[HN Gopher] Optical Circuit Switching for ML Systems
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       Optical Circuit Switching for ML Systems
        
       Author : tim_sw
       Score  : 33 points
       Date   : 2023-09-30 18:34 UTC (4 hours ago)
        
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       | visarga wrote:
       | I have high hopes for optical computing applications in ML, we
       | need 100x efficiency to run LLMs on edge.
        
         | boulos wrote:
         | Optical switching is about training at scale and replaces
         | classical networking techniques. Running models at edge devices
         | is almost by definition without networking.
        
       | jeffbee wrote:
       | If your organization did not start their optical switch platform
       | efforts ten years ago, don't despair. You can now buy this
       | technology off the shelf.
       | https://www.hubersuhner.com/en/products-en/fiber-optics/opti...
        
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