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To: TobagoJack who wrote (201140)	9/1/2023 9:13:53 PM
From: Julius Wong	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217572

Huawei's GPU Reportedly Matches Nvidia's A100 (Image credit: Huawei) Huawei's compute GPU capabilities are now on par with Nvidia's A100 GPUs, Liu Qingfeng, founder and chairman of Chinese AI company iFlytek, said at the 19th Summer Summit of the 2023 Yabuli China Entrepreneurs Forum (via IT Home). Liu Qingfeng stated that Huawei has made significant strides in the GPU sector, achieving capabilities and performance comparable to Nvidia's A100 GPU. If true, this would be a remarkable accomplishment considering Nvidia's longstanding dominance in high-performance computing and AI. Liu also noted that three board members from Huawei are collaborating closely with iFlytek's special team, highlighting the strategic importance of this tech advancement for Huawei and the broader Chinese AI ecosystem. It is noteworthy that Huawei has never confirmed the development of its own compute GPUs, so iFlytek's comments are essentially the first confirmation that such a product exists. In fact, the company has Ascend 910 AI accelerators used for Huawei's Atlas 900 Pod A2 AI training cluster that Huawei has been using for its AI efforts for a while. Yet, the head of iFlytek specifically noted that he was talking about a compute GPU, which points to a new product. Liu noted that while AI algorithms developed in China are robust, computational capabilities of domestic hardware have traditionally lagged behind Nvidia. He cited the challenges that Chinese companies have faced in training large-scale AI models, something that is primarily done on Nvidia's hardware. Since access to Nvidia's hardware for Chinese companies is somewhat constrained because of the U.S. curbs against the country's supercomputer sector, any reliance on Nvidia's compute GPUs is a major limitation for Chinese AI companies. In addition, Liu revealed iFlytek's ambitious plans to launch a general-purpose AI model by October to compete with ChatGPT and eventually GPT-4 by the first half of 2024. Back in May, iFlytek officially launched a cognitive large-scale model featuring seven core abilities: text generation, language understanding, knowledge-based question-answering, logical reasoning, mathematical ability, code ability, and multi-modal capability. The model's milestones include planned breakthroughs in open-ended question answering and multi-modal interactions, making it a multifaceted tool in the AI landscape. tomshardware.com

To: TobagoJack who wrote (201140)	9/1/2023 11:43:35 PM
From: marcher	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 217572

what is the evidence that 5g is safe? 5g the pathway to earlier onset alzheimer's? "...Electronically generated electromagnetic fields (EMFs) including those used in wireless communication such as cell phones, Wi-Fi and smart meters, are coherent, producing very high electric and magnetic forces which act on the voltage sensor of voltage-gated calcium channels to produce increases in intracellular calcium [Ca2+]i. The calcium hypothesis of Alzheimer's disease (AD) has shown that each of the important AD-specific and nonspecific causal elements are produced by excessive [Ca2+]i. [Ca2+]i acts in AD via excessive calcium signaling and the peroxynitrite/oxidative stress/inflammation pathway which are each elevated by EMFs. An apparent vicious cycle in AD involves amyloid-beta protein (A?) and [Ca2+]i. Three types of epidemiology each suggest EMF causation of AD including early onset AD. Extensive animal model studies show that low intensity EMFs cause neurodegeneration including AD, with AD animals having elevated levels of A?, amyloid precursor protein and BACE1. Rats exposed to pulsed EMFs every day are reported to develop universal or near universal very very very early onset neurodegeneration including AD; these findings are superficially similar to humans with digital dementia. EMFs producing modest increases in [Ca2+]i can also produce protective, therapeutic effects. The therapeutic pathway and peroxynitrite pathway inhibit each other. A summary of 18 different findings is provided, which collectively provide powerful evidence for EMF causation of AD. The author is concerned that smarter, more highly pulsed "smart" wireless communication may cause widespread very, very early onset AD in human populations..." researchgate.net 2019 concern: youtube.com