[25] Wei-han Lien, Lead CPU Architect, Tenstorrent

Wei-han was also the lead architect of Apple's M1 silicon. So he knows about high-performance.

[00:00] Intro
[00:09] Wei-Han Intro
[00:15] Why do you need a CPU architect?
[03:05] Vector vs. Matrix math
[04:10] ARM vs. RISC-V
[05:55] What about RISC-V compatibility?
[06:31] Will you publish the CPU design?
[07:01] Why are you going custom now?
[08:43] What can you tell us about Ascalon?
[10:24] Is Tenstorrent an IP or a chip company?
[10:54] What are your thoughts on chiplets?
[12:49] Tenstorrent mobile designs?
[14:40] Use Tenstorrent for Tenstorrent?
[15:52] Training vs. inference
[16:46] How do you scale networking?
[18:20] 3D integration leadership
[19:24] Hardware vs. software
[21:09] How do you deal with future ML algorithms?
[22:56] What architecture is Tenstorrent?
[24:23] What is beyond AI hardware?
[25:09] Multithreading on RISC-V chips?
[26:02] Outro


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