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Synaptics Astra™ AI-Native IoT Platform Launches with SL-Series Embedded Processors and Machina Foundation Series Development Kit

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Monday, April 8, 2024

SAN JOSE, Calif., April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Synaptics® Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA ) today launched the Synaptics Astra platform with the SL-Series of embedded AI-native Internet of Things (IoT) processors and the Astra MachinaTM Foundation Series development kit.

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  • SAN JOSE, Calif., April 08, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Synaptics® Incorporated (Nasdaq: SYNA ) today launched the Synaptics Astra platform with the SL-Series of embedded AI-native Internet of Things (IoT) processors and the Astra MachinaTM Foundation Series development kit.
  • The family of embedded processors provides industry-leading compute capability at power-consumption levels that enable a wide range of consumer, enterprise, and industrial edge IoT applications.
  • The Astra Machina Foundation Series development kit supports the SL-Series.
  • The Astra Machina Foundation Series development kit will be available in Q2, 2024.

0xGPU Presents New Features Enhancing GPU&NPU Decentralized Computing

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Thursday, March 28, 2024

Singapore, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 0xGPU team is launching new features to enhance decentralized computing using GPU and NPU technologies.

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  • Singapore, March 28, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The 0xGPU team is launching new features to enhance decentralized computing using GPU and NPU technologies.
  • 0xGPU proposes new features to enhance GPU and NPU decentralized computing.
  • The first key feature is its GPU-centric computing approach, which allows for the parallel processing of complex AI tasks.
  • Overall, these new features will enhance 0xGPU's decentralized computing capabilities.

VeriSilicon Showcased Its Latest Power-Efficient IP Applications at Embedded World 2024

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

VeriSilicon (688521.SH) today announced its demonstration at Embedded World 2024 in Nuremberg, Germany, booth numbered Hall 4A-518, where it is showcasing customers’ various leading products leveraging the company’s latest technologies and advanced solutions.

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  • VeriSilicon (688521.SH) today announced its demonstration at Embedded World 2024 in Nuremberg, Germany, booth numbered Hall 4A-518, where it is showcasing customers’ various leading products leveraging the company’s latest technologies and advanced solutions.
  • IoT: VeriSilicon’s LE Audio compliant complete Bluetooth Low Energy IP solution, LE Mesh system solution based on VeriSilicon’s BLE technology.
  • Among the top ten IP companies globally, VeriSilicon’s number of IP categories ranks top two2.
  • “We are thrilled to present our latest and innovative IP solutions at Embedded World 2024.

Intel Unleashes Enterprise AI with Gaudi 3, AI Open Systems Strategy and New Customer Wins

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator will power AI systems with up to tens of thousands of accelerators connected through the common standard of Ethernet.

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  • The Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator will power AI systems with up to tens of thousands of accelerators connected through the common standard of Ethernet.
  • Intel Gaudi 3 promises 4x more AI compute for BF16 and a 1.5x increase in memory bandwidth over its predecessor.
  • Intel outlined its strategy for open scalable AI systems, including hardware, software, frameworks and tools.
  • In addition to the Intel Gaudi 3 accelerator, Intel provided updates on its next-generation products and services across all segments of enterprise AI.

SiFive Unveils the HiFive Premier P550, the First Commercially Available Out-of-Order RISC-V Development Board

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Today at Embedded World, SiFive, Inc., the pioneer and leader of RISC-V computing, unveiled its new state-of-the-art RISC-V development board, the HiFive™ Premier P550.

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  • Today at Embedded World, SiFive, Inc., the pioneer and leader of RISC-V computing, unveiled its new state-of-the-art RISC-V development board, the HiFive™ Premier P550.
  • With a quad-core SiFive Performance™ P550 processor, the HiFive Premier P550 is the highest performance RISC-V development board in the industry, and the latest in the popular HiFive family.
  • “Thanks to our collaboration with SiFive, developers using the HiFive Premier P550 board will be able to innovate at speed with Ubuntu.
  • To help streamline the development process, SiFive provides comprehensive documentation, software development kits, toolchains, utilities, and software ecosystem solutions for each SiFive RISC-V development board.

AIMobile Debuts an Innovative Edge AI Box powered by Qualcomm

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Powered by the Qualcomm® QCS6490 processor, AIM-Edge QC01 is equipped with multi-OS support and USB/LAN ports for camera connection.

