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Towards Photonic TPUs for AI?

This interesting paper published last month entitled Integrated Photonic Tensor Processing Unit for Matrix Multiply sparked my interest in the area of silicon photonics. The article shares the applications of silicon photonics for improved AI performance. While the review points to a lot of research work ongoing, one of the sobering conclusions of the paper […]

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Optimization with Olive and AIMET, plus tools

Over the last two weeks I’ve been researching open source tools starting with optimization – was particularly interested in revisiting the Olive announcement at Microsoft Build 2023 back in May, which promised a hardware-aware model optimization framework to any target device. While we all know about ONNX, the standard data exchange format for machine learning […]

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Short video miniseries – Season 5: what does the near future look like

As we wrap up the video miniseries, we discuss in this session what the near future looks like and how to approach that. For me immediate priorities are (1) decarbonising the economy, (2) improving our quality of life through reliable autonomy at an affordable price point. More at the link:

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Short video miniseries – Season 4: changes in ways of working through Covid across cultures

As we start exiting Covid, it is worthwhile thinking back to the stresses we experienced in our workplaces with our globally distributed organizations, both culturally and psychologically. Some thoughts from my personal experience, and how it made me change the way I work with my teams. More at the link:

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Short video miniseries – Season 3: challenges with data regulation

In Season 3 of our video miniseries, we talk about data. Data is at the heart of every modern business and the automotive industry is no different. While our chat started out around data and machine learning and inference, it’s important to remember how to correctly manage data when building a global product that crosses […]

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Maintaining Performance and Profitability on Japan’s Railways

Mobility has always fascinated me for its sheer depth and breadth, the way it touches all of us and can pave the way for improving social issues such as population changes, employment accessibility, and the climate crisis. Living in Japan for over 20 years, I’ve been fascinated by transportation here; the incredible technology that keeps […]