Fortran Outsmarted Our Billion-Dollar AI Chips
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The story discusses how Fortran outperformed billion-dollar AI chips, sparking a discussion on the reasons behind this unexpected result, including the role of autovectorization and the implications for AI performance.
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Something felt weird with the whole thing. Like I was supposed to read it and have my mind blown? But there wasn’t enough substance to go around for an entire article.
Likely AI slop.
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