Practice Specialized Hardware For Ai Tasks (5.3.1) - Techniques for Optimizing Efficiency and Performance in AI Circuits
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Specialized Hardware for AI Tasks

Practice - Specialized Hardware for AI Tasks

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Practice Questions

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Question 1 Easy

What does GPU stand for?

💡 Hint: Think about what graphical processing involves.

Question 2 Easy

Which company developed TPUs?

💡 Hint: This is the same company known for search and cloud services.

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Question 1

What is the primary advantage of using GPUs for AI tasks?

They are always cheap
They allow for parallel processing
They can replace CPUs

💡 Hint: Consider how tasks in AI often require simultaneous computations.

Question 2

True or False: ASICs are general-purpose processors.

True
False

💡 Hint: Reflect on the meaning of 'application-specific' as it relates to ASICs.

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Challenge 1 Hard

Design a hypothetical AI application for an autonomous vehicle. Which specialized hardware would you choose and why?

💡 Hint: Consider real-time processing requirements and the nature of the computations involved.

Challenge 2 Hard

Evaluate the trade-offs between ASIC and FPGA for a startup developing an AI application focused on facial recognition.

💡 Hint: Think about the balance between flexibility in development vs. efficiency in deployment.

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