UK-based AI chipmaker Graphcore has closed a $222 million funding round, bringing the British company’s value up to $2.77 billion and in line with the likes of…
UK-based AI chipmaker Graphcore has closed a $222 million funding round, bringing the British company’s value up to $2.77 billion and in line with the likes of NVIDIA and Qualcomm.
OmniVision claims this new ASIC for driver monitoring systems is the industry’s first to integrate a neural processor…
OmniVision claims this new ASIC for driver monitoring systems is the industry’s first to integrate a neural processor and image signal processor.
In 2020, many companies released flagship low-power devices with the goal of bringing AI to the edge. We’ll review some…
In 2020, many companies released flagship low-power devices with the goal of bringing AI to the edge. We’ll review some of the most recent ones and see how they compare.
A new type of optical sensor developed at Oregon State University can closely mimic the human eye’s ability to perceive…
A new type of optical sensor developed at Oregon State University can closely mimic the human eye’s ability to perceive changes in its visual field, researchers claim.
This week, Belgian-company Imec introduced a prototype of a new SWIR sensor offering record small pixel pitch. How is…
This week, Belgian-company Imec introduced a prototype of a new SWIR sensor offering record small pixel pitch. How is this announcement representative of SWIR's growing place in machine learning?
This article discusses an algorithm to find the optimum adjusted point in a two-dimensional space with orthogonal input…
This article discusses an algorithm to find the optimum adjusted point in a two-dimensional space with orthogonal input vectors. The algorithm solves equations for intersecting circles based on measured data points.
2020 has seen a swathe of progress on the 5nm process node led by TSMC. Here’s a quick look at recent developments…
2020 has seen a swathe of progress on the 5nm process node led by TSMC. Here’s a quick look at recent developments involving 5nm ASICs.
Can analog computation be a viable solution to the many challenges facing edge AI hardware? We spoke with Mike Henry, CEO…
Can analog computation be a viable solution to the many challenges facing edge AI hardware? We spoke with Mike Henry, CEO of Mythic, to see why they think it is.
Active noise control is a principle technology in noise-canceling headphones. But there's a nuanced part of the ANC…
Active noise control is a principle technology in noise-canceling headphones. But there's a nuanced part of the ANC conversation that warrants discussion: adaptive controllers and cancelation paths.
In what the company has described as a breakthrough in flash memory, performance, and density, Micron has shipped the…
In what the company has described as a breakthrough in flash memory, performance, and density, Micron has shipped the world’s first 176-layer 3D NAND.
With the demand for in-memory computation increasing, Xilinx and Samsung have set out to create a “one size fits all”…
With the demand for in-memory computation increasing, Xilinx and Samsung have set out to create a “one size fits all” solution.
Learn how the i.MX 8M Plus applications processor enables edge computing, speeding up machine learning for a variety of…
Learn how the i.MX 8M Plus applications processor enables edge computing, speeding up machine learning for a variety of applications including industrial tasks.
Analysts predict that DDR5 will dominate the DRAM market in coming years. How do you calibrate DDR for peak memory performance?
Analysts predict that DDR5 will dominate the DRAM market in coming years. How do you calibrate DDR for peak memory performance?
With more people working from home, noise-canceling headphones are ever-more prevalent. What circuitry underlies this…
With more people working from home, noise-canceling headphones are ever-more prevalent. What circuitry underlies this popular technology?
The SIA and the Semiconductor Research Corporation have released a preview of an upcoming report that outlines the next…
The SIA and the Semiconductor Research Corporation have released a preview of an upcoming report that outlines the next decade’s chip research and funding priorities.
Designing memory architectures for AI/ML devices may feel like an impassable compromise with storage volume, speed, and…
Designing memory architectures for AI/ML devices may feel like an impassable compromise with storage volume, speed, and processing. A new in-memory computing accelerator may be a useful solution.
This week, NXP Semiconductors announced two strategic partnerships that help solidify its place in the ML industry. We…
This week, NXP Semiconductors announced two strategic partnerships that help solidify its place in the ML industry. We interviewed experts at NXP to get the inside scoop.
Hailo, an Israel-based startup, has benchmarked its AI acceleration modules against its Intel and Google counterparts.…
Hailo, an Israel-based startup, has benchmarked its AI acceleration modules against its Intel and Google counterparts. What's the verdict?
This morning, Maxim Integrated released its newest product, a low-power NN accelerator chip, with the hopes of bringing…
This morning, Maxim Integrated released its newest product, a low-power NN accelerator chip, with the hopes of bringing AI to the edge. We interviewed Kris Ardis, executive director of Micros, Security, and Software Business Unit at Maxim Integrated, to get the details.
This article looks at digit detection and recognition using MNIST eIQ as an example, which consists of several parts —…
This article looks at digit detection and recognition using MNIST eIQ as an example, which consists of several parts — the digit recognition is performed by a TensorFlow Lite model, and a GUI is used to increase the usability of the i.MX RT1060 device.