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Arm’s Startup Day Shows its Support for Future Hardware Startups

Arm’s Startup Day Shows its Support for Future Hardware Startups

Finding new tech often means looking at startups. To support this critical aspect of the tech industry, Arm launches its "Startup Day" event. What is it, and what were some key takeaways?


News Jul 27, 2021 by Kimber Wymore
NVIDIA Dives Into Industrial High-performance Computing with HGX Platform

NVIDIA Dives Into Industrial High-performance Computing with HGX Platform

Since the industry is zeroing in on high-performance computing, NVIDIA throws its hat into the HPC ring with its release of a new platform: the HGX HPC platform.


News Jul 19, 2021 by Ikimi .O
IBM Accelerates Germany as a Quantum Hub with EU’s First Quantum Computer

IBM Accelerates Germany as a Quantum Hub with EU’s First Quantum Computer

Quantum computing momentum just got faster with the EU's first quantum computer: IBM's "Quantum System One." What could this computer mean for the EU, quantum technology, and Germany?


News Jun 24, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau
Xilinx Opens a New Door to Edge AI with Newest Adaptable Compute Platform

Xilinx Opens a New Door to Edge AI with Newest Adaptable Compute Platform

Recently, AAC had the chance to talk to Xilinx about its newest family member in the Versal series of adaptive compute acceleration platforms, the Versal AI Edge series.


News Jun 09, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
AI on Demand: SambaNova Hopes to Bridge the AI Integration Gap

AI on Demand: SambaNova Hopes to Bridge the AI Integration Gap

U.S. start-up SambaNova hopes to bridge the gap that currently exists between businesses and artificial intelligence with its innovative "Dataflow-as-a-Service" platform.


News Jun 03, 2021 by Luke James
From Smallest to Quantum: Rounding Up Image Sensor 2021 World “Firsts”

From Smallest to Quantum: Rounding Up Image Sensor 2021 World “Firsts”

It’s a busy quarter-year for image sensor technology. Sony with Microsoft, OmniVision, and Gigajot have all released new product classes claiming “world firsts.”


News May 27, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Is Software Going to Revolutionize Memory? IBM Digs into Software-defined Storage

Is Software Going to Revolutionize Memory? IBM Digs into Software-defined Storage

You've heard of software-defined radio, but how about software-defined storage? The latest from IBM gives us a chance to catch up on this cloud-focused technology.


Why Physical Verification Is Only Getting Tougher With Advanced Nodes

Why Physical Verification Is Only Getting Tougher With Advanced Nodes

In the nanometer era, IC complexity grows faster than die areas. EDA companies are stepping up with tools to streamline physical verification.


Microsoft Brings the Sea to Servers With Two-phase Immersion Cooling

Microsoft Brings the Sea to Servers With Two-phase Immersion Cooling

Microsoft has announced that it will be the first cloud provider to implement two-phase liquid immersion cooling in a production environment.


News Apr 12, 2021 by Jake Hertz
ARMv9: the Long-awaited High-Performance Computing Architecture

ARMv9: the Long-awaited High-Performance Computing Architecture

ARM Vision 2021 defines the company's roadmap for the next ten years of specialized computing with the ARMv9-A.


News Apr 01, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
Increasing the Accessibility of Machine Learning at the Edge

Increasing the Accessibility of Machine Learning at the Edge

"Edge intelligence" is becoming more accessible—even to those designers without formal data science training—as new hardware becomes available.


DoD “RAMPs” Microelectronic Growth With Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes Program

DoD “RAMPs” Microelectronic Growth With Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototypes Program

The DoD is partnering with companies like IBM, Microsoft, Intel, and most recently Synopsys to speed microelectronic innovation within the government.


News Mar 08, 2021 by Luke James
Xilinx Doubles Down on Data Center “Composability” With Accessible SmartNIC

Xilinx Doubles Down on Data Center “Composability” With Accessible SmartNIC

A composable architecture accelerates the modern data center. Xilinx's new SN1000 is said to enhance cloud processor flexibility and operate as an edge device.


News Feb 23, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons
AI Chipmaker Raises Funding With Unique “Intelligent Processing Units”

AI Chipmaker Raises Funding With Unique “Intelligent Processing Units”

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.


News Jan 09, 2021 by Luke James
Snapdragon 888: Qualcomm’s First High-End Chip with a Build-In Modem

Snapdragon 888: Qualcomm’s First High-End Chip with a Build-In Modem

Qualcomm recently unveiled Snapdragon 888, the company’s new high-end mobile platform built on the N5 process node.


News Dec 08, 2020 by Luke James
Adding an ISP and Machine Learning Acceleration to the i.MX 8M Family

Adding an ISP and Machine Learning Acceleration to the i.MX 8M Family

Learn how the i.MX 8M Plus applications processor enables edge computing, speeding up machine learning for a variety of applications including industrial tasks.


AMD to Purchase Xilinx for $35 Billion in Stock Deal

AMD to Purchase Xilinx for $35 Billion in Stock Deal

Advanced Micro Devices has agreed to buy rival Californian chipmaker Xilinx in a $35 billion all-stock deal, the latest in a wave of high-profile mergers and acquisitions currently sweeping the semiconductor industry.


News Oct 27, 2020 by Luke James
Edge AI Chips for Voice-Activated Devices Save Power, Protect Privacy

Edge AI Chips for Voice-Activated Devices Save Power, Protect Privacy

Machine learning startup Syntiant announced in early August that it had secured $35 million to push its processors forward.


News Aug 21, 2020 by Luke James
IBM Unveils Its First 7nm Processor, Complete With “Memory Inception”

IBM Unveils Its First 7nm Processor, Complete With “Memory Inception”

This week, IBM announced its new POWER10 processor, the 7nm successor to POWER9.


News Aug 18, 2020 by Jake Hertz
AI-Accelerating Software Gives FPGAs a Leg Up on GPUs

AI-Accelerating Software Gives FPGAs a Leg Up on GPUs

Xilinx recently tapped a startup for its AI accelerating software platform. In what ways might this platform add extra benefits for FPGAs in contrast to GPUs?


News Jun 25, 2020 by Jake Hertz