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| === Rejected and company closed === | === Rejected and company closed === | ||
| - | After considering many designs, including analog and ternary weights, I ended up with 4 bit weights and activations. This achieves the goals albeit uncomfortably similar to the TPU. The scale of work needed to make the trainsition from fp32/fp16 to 4bit is too great - the first prototype would be noticed by the giants and the company would be overtaken and left worthless. | + | After considering many designs, including analog and ternary weights, I ended up with 4 bit weights and activations. This achieves the goals albeit uncomfortably similar to the TPU. The scale of work needed to make the trainsition from fp32/fp16 to 4bit is too great - the first prototype would be noticed by the giants and the company would be overtaken (defending IP is very expensive). This could well lead to a forced sale which isn't great for anyone (expecially founders/Ordinary share holders). |
| Start October 2018, end February 2019, minimal external costs. | Start October 2018, end February 2019, minimal external costs. | ||