Qualcomm launches Snapdragon 632
AI and Kryo gets to 600
The launch of Snapdragon 700 series didn’t mean the death of the 600 series, it just meant that there is a place for a new segment. Qualcomm just announced three new SoCs - the Snapdragon 632, 439 and 429.
Xilinx scores Daimler AI deal
Mercedes gets more AI high tech
Xilinx has entered very many automotive fields for the last twelve years and and had a huge success in the forward looking camera market. The company grew to more than 4.5 million units from zero in just six years, massively increasing numbers every year. Now Daimler AG, the company behind Mercedes Benz, has revealed that iy will work with Xilinx on an in-car system using Xilinx technology for artificial intelligence (AI) processing in automotive applications.
Nvidia confirms Turing codename
Twitter
June 23 would have been Alan Turing’s birthday and Nvidia used Donald Trump's only was of communication, Twitter, to tease us about a possible new codename. We heard Turing is the name for the new architecture from independent sources we've know for years, nay, decades.
IBM launches PowerAI Enterprise
One software pack to rule them all
AI - Artificial Intelligence - is certainly the IT business word of the year as almost every company is working on it, or at least thinking about working on it. IBM has just announced a new software platform simply called IBM PowerAI Enterprise alongside with AI infrastructure reference architecture.
Google AI will tell doctors if you are going to live or die
What could possibly go wrong?
Doctors are evaluating a new Google neural network which accurately shows your chances of dying.
AI defeats Rubik's cube without human help
Hopefully, mindless puzzles will distract it from taking over the world
A team of boffins has managed to get an AI to solve a Rubik Cube puzzle without needing human help.
Securing enterprise email could be an AI job
Tessian raises $13 million
Securing enterprise email could be the job of an AI in the future.
Xilinx helped AMD with HBM 2
High bandwidth is the key
There is an interesting story that's very little known about the public cooperation that has happened between AMD and Xilinx about HBM memory.
NXP deal still pending in China
Yet to be confirmed
A report that officially Beijing greenlighted the NXP deal has been questioned by Reuters which dismisses the confirmation and backs its up with multiple sources.
IBM steps up AI efforts
Digital brains boom coming
IBM is focusing its efforts on developing AI and cloud application solutions, seeking to explore immense application opportunities ranging from manufacturing, transportation, smart cities and healthcare.