Research papers and staff interviews detail the workarounds Chinese companies like Huawei, Baidu, and Alibaba use to develop AI systems without the latest chips
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@prestonjbyrne
Preston Byrne
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Sanctions seem self-defeating as they give adversary states a heads up that they need to start developing their own stuff https://twitter.com/...
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@_karenhao
Karen Hao
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US sanctions are driving Chinese firms, like Huawei, Alibaba, Baidu, to seek ways to advance AI without cutting-edge chips. We dug through open-source research papers and spoke with employees & analysts to understand what they're doing. w/ @raffaelehuang https://www.wsj.com/...
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Jonathan Cheng
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@_KarenHao @raffaelehuang Using workarounds to catch up on AI remains a challenge, researchers says. Some experiments have shown promise, however, and if successful could allow Chinese firms to weather U.S. sanctions and make them more resilient to future restrictions, they said.…
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@minhasnajma
Najma Minhas
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Necessity is the mother of invention- was expecting this as USA takes futile & ultimately self defeating action against itself by stopping various IT exports to China- Chinese tech companies seek ways to get state-of-the-art performance with existing chips https://www.wsj.com/...
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@alecolarizi
@alecolarizi
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A WSJ review of research papers and interviews with employees found that Chinese companies are studying techniques that could allow them to achieve state-of-the-art AI performance with fewer or less powerful semiconductors. https://twitter.com/...
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@wsj
@wsj
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Chinese companies are also researching how to combine different types of chips to avoid relying on any one type of hardware https://www.wsj.com/...
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@jchengwsj
Jonathan Cheng
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@_KarenHao @raffaelehuang A WSJ review of research papers and interviews with employees found that Chinese companies are studying techniques that could allow them to achieve state-of-the-art AI performance with fewer or less powerful semiconductors. https://www.wsj.com/...
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@rwang0
@rwang0
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MyPOV: can't do it without compute power even if you have everyone's data and unlimited energy. Hit by U.S. sanctions, Chinese tech companies seek ways to achieve state-of-the-art AI performance with existing chips https://www.wsj.com/...
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Jonathan Cheng
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@_KarenHao @raffaelehuang Huawei Technologies, Baidu and Alibaba Group are among those seeking ways to milk more utility out of existing computer chips. They are also researching how to combine different types of chips to avoid relying on any one type of hardware. https://www.wsj…