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AI engineers claim new algorithm reduces AI power consumption by 95%
Addition is simpler than multiplication, after all.
The new method, called Linear-Complexity Multiplication (L-Mul), comes close to the results of FPM while using the simpler algorithm. Since this is a new process, popular and readily available hardware on the market, like Nvidia’s upcoming Blackwell GPUs, aren't designed to handle this algorithm. Nevertheless, the massive 95% reduction in power consumption would probably make the biggest tech companies jump ship, especially if AI chip makers build application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs) that will take advantage of the algorithm.
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