Have you heard about Tenstorrent? It’s a company turning heads in the tech world, led by none other than Jim Keller – you know, the wizard behind AMD’s Zen architecture and Tesla’s pioneering self-driving chip. Well, brace yourselves because they’ve just dropped their first piece of tech magic, Grayskull. Imagine a RISC-V alternative to GPUs that’s not only easier to program but also scales like a dream, mastering the tricky terrain of run-time sparsity and conditional computation like a pro.
But wait, there’s more! Along with Grayskull, Tenstorrent has rolled out some seriously cool DevKits. We’re talking about the sleek Grayskull e75 and its beefier sibling, the Grayskull e150. Tailored for the AI developers’ community, these kits are not your average hardware. They’re inference-only devices brimming with potential. And to sweeten the deal, they come bundled with TT-Buda and TT-Metalium software. Whether you’re looking to dive straight into model running or itch to customize and create from scratch, these tools have got your back.
Now, let’s take a moment to talk about Tenstorrent’s recent venture. They’ve teamed up with Japan’s Leading-edge Semiconductor Technology Center (LSTC) to craft a 2nm AI Accelerator that’s poised to redefine AI performance in Japan. We’re staring down the barrel of a technological revolution, folks.
By the power of Grayskull!
Let’s get down to brass tacks with the Grayskull e75 model. It’s as sleek as they come, sliding into a low-profile, half-length PCIe Gen 4 slot while sipping on a modest 75W of power. On the flip side, the Grayskull e150 is the big kid on the block, demanding a standard-height, 3/4 length PCIe Gen 4 slot, and flexing up to 200W for unmatched power and throughput balance. Inside these beasts, Tenstorrent’s Tensix Cores work in harmony, facilitating direct communication over networks that bypass the need for DRAM convo.
Tech aficionados, rejoice! The Grayskull DevKits support an impressive array of models. Whether you’re tackling natural language processing tasks with BERT, diving into image recognition with ResNet, exploring speech recognition and translation with Whisper, chasing real-time object detection with YOLOv5, or segmenting images with U-Net, these kits are your new best friends.
And here’s the kicker – the Grayskull e75 and e150 DevKits can be yours for $599 and $799, respectively. Check them out here.
