At Graphcore, we have invented the Intelligent Processing Unit. The IPU is a completely new type of processor that has been designed to accelerate the next generation of intelligent machine learning products, working alongside a CPU. Many products and services that we use every day already rely on machine learning and this powerful new technology is driving innovation and new product breakthroughs. The IPU allows more intelligent products to be created and delivered quickly. 

The IPU has been optimized to work efficiently on the extremely complex high-dimensional models that machine learning and deep learning require. It emphasizes massively parallel, low-precision floating-point compute and provides much higher compute density than other solutions.

Like a human brain, the IPU holds the complete machine learning model inside the processor and has over 100x more memory bandwidth even when compared to the leading alternative. This results in both lower power consumption and much higher performance.

An IPU-Accelerator™ can be easily plugged into a server to accelerate machine-learning applications. An IPU-Appliance™ provides much higher performance to deliver inference systems that support many more users or to provide much faster training.

To help develop machine learning applications using the IPU, Graphcore has built a complete set of software tools and libraries that integrate seamlessly with the leading machine learning frameworks.

Graphcore will be delivering the first server-class IPU system products soon. If you are interested to learn more, please get in touch.