Intel introduces Intel Server GPU in the H3C XG310 GPU AIB
Similar chip as used in notebooks
AMD to acquire Xilinx for $35 billion
What happens if you cross an FPGA with a GPU or CPU?
Nvidia kicks off GTC Fall
Nvidia and its founder, CEO Jensen Huang, deserve credit for building and delivering an astounding blivit. A blivit for those new to this channel is 5 pounds of stuff in a 10-pound bag. In the case of Nvidia’s keynote address this week, it was 100 pounds of stuff in a one-pound bag—simply amazing. The good news is, it is recorded … Read more
Siemens builds on its digital platform
Last year, Siemens's design and manufacture sub-company that was known as Siemens PLM signaled a major turning point in its ongoing transformation within the larger Siemens megacompany. It changed its name to Siemens Digital Industries Software, which at least freed the company from the albatross of the unpopular term PLM and also integrated the group tighter into Siemens as a … Read more
X.Labs’ new AI screening and temperature detection system Feevr
Vuzix said its Vuzix BladeSmart Glasses have been selected by X.Labs, developer of SWORD weapon detection system, as the optional smart glasses companion for Feevr. Feevr is a quick and effective artificial intelligence (AI) based system for screening and detecting individuals in a crowd that have an elevated temperature. Vuzix received the order, with an initial payment upfront, from X.Labs … Read more
XR is the new name of head mounted computing and AI does not use a display when it plays video games
Due to the incorporation of cameras on the front of what have been traditionally known as “VR headsets,” the VR and AR industries were faced with a conundrum and an overlap. AR can be experienced through cameras in a VR head-mounted display (HMD). In fact, the vast majority of headset AR on the market today is experienced through cameras. … Read more
Imagination Technologies SYCLs TF with Codeplay and you can too
TensorFlow is a free and open-source software library for dataflow and differentiable programming across a range of tasks. It is a symbolic math library and is also used for machine learning applications such as neural networks—i.e., finding cats. Imagination Technologies designs GPUs and sells the designs in the form of IP libraries allowing anyone with access to a fab to … Read more
Micron acquires inference engine maker Fwdnxt
The memory company ups its game and its stack With the acquisition of Fwdnxt, an AI software and hardware startup, Micron Technology announced it was developing a new set of hardware and software tools for deep learning applications combined with advanced Micron memory. Fwdnxt’s(pronounced “forward next”)AI hardware and software technology will enable Micron to explore deep learning solutions required … Read more
Corel picks up the AI brush for Painter products
The Painter family of products has its origins in MetaCreations, a digital arts development powerhouse in Santa Barbara. They were early pioneers in computer graphics software for artists and the work they did lives on at Daz3D, Poser, and most vibrantly at Corel in Painter. The implosion of MetaCreations as a company at the turn of the century is a … Read more
Is 2019 the year of the biggest Xilinx makes biggest FPGA, the VU19
Last week, we wrote about Cerebras’ giant 8.5-inch chip. And in previous issues, we’ve written about Nvidia’s monster 18.6 billion transistor GPU that is 754 mm2. Well, last week, Xilinx joined the big chip club and announced the expansion of its 16-nm Virtex UltraScale+ family to now include the world’s largest FPGA—the Virtex UltraScale+ VU19P. With 35 billion transistors, … Read more
Huawei’s Da Vinci AI accelerator explained at Hot Chips
Announced at Hot Chips last year and again at the Shanghai Full link Conference, the Da Vinci AI accelerator has been making the rounds. Huawei provided more details at Hot Chips this year. The company said their plan is to scale their technology from inference on wearables to training for the data centers. A big part of the design is the … Read more
Virtual cameras meld digital effects and live action
What’s more fundamental to the act of making a movie than the camera? It’s the camera that defines a movie and separates it from a play and as camera technology has changed over the years, they’ve changed the art of movies. When first used to make movies, cameras were fixed—they were giant things that stayed put and captured longish takes … Read more