Kove Kove is a technology company focused on software-defined memory (SDM). It has already created a wave of excitement and envy with its groundbreaking work in artificial intelligence training. With its disruptive approach, the company’s compression technology reduces by orders of magnitude the time it takes to execute large, complicated AI models. Now, what used to take 60 days can be done in one single day! This breakthrough promises to change how companies plan for AI creation as well as how they strategize around their data requirements.
Kove’s SDM comes as an urgent response to AI’s consuming desire for data, offloading memory needs to outside servers. Their new approach does not just speed up the training process, it achieves remarkable latency and power savings. Kove’s technology can complete a one hour job in a minute or less. This capability has proven to be a true game changer for our clients who are always looking to better streamline their operations.
Accelerating AI Model Training
The power of Kove’s SDM has been undeniably illustrated through applications across many industries. For example, when training models for Swift, Kove was able to get a blazing 60x speedup. This enhancement allows organizations to utilize their resources more effectively and respond more quickly to changing demands in AI development.
Kove’s SDM works at truly remarkable speed. It does so in under 200 milliseconds—that’s less than the time it takes for a human to blink their eye. This short, power-efficient memory enables processors to stay continuously stocked with the most relevant data. In turn, this avoids the creation of bottlenecks, which can bog down the overall training pipeline.
“Imagine if a 60-day job took one day, or a one-hour job took one minute. That’s a few clicks away using our software,” – John Overton
Energy Efficiency and Cost Savings
Beyond improving efficiency, Kove’s software has resulted in significant energy savings for its clients. In collaboration with Red Hat and Supermicro, Kove’s SDM facilitated up to a 54 percent reduction in power consumption for servers. This huge reduction in energy use means that it’s a big driver of ESG commitments to lower operational costs and bring tech companies into a more sustainable future.
John Overton, the CEO of Kove, highlights the potential of this technology, stating, “You hear of people running out of memory all the time.” He emphasizes that Kove’s SDM empowers organizations to confront these challenges directly. By utilizing external pooled memory, they can maximize their potential instead of relying solely on local cache.
Long-Term Vision and Development
TM Overton, founder and CEO Overton has spent 15 years building Kove’s SDM solution, representing his long-term commitment towards advancing technology in Smart Development Management. He emphasizes the artful ingenuity of the system’s design. For one thing, it allows chips to automatically receive the necessary memory from the local mainboard, while exhausting the availability of remote servers as needed.
Kove’s SDM provides a mighty 500 nanosecond delay for the electrons which travel 150 meters out to an external game server. This extraordinary pace speaks volumes to the effectiveness of the District’s operations. Overton thinks that Kove’s SDM allows you to approach issues you once thought you couldn’t fix.
“We’re clever about making sure that the processor gets the memory that it needs from the local motherboard,” – John Overton
