Benchmark maker says no Ascend version — models would hill-climb it; TPU/Trainium/AMD better
xeophon · x · 2026-09-26
Responding to a suggestion that inference optimization on non-mainstream hardware would make a great benchmark, xeophon says they wouldn't build an Ascend version because they don't want models hill-climbing it, arguing TPUs, Trainium, or AMD hardware would be better benchmark targets.
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