Maria Deutscher, Author at SiliconANGLE

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Facebook opens up its internal AI training hardware and custom-built chips

By Maria Deutscher Mar 14, 2019

Few organizations use artificial intelligence on the scale that Facebook Inc. does. The social network’s deep learning models perform 200 trillion predictions each day, a level of output made possible by purpose-built hardware designed…

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Microsoft open-sources technology behind Azure’s powerful data compression

By Maria Deutscher Mar 14, 2019

International Data Corp. estimates that the total volume of digital information in the world will balloon from 33 zettabytes, or trillion gigabytes, today to 175 zettabytes in 2025. This rapid growth is being felt…

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Microsoft targets videogame industry with new cloud development toolkit

By Maria Deutscher Mar 14, 2019

Microsoft Corp. is looking to capture a bigger slice of the $138 billion videogame industry with its Azure cloud platform. The company today unveiled Game Stack, a suite of development tools specifically geared toward…

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Determined AI launches with $11M funding to simplify deep learning projects

By Maria Deutscher Mar 13, 2019

Determined AI Inc., a new startup set on easing artificial intelligence development, today exited stealth mode with $11 million in fresh funding. The round was led by Alphabet Inc.’s GV investment arm. A half-dozen…

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Spotify files antitrust complaint against Apple, alleging unfair App Store policies

By Maria Deutscher Mar 13, 2019

Spotify Technology SA wants regulators to investigate the rules that Apple Inc. sets for outside apps on the App Store. The music streaming provider, whose service competes with Apple Music, today filed an antitrust…

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Google debuts miniaturized, real-time speech recognition AI on Pixel phones

By Maria Deutscher Mar 12, 2019

Google LLC has developed a miniaturized neural network that is small and efficient enough to perform speech recognition, a normally hardware-intensive task, directly on mobile devices. The technology debuted today on the company’s Pixel smartphones.…

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Uber settles two long-running driver lawsuits for $20M

By Maria Deutscher Mar 12, 2019

Uber Technologies Inc. has settled a pair of lawsuits challenging its driver classification policy, clearing a potential point of concern ahead of its upcoming initial public offering. The agreement, which was filed late Monday and hit…

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Cloudflare raises fresh $150M round, likely delaying rumored IPO

By Maria Deutscher Mar 12, 2019

After a four-year break from fundraising, Cloudflare Inc. today announced that it has secured $150 million in fresh capital to boost its growth efforts. The round was led by Franklin Resources Inc., a California…

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Intel launches new technology standard to link CPUs with accelerator chips

By Maria Deutscher Mar 11, 2019

Intel Corp. today introduced a new interconnect technology aimed at enabling servers to make better use of graphics cards, field-programmable gate arrays and other accelerator chips optimized for specific workloads. The Compute Express Link,…

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Confirming rumors, Nvidia agrees to acquire Mellanox in landmark $6.9B deal

By Maria Deutscher Mar 11, 2019

Confirming recent industry chatter about its acquisition plans, Nvidia Corp. today announced that it has inked a deal to buy data center networking specialist Mellanox Technologies Ltd. for $6.9 billion. The all-cash transaction is…

Maria Deutscher

Facebook opens up its internal AI training hardware and custom-built chips

Determined AI launches with $11M funding to simplify deep learning projects

Spotify files antitrust complaint against Apple, alleging unfair App Store policies

Google debuts miniaturized, real-time speech recognition AI on Pixel phones

Uber settles two long-running driver lawsuits for $20M

Cloudflare raises fresh $150M round, likely delaying rumored IPO

Intel launches new technology standard to link CPUs with accelerator chips

Confirming rumors, Nvidia agrees to acquire Mellanox in landmark $6.9B deal

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