alliance with eight other companies to reduce system complexity and promote better collaboration and openness with better total performance than GPUs.
The initial companies in the AI Platform Alliance include UK chip designer GraphCore, Kalray in France, edge AI chip designer Kinara, chip on a wafer developer Cerebras Systems, Furiosa, Luminous, Neuchips, Rebellions and Sapeon in South Korea. The alliance plans to take on the dominance of GPUs from Nvidia, AMD and Intel in the data centre for AI processing.
Ampere will collaborate with Kinara as part of the recently formed AI Platform Alliance to validate joint AI solutions that provide a better alternative than GPUs in data centre servers and help make AI platforms more open and transparent.
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“We look forward to working with Kinara and our other consortium members to validate joint AI solutions that provide a better alternative than the GPU-based status quo. By developing these solutions as a community, we will accelerate the pace of AI innovation by making platforms more open and transparent, as well as by increasing the efficiency of AI to solve real-world problems and delivering sustainable infrastructure at scale,” said Ampere’s Chief Product Officer Jeff Wittich.
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Separately, advanced video AI analytics developer Mirasys in India has partnered with Kinara to provide real-time edge-based video analytics solutions in the smart retail and banking sectors.
Mirasys has seamlessly integrated Kinara’s Ara-1 Edge AI processors into its embedded platforms and cutting-edge analytics applications. This merging of technology provides a powerful solution for industries to perform real-time video analytics directly at the edge.
By processing video data at the edge, this partnership also yields reduced bandwidth and storage costs, optimizing resource utilization. The integration of advanced analytics and insights derived from video data through AI and machine learning empowers businesses with valuable data-driven decision-making tools.
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“Our involvement in the AI Platform Alliance will help demonstrate the power and cost effectiveness of using our dedicated Edge AI processor and make it easier for customers to adopt more open AI solutions. Furthermore, our partnership with Mirasys opens up exciting possibilities for edge-based video analytics in what has become a very dynamic market. By combining Kinara’s high-performance Ara-1 chipset with Mirasys’ innovative applications, businesses of all sizes can leverage the power of AI for enhanced safety, security and operational efficiency,” said Kinara’s CEO Ravi Annavajjhala.
The AI Platform Alliance is open today to AI companies that are building hardware solutions and are looking to change the status quo. Companies interested in joining can access more information at platformalliance.ai/.
