IBM Watson will be twice smarter
Victory in the game Jeopardy, successful study at the doctor, culinary success. What will Watson look like after a major upgrade?
At the 2013 Hot Chips conference, IBM said it was implementing a major update on the Watson supercomputer. Not only the CPU will be upgraded, but also a number of system nodes and components.
In 2010, IBM released the Watson supercomputer based on the Power 7 processor. Last year, the company upgraded it to Power 7+ . Now IBM is preparing to upgrade to a 12-core Power 8 chip, which will give two-, and in some cases, a three-fold increase in performance compared with the first system.
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According to forecasts, IBM Watson will become twice smarter, andbecome the first true AI will certainly surprise us with new achievements.
The review of the new Power 8 processor was prepared by the site overlockers.ru.
PS There are comments asking why the supercomputer is called Watson, not Holmes. Answer: Thomas Watson (Thomas J. Watson) is one of the founders of IBM, and the supercomputer is named after him;)
At the 2013 Hot Chips conference, IBM said it was implementing a major update on the Watson supercomputer. Not only the CPU will be upgraded, but also a number of system nodes and components.
In 2010, IBM released the Watson supercomputer based on the Power 7 processor. Last year, the company upgraded it to Power 7+ . Now IBM is preparing to upgrade to a 12-core Power 8 chip, which will give two-, and in some cases, a three-fold increase in performance compared with the first system.
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According to forecasts, IBM Watson will become twice smarter, and
The review of the new Power 8 processor was prepared by the site overlockers.ru.
PS There are comments asking why the supercomputer is called Watson, not Holmes. Answer: Thomas Watson (Thomas J. Watson) is one of the founders of IBM, and the supercomputer is named after him;)
Source: https://habr.com/ru/post/195108/
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