Daniel Lemire's blog
From software to reality?

Both the Physics and Chemistry Nobel prizes were awarded to computer scientists in 2024. Computer scientists are emerging as leading figures in the natural sciences. In turn, these sciences are increasingly dominated by theorists and modelers.
There has a noticeable shift in some scientific fields where theoretical models and simulations often not only precede experimental work, but replaces it. Fields like physics, biology, and environmental science now heavily rely on computational methods for data analysis, simulations, and modeling. This development is not new.  The integration of computer science with other disciplines has created new hybrid fields. Computational biology, computational physics, and similar areas are not just applying computational techniques but are fundamentally changing how these sciences are approached. Microscopes have been replaced by computers.
Yet, this reliance on models and simulations brings challenges. There is a risk of over-reliance on theoretical models without sufficient empirical validation, potentially skewing scientific inquiry towards what can be modeled rather than what might be fundamentally true or observable. This shift towards computational and theoretical sciences might skew scientific inquiry away from empirical observation towards what can be efficiently modeled or simulated. This might lead to a disconnect from physical realities, focusing on model validation over real-world application.

While the ascendancy of computer scientists in natural sciences might herald a new era of discovery and efficiency, we have yet to see this era in concrete terms. Hinton might have won the Physics Nobel prize, but did Physics see many new breakthroughs? Hassabis might have won the Chemistry Nobel prize, but did Chemistry see actual advances?

We have been promised extraordinary medical cures. I am sure that better software can improve medical care, but we should not assume that we can magically go from software to reality.

source

Easton Man's Channel

急，C&C又刷新一遍RSS？？

原来是C&C把域名move到substack了，文章migrate以后全部变成“新的”了

Chips and Cheese
Lunar Lake’s iGPU: Debut of Intel’s Xe2 Architecture
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

Lunar Lake’s iGPU: Debut of Intel’s Xe2 Architecture

Intel has a long history of making integrated GPUs, and they’ve recognized how important iGPUs are to thin and light laptops. Today Intel is locked in fierce competition with AMD, and the company’s fight to hold on to the laptop market is no less intense…

Daniel Lemire's blog
Geoffrey Hinton, the Godfather of Deep Learning, wins Nobel Prize in Physics!

So… in 2024, the Physics Nobel prize was awarded to a Computer Scientist.

Is Physics out of ideas? The Nobel Committee just gave a Physics award to a COMPILER SCIENTIST! What does this say about the state of modern Physics?  Though the first half of the XXth century was filled with breakthrough in Physics, it is clear that contemporary Physics is significantly less fruitful.

Is Computer Science the New Frontier of Science? This prize might just prove that Computer Science isn’t just about coding; it’s the new science playground where groundbreaking theories are tested and innovations are born. Computer Science is now the epicenter of scientific discovery.

source

急，C&C又刷新一遍RSS？？

Chips and Cheese
The Next Stage for Chips and Cheese
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source

Telegraph

The Next Stage for Chips and Cheese

Hello you fine internet folks! We here at Chips and Cheese have been busy building the best benchmarking bonanza we believe the industry needs. You might read us for our detailed content, or for our open source tests over on GitHub, but one thing is certain…

Chips and Cheese
Skymont: Intel’s E-Cores reach for the Sky
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

Skymont: Intel’s E-Cores reach for the Sky

The 2020s were a fun time for Intel’s Atom line, which went from an afterthought to playing a major role across Intel’s high performance client offerings. Intel’s latest mobile chip, codenamed Lunar Lake, sees Intel’s high performance P-Cores ditch SMT. With…

Chips and Cheese
Chips and Cheese Interviews Ronak Singhal
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: George Cozma)

Telegraph

Chips and Cheese Interviews Ronak Singhal

For today’s article we have another video interview for you folks, this time with Ronak Singhal from Intel where we talk about Granite Rapids AP. Before we get into the video and the transcript, I would just like to give a massive thank you to all of you…

Chips and Cheese
Lion Cove: Intel’s P-Core Roars
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

Lion Cove: Intel’s P-Core Roars

Intel’s mobile CPUs have undergone massive changes over the past couple generations as Intel defends its laptop market against AMD, Qualcomm, and to a lesser extent Apple. Meteor Lake adopted aggressive chiplet design with separate compute, GPU, SOC, and…

Chips and Cheese
Intel Granite Rapids: A Step in the Right Direction (Video)
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: George Cozma)

