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Enum: ComputingResourceType

Categories of computing resource used by AI systems, drawn from Clauses 8.6 (cloud and edge computing) and 8.7 (resource pools).

URI: iso22989:ComputingResourceType

Permissible Values

Value Meaning Description
cloud None Centralised, elastically provisioned computing resources accessed over a netw...
edge None Computing resources located close to data sources or end users
on_premises None Computing resources owned and operated within the organisation's own faciliti...
cpu None General-purpose central-processing-unit compute capacity
gpu None Graphics-processing-unit compute capacity, commonly used for neural network t...
tpu None Tensor-processing-unit or similar accelerator specialised for ML workloads
asic None Application-specific integrated circuit designed for a fixed AI workload (Cla...
fpga None Field-programmable gate array offering reconfigurable hardware acceleration
npu None Neural-network processing unit specialised for neural-network inference and t...
dsp None Digital signal processor used to accelerate signal-processing workloads

Slots

Name Description
computing_resources Computing resource types relied upon
resource_type Category of computing resource (Clause 8

In Subsets

Identifier and Mapping Information

Schema Source

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name: ComputingResourceType
description: Categories of computing resource used by AI systems, drawn from Clauses
  8.6 (cloud and edge computing) and 8.7 (resource pools).
in_subset:
- ai_ecosystem
from_schema: https://w3id.org/lmodel/iso22989
rank: 1000
permissible_values:
  cloud:
    text: cloud
    description: Centralised, elastically provisioned computing resources accessed
      over a network.
  edge:
    text: edge
    description: Computing resources located close to data sources or end users.
  on_premises:
    text: on_premises
    description: Computing resources owned and operated within the organisation's
      own facilities.
  cpu:
    text: cpu
    description: General-purpose central-processing-unit compute capacity.
  gpu:
    text: gpu
    description: Graphics-processing-unit compute capacity, commonly used for neural
      network training and inference.
  tpu:
    text: tpu
    description: Tensor-processing-unit or similar accelerator specialised for ML
      workloads.
  asic:
    text: asic
    description: Application-specific integrated circuit designed for a fixed AI workload
      (Clause 8.7.2).
  fpga:
    text: fpga
    description: Field-programmable gate array offering reconfigurable hardware acceleration.
  npu:
    text: npu
    description: Neural-network processing unit specialised for neural-network inference
      and training.
  dsp:
    text: dsp
    description: Digital signal processor used to accelerate signal-processing workloads.