Unconventional AI debuts oscillator-based Un-0 model series
Unconventional AI Inc. has developed an artificial intelligence architecture that could improve the power efficiency of image generation models.
The technology is the basis of a new neural network series, Un-1, that the company released on Thursday.
Unconventional AI is led by Chief Executive Officer Naveen Rao (pictured, second from the left), the former corporate vice president of Intel’s AI platforms group. In December, the company raised $475 million from a consortium that included Amazon.com Inc. founder Jeff Bezos. It’s developing chips that can run AI models using significantly less power than today’s graphics cards.
Not all processors are based on standard silicon transistors. Multiple startups are developing so-called in-memory computing devices that use a mix of transistors and capacitors, tiny energy storage devices. Quantum processors, meanwhile, often substitute silicon with materials such as sapphire.