Telegraph

Intel Granite Rapids: A Step in the Right Direction (Video)

Intel’s brand new Granite Rapids series of CPUs is launching today and in an attempt of trying some new types of content we recorded an off the cuff and first thoughts video during the event Intel had up in Oregon. This is a new type of video that I thought…

Chips and Cheese
Intel’s Redwood Cove: Baby Steps are Still Steps
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

Intel’s Redwood Cove: Baby Steps are Still Steps

Intel’s Meteor Lake chip signaled a change in Intel’s mobile strategy, moving away from the monolithic designs that had characterized Intel’s client designs for more than a decade. But radical changes create risk. Intel appears to have controlled that risk…

Chips and Cheese
Running SPEC CPU2017 at Chips and Cheese?
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

Running SPEC CPU2017 at Chips and Cheese?

SPEC, or Standard Performance Evaluation Corporation, maintains and publishes various benchmark suites that are often taken as an industry standard. Here, I’ll be looking at SPEC CPU2017, which measures CPU performance. Chips and Cheese has a free press license…

Chips and Cheese
Discussing AMD’s Zen 5 at Hot Chips 2024
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

Discussing AMD’s Zen 5 at Hot Chips 2024

Hot Chips isn’t just a conference where companies give in-depth presentations on the architectures behind high performance chips. It’s also a place to talk to the engineers who worked on those products on the sidelines, often over coffee and pastries. I had…

Chips and Cheese
FuriosaAI’s RNGD at Hot Chips 2024: Accelerating AI with a More Flexible Primitive
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

FuriosaAI’s RNGD at Hot Chips 2024: Accelerating AI with a M…

There were no shortage of AI accelerators at Hot Chips 2024. One of those was FuriosaAI’s RNGD, pronounced Renegade. It’s a 150W TDP chip with 48 GB of HBM3, and aims to handle inference at lower power than GPUs. RNGD is physically implemented on a PCIe card…

Chips and Cheese
Telum II at Hot Chips 2024: Mainframe with a Unique Caching Strategy
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

Telum II at Hot Chips 2024: Mainframe with a Unique Caching …

Mainframes still play a vital role in today, providing extremely high uptime and low latency for financial transactions. Telum II is IBM’s latest mainframe processor, and is designed unlike any other server CPU. It only has eight cores, but runs them at a…

Chips and Cheese
An Interview with Susan Eickhoff and Christian Jacobi from IBM at Hot Chips 2024
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: George Cozma)

Telegraph

An Interview with Susan Eickhoff and Christian Jacobi from I…

This is our second video interview from Hot Chips 2024 and this time I got to sit down with Susan Eickhoff and Christian Jacobi from IBM to talk about their brand new Telum II processor and Spyre AI cards from the development process to the architecture of…

Chips and Cheese
An Interview with Intel’s Arik Gihon about Lunar Lake at Hot Chips 2024
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: George Cozma)

Telegraph

An Interview with Intel’s Arik Gihon about Lunar Lake at Hot…

For today’s article we have another video interview for you folks, this time with Arik Gihon from Intel where we talk about Lunar Lake. Before we get into the video and the transcript, I would just like to give a massive thank you to all of you who have donated…

Chips and Cheese
AmpereOne at Hot Chips 2024: Maximizing Density
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

AmpereOne at Hot Chips 2024: Maximizing Density

Ampere Computing focuses on developing cloud-native processors, and aims to serve many users while providing security, privacy, and consistent performance, without relying on process node scaling. Features that increase performance at the expense of consistency…

Chips and Cheese
Tesla’s TTPoE at Hot Chips 2024: Replacing TCP for Low Latency Applications
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

Tesla’s TTPoE at Hot Chips 2024: Replacing TCP for Low Laten…

Last year at Hot Chips 2023, Tesla introduced their Dojo supercomputer. For Tesla, machine learning is focused on automotive applications like self driving cars. Training deals with video, which can demand a lot of IO bandwidth. As an example, the size of…

Chips and Cheese
Hot Chips 2024: Qualcomm’s Oryon Core
#ChipAndCheese

Telegraph | source
(author: Chester Lam)

Telegraph

Hot Chips 2024: Qualcomm’s Oryon Core

Today, Qualcomm is presenting on their Oryon core. We’ve covered this core previously in a separate article, so I’ll focus on new details or differences covered in the review.