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Qualcomm Ventures Beyond Mobile Processor Market in New Roadmap

The new Snapdragon extension expands the mobile platform's capabilities to new markets from PCs to ADAS.

November 30, 2021 by Biljana Ognenova

Team Up Leverages Neuromorphic-based Processor IP for Edge-based AI Solutions

Moving away from Cloud-based AI to the network Edge reduces power and bandwidth demands. Akida, the neuromorphic Edge AI processor from BrainChip might help to facilitate that move along with MegaChips' help.

November 29, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

Keeping Its Roots in Service: New Amazon SDK Gives Alexa Design Power to ODMs

As tech giants lean towards creating in-house hardware, Amazon releases a new software development kit that allows original device manufacturers (ODMs) to add Alexa services to any hardware device.

November 28, 2021 by Jake Hertz

CubeSAT Project Launches Deep Learning Into Space

An onboard image processor from Teledyne e2v will bring deep learning capabilities to a smart nanosatellite.

November 18, 2021 by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

NVIDIA Hits the Road with Autonomous Vehicle Hardware at GTC

At NVIDIA's GPU Technology Conference, the company unveiled its roadmap to bring autonomy to more vehicles—dependent on chipsets, sensors, GPUs, cameras, and more.

November 16, 2021 by Tyler Charboneau

AMD Teases More Data Center Processors at 2021 Accelerated Data Center Premiere

At last week's Accelerated Data Center Premiere, AMD revealed a plethora of new processor technology including the 3rd Gen of EPYC processors (the Milan-X), the shift to 5 nm, and a Zen 4 architecture.

November 15, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Introducing the Alveo U55C: Xilinx’s Answer To Modern HPC Data Center Demands

Distributed high-performance compute (HPC) is the cornerstone technology for climate forecasting, signal processing, and more applications. To address this, Xilinx brings forth their Alveo U55C HPC Accelerator.

November 15, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

Data Center HPC Zooms Forward with AMD’s “Worlds Fastest” Accelerators

At this year’s Accelerated Data Center Premiere event, AMD announced a new family of accelerators, the Instinct MI200 series, that claims to literally speed up high-performance computing (HPC) in data centers.

November 11, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Kneron’s RISC-V AI Chip Intends to Bring L1 and L2 Autonomy to “Any Vehicle”

The push for autonomous vehicles has seen a lot of momentum for 2021. Aiming to keep it going is a new AI chip from Kneron that claims to bring the capacity for autonomous driving capabilities to any vehicle.

November 08, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Phase-change Memory Could Open Doors to Better Data Storage and Computing

Pushing beyond the von Neumann bottleneck can be difficult for memory devices. One option is phase-change memory (PCM) which Stanford and IBM are researching for data storage and computing.

November 04, 2021 by Antonio Anzaldua Jr.

Tactile Sensing Gets a Boost for AI Systems Thanks to Open-source Research

AI system sensing keeps pushing to new levels lately, especially as more research keeps pouring in concerning tactile sensing. One contributor is Facebook or "Meta" with its DIGIT and ReSkin technology.

November 03, 2021 by Jake Hertz

National Science Foundation Bankrolls EE Innovation at the University Level

With a multi-billion dollar annual budget, the NSF is moving the needle in electrical engineering by funding research in universities and innovation in corporations.

October 25, 2021 by Lianne Frith

A Turning Point for Machine Learning: Google Unleashes First In-house Tensor SoC

Joining the ranks of Apple with releasing its first custom in-house SoC comes Google. With the release of Pixel 6, Google makes a splash in the machine learning realm with its Google Tensor.

October 23, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Microsoft and EPFL Push Forward Optical Circuit Switching for Data Centers

Researchers from Microsoft and EPFL are looking to tackle existing challenges in today’s optical circuit switches using photonic chip-based soliton microcombs.

October 20, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Pre-switching, a New Contrast to Hard-switching, Eliminates Switching Losses With AI

A novel "pre-switch" architecture may allow designers to break free from hard-switching constraints.

October 10, 2021 by Ikimi .O

Micron Seeks to Solve Data Center Challenges with New Generation SSD

Data centers are facing serious challenges as technology continues to boom and Micron is out to keep them at bay with its latest solid-state drive.

October 07, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Two AI Processors Push Computer Vision to the Next Level for IoT and Automotives

Hoping to create more power-efficient and highly functional AI processors, Syntiant and Intuitive are both aiming to create the next step in computer vision.

October 06, 2021 by Jake Hertz

Will Lithium-based Memristors Spur an Analog Computing Renaissance?

In an AAC interview with MIT's faculty Jennifer Rupp and Ericsson's Dr. Saeed Bastani, we learned how a new field, "lithionics," could be the key to advancing neuromorphic computing.

October 04, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

Sony’s Image Sensor Roundup: Automation, Auto LiDAR, AI, and More

What's at the heart of Sony's flurry of new CMOS image sensors? To start, copper-to-copper connection, back-illuminated structure, and an EVS mechanism.

September 30, 2021 by Adrian Gibbons

Microsoft and Eaton Aim to Push Back on US Power Grid Woes with Data Center UPS

Many challenges plague the US electric grid. However, once a power strain on the grid, data centers could flip the switch and help the grid instead of drag it down.

September 29, 2021 by Jake Hertz