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CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering

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Re: CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering

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Very important! This is not a LLM like the ones so often called AI these days. Its a neural network in a FPGA.

I guess shows the LLM-companies' marketing worked very well because that's what I immediately thought of.

Re: CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

Well, yes. That's literally what it is.

What what is? The article has nothing to do with LLMs. It even explicitly says they don’t use LLMs.

> Is a LLM logic in weights derived from machine learning?

I was just answering this question. LLM logic in weights is fundamentally from machine learning, so yes. Wasn't really saying anything about the article.

Re: CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering

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How are FPGAs "bruned into silicon"? Would be news to me that there are ASICs being taped out at CERN

CERN in fact does design custom ASICs for other things: https://indico.cern.ch/event/1115079/contributions/4693643/a...

(Probably not for this here though.)

Re: CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering

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CERN has been doing HEP experiments for decades. What did it use before the current incarnation of AI? The AI label seems to be more marketing and superficial than substantial. It’s a bit sad that a place like CERN feels the need to make it public that it is on the bandwagon.

Re: CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering

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CERN has been doing HEP experiments for decades. What did it use before the current incarnation of AI? The AI label seems to be more marketing and superficial than substantial. It’s a bit sad that a place like CERN feels the need to make it public that it is on the bandwagon.

It doesn't say LLM anywhere.

Re: CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering

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CERN has been doing HEP experiments for decades. What did it use before the current incarnation of AI? The AI label seems to be more marketing and superficial than substantial. It’s a bit sad that a place like CERN feels the need to make it public that it is on the bandwagon.

It doesn't say LLM anywhere.

Good catch. Corrected. Thanks!

Re: CERN uses ultra-compact AI models on FPGAs for real-time LHC data filtering

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Thanks for the thoughtful comments and links really appreciated the high-signal feedback. We've updated the article to better reflect the actual VAE-based AXOL1TL architecture (variational autoencoder for anomaly detection). Added the arXiv paper and Thea Aarrestad's talks to the Primary Sources.
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