Abstract:

The explosion of GenAI has created an insatiable demand for AI compute that runs large workloads, requiring a massive amount of processing power. Dedicated AI hardware is mission-critical to deliver the compute requirements that enable groundbreaking research and commercial applications. With Cerebras’ third-generation Wafer-Scale Engine (WSE-3) and CS-3 AI system, customers can build or customize large language and generative AI models specific to their business application quickly and easily with complete data security and full ownership of the model. Andy Hock, Senior Vice President of Product and Strategy for Cerebras Systems, will explain the potential of wafer-scale integration for the development of next-generation AI models, and why wafer-scale systems far exceed the capabilities of other AI computing solutions available today – how they are easy to program, run existing models faster and at greater efficiency, and serve as a platform to enable fundamentally new capabilities and discovery.

Biography:

Andy Hock is SVP of Product and Strategy at Cerebras Systems. Andy was the Senior Director of Advanced Technologies at Skybox Imaging, makers of high-resolution satellites, when the company was purchased by Google in 2014 for $500M. After the acquisition, he continued on as Product Manager at Google before joining the team at Cerebras. Prior to Skybox, Andy was the Senior Program Manager, business development lead and a Senior Scientist for Arete Associates. He holds a PhD in Geophysics and Space Physics from UCLA.