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Micron Technology, Inc.<\/a> (Nasdaq: MU), announced a powerful new set of high-performance hardware and software tools for deep learning applications with the acquisition of FWDNXT, a software and hardware startup. When combined with advanced Micron memory, FWDNXT\u2019s (pronounced \u201cforward next\u201d) artificial intelligence (AI) hardware and software technology enables Micron to explore deep learning solutions required for data analytics, particularly in IoT and edge computing. With this acquisition, Micron is integrating compute, memory, tools and software into a comprehensive AI development platform. This platform in turn provides the key building blocks required to explore innovative memory optimized for AI workloads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFWDNXT is an architecture designed to create fast-time-to-market edge AI solutions through an extremely easy to use software framework with broad modeling support and flexibility,\u201d said Micron Executive Vice President and Chief Business Officer Sumit Sadana. \u201cFWDNXT\u2019s five generations of machine learning inference engine development and neural network algorithms, combined with Micron\u2019s deep memory expertise, unlocks new power and performance capabilities to enable innovation for the most complex and demanding edge applications.\u201d<\/p><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Bringing Memory and Compute Together With Micron DLA Technology<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

FWDNXT provides efficient and high-performance hardware and software \nsolutions based on deep learning and neural networks. As companies \ndevelop more complex AI and machine learning systems, the hardware used \nto train and run those models becomes increasingly important.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Micron Deep Learning Accelerator (DLA) technology, powered by the\n AI inference engine from FWDNXT, equips Micron with the tools to \nobserve, assess and ultimately develop innovation that brings memory and\n computing closer together, resulting in higher performance and lower \npower.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Micron’s DLA technology provides an easy-to-use software programmable\n platform that supports a broad range of machine learning frameworks and\n neural networks and allows for processing vast amounts of data quickly \nin an easy-to-use interface.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Using CNNs Running on DLA To Gain New Insights<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Micron\u2019s DLA can consume massive amounts of data and then return insights that launch discoveries. For example, Micron is collaborating with doctors and researchers at Oregon Health & Science University to use convolutional neural networks (CNNs) running on DLA to process and analyze 3D electron microscopy images. The goal of this collaboration is to discover new insights for treating cancer. Micron is also partnering with physicists at leading nuclear research organizations who are experimenting with DLA-based CNNs to classify the results of high energy-particle collisions in near real time and detect rare particle interactions that are believed to occur in nature.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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