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  • Powered by the Qualcomm® QCS6490 processor, AIM-Edge QC01 is equipped with multi-OS support and USB/LAN ports for camera connection.
  • Drawing on nearly a decade of expertise in Edge AI, AIMobile also adds market-proven AI models on top to shorten time to market for partners.
  • The AI Edge Box is demonstrated at Qualcomm Technologies' booth (#161, Hall 5, NurnbergMesse) at Embedded World.
  • said Timothy Chang, President of AIMobile, "We are really honored to work with Qualcomm Technologies again in the ever-growing edge AI field.

AIMobile Debuts an Innovative Edge AI Box powered by Qualcomm

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Powered by the Qualcomm® QCS6490 processor, AIM-Edge QC01 is equipped with multi-OS support and USB/LAN ports for camera connection.

Key Points: 
  • Powered by the Qualcomm® QCS6490 processor, AIM-Edge QC01 is equipped with multi-OS support and USB/LAN ports for camera connection.
  • Drawing on nearly a decade of expertise in Edge AI, AIMobile also adds market-proven AI models on top to shorten time to market for partners.
  • The AI Edge Box is demonstrated at Qualcomm Technologies' booth (#161, Hall 5, NurnbergMesse) at Embedded World.
  • said Timothy Chang, President of AIMobile, "We are really honored to work with Qualcomm Technologies again in the ever-growing edge AI field.

Alif Semiconductor Announces World's First BLE and Matter Wireless Microcontroller to Feature Neural Co-Processor for AI/ML Workloads

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

PLEASANTON, Calif., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Alif Semiconductor®, a leading global supplier of secure, connected, power efficient Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) microcontrollers (MCUs) and fusion processors, today announced the launch of the BallettoTM family, the world's first Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) wireless microcontroller to feature hardware optimization for AI/ML workloads.

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  • The Balletto family offers particularly strong performance in audio and sensor functions thanks to its excellent DSP and AI/ML capabilities and large on-die memory.
  • Neural network processing performance is up to 15x better than a Cortex-M4 processor can achieve.
  • Balletto includes the state-of-the-art multi-layered security fabric first introduced in Alif Semiconductors' Ensemble family of MCUs and fusion processors.
  • "Alif Semiconductor's Balletto family is targeting BLE challenges faced by the wireless audio and smart home industry today with a platform adapted to high bit-rate audio and the Matter ecosystem," said Reza Kazerounian, President and Co-Founder of Alif Semiconductor.

Alif Semiconductor Announces World's First BLE and Matter Wireless Microcontroller to Feature Neural Co-Processor for AI/ML Workloads

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

PLEASANTON, Calif., April 9, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Alif Semiconductor®, a leading global supplier of secure, connected, power efficient Artificial Intelligence and Machine Learning (AI/ML) microcontrollers (MCUs) and fusion processors, today announced the launch of the BallettoTM family, the world's first Bluetooth® Low Energy (BLE) wireless microcontroller to feature hardware optimization for AI/ML workloads.

Key Points: 
  • The Balletto family offers particularly strong performance in audio and sensor functions thanks to its excellent DSP and AI/ML capabilities and large on-die memory.
  • Neural network processing performance is up to 15x better than a Cortex-M4 processor can achieve.
  • Balletto includes the state-of-the-art multi-layered security fabric first introduced in Alif Semiconductors' Ensemble family of MCUs and fusion processors.
  • "Alif Semiconductor's Balletto family is targeting BLE challenges faced by the wireless audio and smart home industry today with a platform adapted to high bit-rate audio and the Matter ecosystem," said Reza Kazerounian, President and Co-Founder of Alif Semiconductor.

NXP Collaborates with NVIDIA to Accelerate AI Deployment with Integration of TAO Toolkit with NXP Edge Devices

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Monday, March 18, 2024

This exciting enablement offers developers the ability to accelerate development in the increasingly competitive world of AI, made possible by the functional integration of the NVIDIA TAO Toolkit into the NXP’s eIQ machine learning development environment .

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  • This exciting enablement offers developers the ability to accelerate development in the increasingly competitive world of AI, made possible by the functional integration of the NVIDIA TAO Toolkit into the NXP’s eIQ machine learning development environment .
  • NXP is the first semiconductor vendor to integrate the NVIDIA TAO APIs directly within an AI enablement offering to make it easier for developers to deploy trained AI models at the edge.
  • Simplifying the training and deployment of AI models is one of the biggest challenges facing today’s AI developers.
  • To address this challenge, NXP collaborated with NVIDIA to integrate the NVIDIA TAO APIs directly within NXP’s eIQ machine learning development environment.