Ever heard of GPUs that may be programmed on the fly? VividSparks, an organization from Hubli, Karnataka, is engaged on making this attainable. Dr Vijay Holimath, President and CEO of VividSparks, talks about how the corporate introduced a revolution within the computing world.
Excessive-end computing know-how must be environment friendly and highly effective, however utilizing a floating level quantity system makes it difficult to perform. That is because of the requirement for double precision in a floating level quantity system for good arithmetic accuracy. Because of the POSIT numbering system VividSparks has developed a novel chip based mostly cloud computing know-how that allows the programming of each the {hardware} and the software program. This manner, next-generation processors can carry out difficult duties in high-performance computing effectively.
The POSIT quantity system helps know-how that avoids mathematical overflows or underflows and assists in a excessive dynamic vary. Therefore, good effectivity conveys extremely correct detection correction algorithms and good mathematical outcomes.
Dr Vijay Holimath says, “The POSIT quantity system in computing know-how could make the chip smaller, and no matter you implement on the chip will likely be cheaper. The carbon footprint is decrease, and this additionally reduces energy consumption.” VividSparks launched the primary POSIT quantity based mostly GPGPUs (general-purpose GPUs) and compilers that implement super-fast arithmetic libraries.
Excessive-performance computing (HPC) multicore, automotive multicore, POSIT GPGPU, and AI multicore are the 4 most important purposes that VividSparks focuses on with its merchandise. SupersoniK manycore is utilized in high-performance computing, and RacEr manycore that focuses on GPU computing can perform two impartial operations with a single instruction. Automotive purposes use the FalKon manycore FPGA, and AI/ML purposes use the Tez manycore FPGA.
Dr Holimath returned to India in 2014 after working as a analysis and improvement engineer on the Nationwide Institute of Informatics, Tokyo. He was at all times fascinated with pc structure, so he began working with Prof. John Gustafson. After virtually ten years of analysis and improvement, they launched the novel structure of high-end computing utilizing the POSIT quantity system.
VividSparks has a novel advertising and marketing technique that permits it to promote their companies on a subscription foundation. The shoppers don’t want any infrastructure as the entire system of VividSparks is cloud based mostly. They cost finish prospects per subscription, both month-to-month or yearly.
VividSparks goals to construct prospects from everywhere in the world. The corporate carries out all its analysis and improvement in India. Nonetheless, VividSparks engineers work from places resembling Marid, Tokyo, Paris, and Washington.
VividSparks intently works with authorities institutes in India. It has additionally partnered with silicon companions to ship VividSparks based mostly programs on chips (SoCs) with EDA device companions to combine arithmetic libraries carried out by VividSparks of their instruments, with distributors and brokers globally to provide entry to their know-how everywhere in the world, and with {hardware}/board builders to boost the event of recent SoC designs.
“We imagine know-how must be novel and never costly. And novel know-how ought to be accessible and reasonably priced for everybody,” says Dr Holimath. The objective of VividSparks is to ship excessive efficiency with minimal energy consumption.
