This post is based on a technical report written by Kazuki Fujii, who led the Llama 3.3 Swallow model development. The Institute of Science Tokyo has successfully trained Llama 3.3 Swallow, a 70-billion-parameter large language model (LLM) with enhanced Japanese capabilities, using Amazon SageMaker HyperPod. The model demonstrates superior performanceContinue Reading
Amazon Web Services (AWS) is committed to supporting the development of cutting-edge generative artificial intelligence (AI) technologies by companies and organizations across the globe. As part of this commitment, AWS Japan announced the AWS LLM Development Support Program (LLM Program), through which we’ve had the privilege of working alongside someContinue Reading
JasonDoiy Samsung (OTCPK:SSNLF) received an order from Tokyo-based AI firm Preferred Networks to make chips for AI applications using the South Korean company’s 2-nanometer foundry process and advanced 2.5D packaging technology Interposer-Cube S (I-Cube S). Samsung noted that the chips will be manufactured using a chip architecture called Gate-All-Around, orContinue Reading
AlxeyPnferov/iStock via Getty Images Japanese equities (NYSEARCA:EWJ), (DXJ) are “reasserted themselves,” said Tony Pasquariello, global head of hedge fund coverage and global markets division at Goldman Sachs, in a markets/macro note. The NIKKEI 225 Index (NKY:IND) broke out above the 40,000 levels — currently almost at 40,960, up 23% year-to-date,Continue Reading
Nikada This week’s financial gainers were led by major Japanese lenders as the yen continued to weaken (significantly) against the dollar. On the flip side, bitcoin (BTC-USD) miners fell the most with cryptocurrency prices pulling back. Overall, financial stocks (with market cap over $2B) finished the week ended June 28Continue Reading
