What is TOPS?

Trillions of operations per second, a performance figure for AI accelerators, usually a theoretical peak counted at low precision.

Field: AI Hardware & Software Stack

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Questions that mention TOPS (5)

  1. What should be kept in mind about AI accelerator performance figures quoted as "XX TOPS"?
  2. What is the main use of a Karnaugh map?
  3. Which dedicated circuit is built into smartphone SoCs and similar chips to perform AI inference quickly and with low power?
  4. In regions where the impurity concentration far exceeds the intrinsic carrier density, the diffusion coefficient of arsenic and others varies with concentration. Which statement about this is correct?
  5. In exposure areas using chemically amplified resists, why are basic molecular contaminants such as ammonia and amines controlled especially strictly?

Related terms

INT8 Karnaugh map Truth table AI inference NPU (neural processing unit) Intrinsic carrier density Fermi level AI compiler All-reduce Arithmetic intensity

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