Graphcore
Intelligence Processing Units for AI, owned by SoftBank
About Graphcore
Graphcore designs Intelligence Processing Units and software for AI workloads. SoftBank Group acquired it in 2024.
Common use cases
- Research
- Model training
Products and services
IPU
AI processor.
Poplar
Software stack.
Key features
- IPU architecture
- Poplar SDK
- Cluster scaling
- Framework support
- Research systems
- Sparse compute
Integrations
- PyTorch
Graphcore alternatives
NVIDIAGPUs, systems and software platform for AI training and inference- CECerebras
- SASambaNova
FAQs
Who owns Graphcore?
SoftBank Group acquired it in 2024.
What is an IPU?
Graphcore's processor architecture for AI workloads.
Where is it based?
Bristol, United Kingdom.
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