Micron Introduces Comprehensive AI Development Platform
October 24 2019 - 2:45PM
MICRON INSIGHT — Micron
Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced a powerful new set
of high-performance hardware and software tools for deep learning
applications with the acquisition of FWDNXT, a software and
hardware startup. When combined with advanced Micron memory,
FWDNXT’s (pronounced “forward next”) artificial intelligence (AI)
hardware and software technology enables Micron to explore deep
learning solutions required for data analytics, particularly in IoT
and edge computing. With this acquisition, Micron is integrating
compute, memory, tools and software into a comprehensive AI
development platform. This platform in turn provides the key
building blocks required to explore innovative memory optimized for
AI workloads.
“FWDNXT is an architecture designed to create
fast-time-to-market edge AI solutions through an extremely easy to
use software framework with broad modeling support and
flexibility,” said Micron Executive Vice President and Chief
Business Officer Sumit Sadana. “FWDNXT’s five generations of
machine learning inference engine development and neural network
algorithms, combined with Micron’s deep memory expertise, unlocks
new power and performance capabilities to enable innovation for the
most complex and demanding edge applications.”
Bringing Memory and Compute Together With Micron DLA
Technology
FWDNXT provides efficient and high-performance hardware and
software solutions based on deep learning and neural networks. As
companies develop more complex AI and machine learning systems, the
hardware used to train and run those models becomes increasingly
important.
The Micron Deep Learning Accelerator (DLA) technology, powered
by the AI inference engine from FWDNXT, equips Micron with the
tools to observe, assess and ultimately develop innovation that
brings memory and computing closer together, resulting in higher
performance and lower power.
Micron's DLA technology provides an easy-to-use software
programmable platform that supports a broad range of machine
learning frameworks and neural networks and allows for processing
vast amounts of data quickly in an easy-to-use interface.
Using CNNs Running on DLA To Gain New
Insights
Micron’s DLA can consume massive amounts of data and then return
insights that launch discoveries. For example, Micron is
collaborating with doctors and researchers at Oregon Health &
Science University to use convolutional neural networks (CNNs)
running on DLA to process and analyze 3D electron microscopy
images. The goal of this collaboration is to discover new insights
for treating cancer. Micron is also partnering with physicists at
leading nuclear research organizations who are experimenting with
DLA-based CNNs to classify the results of high energy-particle
collisions in near real time and detect rare particle interactions
that are believed to occur in nature.
Resources
- Micron Blog: Power AI by Embedding an Inference Engine in Your
Accelerator
- Micron Blog: Machine Learning Is Driving Need for New Compute
Architectures
- Video: Micron’s Linda Somerville: AI and Medicine — Memory at
the Heart of AI
About Micron Technology, Inc.
We are an industry leader in innovative memory and storage
solutions. Through our global brands — Micron®, Crucial®, and
Ballistix® — our broad portfolio of high-performance memory and
storage technologies, including DRAM, NAND, 3D XPoint™ memory and
NOR, is transforming how the world uses information to enrich life.
Backed by 40 years of technology leadership, our memory and storage
solutions enable disruptive trends, including artificial
intelligence, 5G, machine learning and autonomous vehicles, in key
market segments like mobile, data center, client, consumer,
industrial, graphics, automotive, and networking. Our common stock
is traded on the Nasdaq under the MU symbol. To learn more about
Micron Technology, Inc., visit micron.com.
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