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Intel targets 5G network providers with FPGA-based accelerators
Intel Corp. is trying to win over 5G wireless service providers that need to handle growing volumes of virtualized workloads. Today at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, it launched a new field-programmable gate array-based acceleration card called the N3000. The chipmaker said it expects the ongoing rollout of 5G wireless services and a shift toward network ...
AIStorm announces its first analog data AI chips for IoT and driverless cars
Edge artificial intelligence startup AIStorm wasted no time at all in getting its first set of specialized sensors out of the door, announcing its initial products today just two weeks after closing on an early-stage round of funding worth $13.2 million. The company sells an “AI-in-Sensor” system-on-a-chip that enables faster processing of AI problems at the ...
Apple aims to replace Intel’s processors with Arm-based chips in its Mac PCs by 2020
Intel Corp. is apparently convinced that Apple Inc. is planning to replace its central processing units used in its Mac personal computers with Arm-based silicon instead. In a report today that cited private conversations with Intel officials and software developers, Axios apparently confirmed long-running rumors that Apple is all set transition its Mac computers to Arm ...
Sony is hiring more engineers to expand its image sensor chip business
Sony Corp. is planning to grow its engineering teams as it looks for new business opportunities in growth markets such as the automotive and “internet of things” sectors, Reuters reported Wednesday. The Japanese firm will allocate some 40 percent of its new engineering hires to its struggling computer chip manufacturing business, which includes its all-important image ...
Dropbox stock falls 8 percent as investors dump on poor guidance
Updated: Shares of file-sharing company Dropbox Inc. went into free-fall late today, plummeting by almost 10 percent in extended trading after providing guidance that left shareholders sorely disappointed. The stock drop comes despite what was a positive fourth quarter for the company, which posted earnings and revenue that beat Wall Street’s expectations. For the fourth quarter, ...
Google makes its Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech services more accurate and accessible
Google LLC is pushing its popular Cloud Speech-to-Text and Text-to-Speech machine learning services harder, adding new features to both and making the former more accessible to large enterprises. Google Cloud Speech-to-Text is essentially an advanced transcription service that relies on machine learning and other artificial intelligence technologies to improve its accuracy. This reliance on AI ...
SWIM.AI open-sources its edge computing platform
Edge computing company SWIM Inc., also known as SWIM.AI, today revealed plants to open-source much of its technology and tools. SWIM came to attention last year when it raised a $10 million funding round to build out its software stack for “internet of things” and other edge devices. The platform combines local data processing and ...
Ericsson and Juniper add network slicing features to joint 5G transport network
Swedish telecoms firm Ericsson AB is expanding its partnership with Juniper Networks Inc. on a joint “5G transport network” offering that caters to service providers looking to deploy 5G networks with higher bandwidths. The companies announced the initiative in September, offering a package that includes routers made by both companies, along with management, orchestration and security ...
Operational AI firm Splice Machine lands $16M funding round
Self-described “operational artificial intelligence” firm Splice Machine Inc. has just added $16 million to its kitty following a round of funding led by GreatPoint Ventures. Accenture Ventures and individual investor and SunBridge Group Chief Executive Officer Allen Miner also participated in the Series B round, bringing the company’s total funding to $58 million to date. ...
Netskope extends its cloud security tools to Google’s cloud
Cloud security company Netskope Inc. is extending its security assessment and monitoring capabilities to Google LLC’s public cloud infrastructure. The Netskope for Google Cloud Platform offering is designed for enterprises that need to monitor assets deployed on Google’s cloud. Netskope already has similar products for Google’s cloud rivals Amazon Web Services Inc. and Microsoft Corp. ...