Tag: optimization

  • Cloud Blog: BigQuery tables for Apache Iceberg: optimized storage for the open lakehouse

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/announcing-bigquery-tables-for-apache-iceberg/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: BigQuery tables for Apache Iceberg: optimized storage for the open lakehouse Feedly Summary: For several years, BigQuery native tables have supported enterprise-level data management capabilities such as ACID transactions, streaming ingestion, and automatic storage optimizations. Many BigQuery customers store data in data lakes using open-source file formats such…

  • Hacker News: Run Llama locally with only PyTorch on CPU

    Source URL: https://github.com/anordin95/run-llama-locally Source: Hacker News Title: Run Llama locally with only PyTorch on CPU Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text provides detailed instructions and insights on running the Llama large language model (LLM) locally with minimal dependencies. It discusses the architecture, dependencies, and performance considerations while using variations of…

  • The Register: AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut

    Source URL: https://www.theregister.com/2024/10/10/amd_epyc_turin/ Source: The Register Title: AMD pumps Epyc core count to 192, clocks up to 5 GHz with Turin debut Feedly Summary: Just not on the same chip, of course Intel’s 128-core Granite Rapids Xeons are barely two weeks old and AMD has already fired back with a family of fifth-gen Epycs that…

  • Cloud Blog: Better together: BigQuery and Spanner expand operational insights with external datasets

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/data-analytics/introducing-bigquery-external-datasets-for-spanner/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Better together: BigQuery and Spanner expand operational insights with external datasets Feedly Summary: Data analysts have traditionally struggled to analyze data across different databases. Because of data silos, they need to copy data from transactional databases into analytical data stores using ETL processes. BigQuery made the problem a…

  • Cloud Blog: Database Center — your AI-powered, unified fleet management solution

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/databases/database-center-preview-now-open-to-all-customers/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Database Center — your AI-powered, unified fleet management solution Feedly Summary: Organizations are grappling with an explosion of operational data spread across an increasingly diverse and complex database landscape. This complexity often results in costly outages, performance bottlenecks, security vulnerabilities, and compliance gaps, hindering their ability to extract…

  • Simon Willison’s Weblog: Anthropic: Message Batches (beta)

    Source URL: https://simonwillison.net/2024/Oct/8/anthropic-batch-mode/ Source: Simon Willison’s Weblog Title: Anthropic: Message Batches (beta) Feedly Summary: Anthropic: Message Batches (beta) Anthropic now have a batch mode, allowing you to send prompts to Claude in batches which will be processed within 24 hours (though probably much faster than that) and come at a 50% price discount. This matches…

  • Cloud Blog: Three steps in mapping out your modern platform strategy

    Source URL: https://cloud.google.com/blog/products/application-modernization/building-a-modern-ai-ready-developer-platform/ Source: Cloud Blog Title: Three steps in mapping out your modern platform strategy Feedly Summary: As AI adoption speeds up, one thing is becoming clear: the developer platforms that got you this far won’t get you to the next stage. While yesterday’s platforms were awesome, let’s face it, they weren’t built for…

  • Hacker News: Vecint: Average Color

    Source URL: https://wunkolo.github.io/post/2024/09/vecint-average-color/ Source: Hacker News Title: Vecint: Average Color Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes **Summary:** The text discusses the use of Intel’s AMX instructions and Apple’s AMX in image processing tasks, specifically for computing the average color of an image. It highlights the performance differences between various methods of implementation on…

  • Hacker News: PyTorch Native Architecture Optimization: Torchao

    Source URL: https://pytorch.org/blog/pytorch-native-architecture-optimization/ Source: Hacker News Title: PyTorch Native Architecture Optimization: Torchao Feedly Summary: Comments AI Summary and Description: Yes Summary: The text announces the launch of “torchao,” a new PyTorch library designed to enhance model efficiency through techniques like low-bit data types, quantization, and sparsity. It highlights substantial performance improvements for popular Generative AI…