NextSilicon has unveiled what it claims is the world’s first Intelligent Compute Accelerator (ICA). Dubbed the Maverick-2 ICA, the Israeli startup said “the novel and original computing architecture” delivers more than 4x the performance-per-watt of traditional GPUs and 20x that of high-end CPUs, while simultaneously cutting power consumption and related costs in half.
According to the company, the offering targets high-performance computing artificial intelligence (HPC-AI) and “redefines accelerator architectures, moving beyond the limitations of traditional fixed GPU designs, which are based upon the eight-decade-old Von Neumann architecture.” Designed to focus on workflows that run in HPC and AI environments, NextSilicon said the Maverick-2 ICA supports popular programming languages and requires no code or software stack changes to deploy.
“Whether it’s the rapid evolution of AI models or more sophisticated scientific simulations, NextSilicon’s intelligent compute accelerator architecture is designed to push the boundaries of what’s possible," the company’s founder and CEO Elad Raz wrote in a blog post. “I am genuinely inspired by the breakthroughs Maverick-2 will help researchers achieve, unlocking discoveries that were once out of reach.”
