Crypto Briefing

Reiner Pope: Batch size dramatically impacts AI latency and cost, kv cache is key for autoregressive models, and efficient inference can save resources | Dwarkesh

Batch size has a significant impact on both latency and cost in AI model training and inference. Estimating inference time ...
Digital Trends

How to clear your RAM cache (and why you probably shouldn’t)

If you're having PC memory issues, you might assume clearing your RAM's cache might sound like it'll make your PC run faster. But be careful, because it can actually slow it down and is unlikely to ...
DIGITIMES

Korea's 'father of HBM' sees 1,000x AI memory surge as Google's TurboQuant faces real-world tests

Alphabet's Google has unveiled its KV cache quantization compression technology, TurboQuant, promising dramatic reductions in ...

Google's new TurboQuant algorithm speeds up AI memory 8x, cutting costs by 50% or more

Within 24 hours of the release, community members began porting the algorithm to popular local AI libraries like MLX for ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Freeing Up Near-Memory Capacity For Cache Using Compression Techniques In A Flat Hybrid-Memory Architecture

A technical paper titled “HMComp: Extending Near-Memory Capacity using Compression in Hybrid Memory” was published by researchers at Chalmers University of Technology and ZeroPoint Technologies.
Electronic Design

Hardware Compression Works at the Memory Cache Level

How lossless data compression can reduce memory and power requirements. How ZeroPoint’s compression technology differs from the competition. One can never have enough memory, and one way to get more ...
Bleeping Computer

Linux kernel impacted by new SLUBStick cross-cache attack

A novel Linux Kernel cross-cache attack named SLUBStick has a 99% success in converting a limited heap vulnerability into an arbitrary memory read-and-write capability, letting the researchers elevate ...