Nvidia Alliances Hinted at Arm Deal
In anticipation of closing its landmark deal to acquire chip IP vendor Arm Ltd., Nvidia is highlighting its partner ecosystem as it seeks to extend its considerable reach beyond ...Full Article
AI Chip Makers Must Meet Customer Needs to Gain Design Wins for Success
AI Hardware Summit – With more than 80 AI accelerator chip companies battling for elusive market share around the world, it’s no longer enough for upstart AI chip makers ...Full Article
AWS Reduces GPU Pricing for SageMaker
Amazon Web Services is cutting prices on its SageMaker managed service for machine learning and deep learning as it attracts more financial services, healthcare and retail customers building and training ...Full Article
Nvidia’s Huang Vows to Protect Arm’s IP Model
Arm Dev Summit -- The CEOs of Nvidia and Arm made the case this week for regulatory approval of a proposed mega-merger, arguing the combined chip maker would preserve ...Full Article
AI Triage Model Predicts COVID Oxygen Needs
Among the first steps when COVID-19 patients are hospitalized is a blood oxygen test used to determine whether they require supplemental oxygen. Given the “wildfire” nature of the pandemic ...Full Article
Intel Unpacks Its 5G Portfolio
Intel Corp. unveiled a batch of 5G networking components this week, joining a growing list of chip and hardware vendors targeting the estimated $25 billion silicon market for next-generation ...Full Article
Microsoft and Shell Launch Strategic Alliance to Share AI, Carbon Emissions Expertise
Microsoft Corp. has helped the Shell International Petroleum Co. Ltd. integrate the power of AI into a wide range of internal and consumer-facing applications and uses over the last ...Full Article
AI, Big Data Propelling Chip Design
AI and big data generating those algorithms are transforming chip design in unexpected ways, accelerating fundamental tasks like finding the optimal design tradeoffs between performance and power consumption “Chips ...Full Article
VMware, Server Partners, Rework Hybrid Clouds Around Net Adapters
The shift to hardware accelerators used to boost the performance of AI, machine learning and cloud-native applications is also having the unintended consequence of adding complexity for already overworked ...Full Article
5G is Going Cloud Native
Cloud infrastructure vendors are lining to collaborate with telecommunications and network equipment partners to help roll out 5G services, aiming for what one public cloud vendor dubs “carrier-grade cloud.” ...Full Article