AI Hardware

Graphcore

Intelligence Processing Units for AI, owned by SoftBank

About Graphcore

Graphcore designs Intelligence Processing Units and software for AI workloads. SoftBank Group acquired it in 2024.

Common use cases

  • Research
  • Model training

Products and services

IPU

AI processor.

Poplar

Software stack.

Key features

  • IPU architecture
  • Poplar SDK
  • Cluster scaling
  • Framework support
  • Research systems
  • Sparse compute

Integrations

  • PyTorch

Graphcore alternatives

FAQs

Who owns Graphcore?

SoftBank Group acquired it in 2024.

What is an IPU?

Graphcore's processor architecture for AI workloads.

Where is it based?

Bristol, United Kingdom.

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