AI Hardware in 2021

• may - the start of observations

summary from “scaling for edge inference” up to 2017

news

2021 Why Is There a Chip Shortage? Covid-19, Surging Demand Cause Semiconductor Shortfall

Bill Gates just backed a chip startup that uses light to turbocharge AI

Luminous Computing has developed an optical microchip that runs AI models
much faster than other semiconductors while using less power.

Facebook joins Amazon and Google inAIchip race
Company needs faster hardware for smart digital assistant and real-time video moderation