Can the Nvidia Monopoly on AI Chips Be Broken?

About this episode

The episode discusses the Nvidia monopoly on AI chips and the role of power and dedicated inference chips in AI systems.

In the latest episode of Brains and Machines , Sally Ward-Foxton of EE Times talks to Dr. Sunny Bains of the University College London. They discuss the importance of power in all AI systems, the benefit of having dedicated inference chips, and where neuromorphic fits into the market. Discussion follows with Dr. Giulia D’Angelo from the Czech Technical University in Prague and Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings of Johns Hopkins University.

People in this episode

Host: Sally Ward-Foxton

Guests: Dr. Sunny Bains, Dr. Giulia D’Angelo, Professor Ralph Etienne-Cummings

Topics covered

• AI chips
• Nvidia monopoly
• inference chips
• neuromorphic computing
• power in AI systems

Keywords

• Nvidia
• AI chips
• inference
• neuromorphic
• power
• technology
• business

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: University College London, Czech Technical University, Johns Hopkins University

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