PartiQL is a query language, based in SQL and extended to be more natural with unstructured and nested data. It can be used with various database and querying engines.
BlazingDB/SQL is a querying engine, more similar to Presto or Apache Drill, and specializes in using GPUs for processing power.
Yeah, we were totally ignorant on PartiQL until your post. Although now looking at it, looks boss! Totally agrees with many of our theses, and there looks to be a lot to glean from this project as well.
This is an interesting comparison I wouldn't have thought of. But yes, PartiQL does have a similar feel to this announcement, though without GPU-acceleration, the processing speed might be several orders of magnitude slower
BlazingDB/SQL is a querying engine, more similar to Presto or Apache Drill, and specializes in using GPUs for processing power.