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HardwareAI InfrastructurevGC200 (MK2)

Graphcore MK2 IPU (Colossus GC200)

by Graphcore · paid · Last verified 2026-03-17

Graphcore's second-generation Colossus GC200 Intelligence Processing Unit. Featured 1472 IPU-Cores with 900MB on-chip SRAM and introduced the Bulk Synchronous Parallel with Staleness (BSS) execution model. Preceded the Bow IPU and established Graphcore's approach to graph-native, SRAM-centric AI compute.

https://www.graphcore.ai/colossus-mk2-ipu
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Adoption: FQuality: B+Freshness: FCitations: C+Engagement: F

Specifications

License
Proprietary
Pricing
paid
Capabilities
ai-training, inference, sparse-computation, graph-neural-networks, on-chip-memory
Integrations
poplar-sdk, pytorch, tensorflow
Use Cases
gnn-training, research, sparse-model-training
API Available
No
Tags
ipu, training, inference, graphcore, historical, bsg
Added
2026-03-17
Completeness
100%

Index Score

33.3
Adoption
12
Quality
70
Freshness
20
Citations
58
Engagement
0

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