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AlexNet proves GPUs can transform deep learning
From The Global AI Chip War: GPUs, Foundries and the Race for Computing Power
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Breakthrough
AlexNet proves GPUs can transform deep learning
A GPU-trained neural network achieved a decisive improvement in the ImageNet image-recognition competition.
AlexNet used two Nvidia GPUs to train a large convolutional neural network. Its result helped convince researchers that parallel accelerators could make much larger AI models practical, linking advances in algorithms to demand for specialised computing hardware.Sources & references 2 sources
