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24/09/24
Flow Computing Podcast Series: Prof. Dr. Jörg Keller on PPU Technology (Episode 2: Performance Gains)
In this episode, Prof. Dr. Jörg Keller delves into how Flow Computing's PPU delivers performance gains for both new and legacy software, particularly when source code is available.
Read more23/09/24
Startup Says It Can Make a 100x Faster CPU Flow Computing aims to boost central processing units with their ‘parallel processing units’
In an era of fast-evolving AI accelerators, general purpose CPUs don’t get a lot of love. “If you look at the CPU generation by generation, you see incremental improvements,” says Finland-based Flow Computing.
Read more17/09/24
Flow Computing Podcast Series: Prof. Dr. Jörg Keller on PPU Technology (Episode 1: Introduction to PPU Technology)
In this episode, Professor Dr. Jörg Keller introduces the concept of Flow Computing's Parallel Processing Unit (PPU) and how it differs from traditional multi-core processors. Professor Keller highlights the limitations of current CPUs with independent cores and the overhead they incur when executing parallelizable code.
Read more13/08/24
CPU Performance Bottlenecks Limit Parallel Processing Speedups
Semiconductor Engineering's Bryon Moyer analyses how hardware optimizations and well-thought-out software architectures can help CPU performance bottlenecks that are currently limiting potential parallel processing speedups.
Read more30/07/24
Supercharging AI: Flow's PPU breaks performance barriers
Artificial Intelligence (AI) is rapidly transforming the world, but its full potential is often held back by the limitations of general purpose computing. Flow's Parallel Processing Unit (PPU) is changing the game by enabling faster general purpose computing for CPUs so that AI workloads can be accelerated.
Read more22/07/24
The future of computing: unveiling the power of flow
The landscape of computing is undergoing a seismic shift. As the demands for processing power continue to grow exponentially, the current architectures are reaching their limits. Flow is at the forefront of this revolution, implementing a radical rethink in how we approach CPUs and general purpose computing performance.
Read more19/07/24
Hot Chips 2024 - learn more about Parallel Processing Unit (PPU)
Join us at Hot Chips 2024 (August 25-27) in Stanford University to learn more about how Flow's groundbreaking Parallel Processing Unit (PPU) is transforming the general purpose computing landscape. Interested in learning more about Flow's PPU and technology behind it? Schedule a meeting with us at Hot Chips 2024.
Read more02/07/24
Flow Computing's PPU Claims to Boost CPU Power by 100x
Considering that CPUs are now often the bottleneck in computational applications, researchers and engineers alike continue to look for new ways to improve their capabilities, and a new startup believes it may have the solution in what it calls a Parallel Processing Unit.
Read more19/06/24
'One of the wildest claims ever heard': Finnish startup says it can speed up any CPU by 100x using a tiny piece of hardware with no recoding — and it might just be true
Finnish startup Flow Computing says it has developed a chip that can potentially double CPU performance and increase it by up to 100x with further software optimization, something TechCrunch describes “as one of the wildest claims ever heard in silicon engineering.”
Read more18/06/24
Flow Computing Deep Dive: Dr. Martti Forsell's White Paper Explores the "Design Goals, Advantages, and Benefits" of Revolutionary PPU Technology
We're excited to share a deeper look into the technology behind our groundbreaking Parallel Processing Unit (PPU). Dr. Martti Forsell, our CTO and Chief Architect, together with our tech team has authored a comprehensive white paper titled "Design Goals, Advantages, and Benefits of Flow Computing".
Read more13/06/24
'The CPU is the weakest link in computing'—Flow says it can boost CPU performance up to 100x with its proprietary companion chip
CPU design is experiencing a shake-up with NPUs and new chip construction techniques. Flow Computing has an even more radical idea: a co-processor architecture that boosts regular CPUs. It claims up to a 100x performance increase with software optimizations, offering a helping hand to traditional CPUs.
Read more11/06/24
Flow Computing Emerges from Stealth with Licensable, On-Die Parallel Processing Enabling 100X Improved Performance For Any CPU Architecture
Capable of Full Backwards Compatibility with Existing Software Designed for Servers, Mobile Devices or PCs, The “SuperCPU” Era Dawns to Outperform State-of-the-Art CPUs such as Apple’s M-series and Others; €4M in Nordic Pre-Seed Funding Currently in Place from Oversubscribed Round
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