Prominent companies in the AI industry have come together to form the AI Platform Alliance, a consortium with the goal of creating more open, efficient, and sustainable AI platforms. Ampere, Cerebras Systems, Furiosa, Graphcore, Kalray, Kinara, Luminous, Neuchips, Rebellions, and Sapeon are the founding members of the alliance, with more companies expected to join in the future.
The consortium aims to address the challenges posed by the increasing compute power required for AI training and inferencing, as well as the growing demand for scalable AI solutions. As AI usage scales up, the total compute power required for AI inferencing can be up to ten times higher than for training, making efficiency a crucial concern. One of the primary objectives of the AI Platform Alliance is to surpass the performance of traditional graphics processing units (GPUs) and enhance the power and cost efficiency of AI hardware.
The timing of the formation of the AI Platform Alliance is significant, as the rapid expansion of AI has created an unprecedented need for compute power. The group seeks to promote better collaboration and openness in the AI industry to meet these demands.
Notably, the AI Platform Alliance does not include Nvidia, the largest designer of AI chips and GPUs. The consortium is focused on creating superior alternatives to the prevailing GPU-based status quo.
The AI Platform Alliance is inviting AI companies that are developing hardware solutions and are dedicated to challenging the current state of AI platforms to join the consortium. Interested companies can apply for membership through the alliance’s website.
The collaborative approach of the AI Platform Alliance aims to expedite AI innovation and create more transparent and accessible AI platforms. The consortium is committed to enhancing the efficiency of AI in solving real-world problems and establishing sustainable and socially responsible infrastructure at scale.
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