NEC claims new machine learning capabilities 50X faster than Apache Spark

NEC claims new machine learning capabilities 50X faster than Apache Spark - SiliconANGLE

Japanese computer giant NEC Corp. claims to have developed new data processing technology capable of accelerating machine learning on vector computers by up to 50 times that of the popular Apache Spark big data framework. The company said its new technology leverages something called " sparse matrix " data structures to significantly boost the performance of vector computers in machine learning tasks.