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https://github.com/memorysafety/rav1d got funded and developed. it is unfortunately a bit slower (typically by a single-digit percentage) than dav1d.

for dav1d there is https://github.com/memorysafety/rav1d although it reuses the dav1d assembly and performance is typically slower by a single-digit percentage.

no paywall: https://archive.is/Wro1e

Vera Rubin will have Groq chips focused on fast inference so it points toward a trend. Also, with energy needs so high, why not reach for every feasible optimization?

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> This isn’t tin foil hat paranoia. This is just honest engineering. This sentence and others makes me think this article was written or edited by an AI. Anybody else get that feel…

Yes, it works with AMD CPUs as well as various ARM ones, e.g. Apple silicon. See for instance https://github.com/ispc/ispc/pull/2160

Because standing out gets attention?

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My understanding is that they fell behind on offering the latest gen Nvidia hardware (Blackwell/Blackwell Ultra) due to their focus on internally developed ASICs (Trainium/Inferent…

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