Without hardware innovation, the current wave of artificial intelligence (AI) excitement would be nonexistent. Companies across the world are trying to bring new architectures and innovation to the hardware space, extending the art of the possible for AI while trying to become the system of choice for data scientists.
Graphcore showed impressive results with its first-generation system, gained an eye-catching list of early customers, and reached a valuation from venture capitalists that consider the company as a unicorn. These achievements have led many to consider Graphcore as the most compelling challenger to AI semiconductor market leader NVIDIA.