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CHIPS Alliance Welcomes Antmicro and VeriSilicon to the Platinum Membership Level
February 12th, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 12, 2021 -- CHIPS Alliance, a leading consortium advancing common and open hardware for interfaces, processors and systems, welcomed Antmicro and VeriSilicon to the company’s Platinum membership level. Antmicro, one of the initial members of the ...
Arm Ecosystem Ships a Record 6.7 Billion Arm-Based Chips in the Final Quarter of 2020
February 12th, 2021
February 11, 2021 -- In the fourth quarter of 2020 (Arm FY Q320), Arm reported its silicon partners shipped in the prior quarter a record 6.7 billion Arm-based chips, which equates to ~842 chips shipped per second. To-date, Arm partners ...
Fujitsu and Entanglement Solve COVID-19-Related Problems Through Quantum-Inspired Technology
February 11th, 2021
SUNNYVALE, Calif., Feb. 11, 2021 -- Fujitsu partnered with Entanglement, Inc. to demonstrate and validate the capabilities of the Digital Annealer (DA), a quantum-inspired computing platform and related services, to address large scale logistical combinatorial optimization challenges related to ...
Semiconductor Leaders Urge President Biden to Prioritize Funding for Manufacturing, Research
February 11th, 2021
WASHINGTON, Feb. 11, 2021 — The Semiconductor Industry Association (SIA) Board of Directors, comprised of CEOs and senior executives at leading U.S. chip companies, today sent a letter to President Biden urging him to include substantial funding for semiconductor manufacturing and research in the administration’s economic ...
Volkswagen Group and Microsoft to Accelerate the Development of Automated Driving
February 11th, 2021
WOLFSBURG, Germany and REDMOND, Wash., Feb. 11, 2021 -- Volkswagen Group further strengthens its capabilities in the development of automated driving (AD) solutions. The Group's software company Car.Software Organisation will collaborate with Microsoft to build a cloud-based Automated Driving ...
Pliops Positions for Rapid Growth, Bolsters Leadership Team
February 11th, 2021
SAN JOSE, Calif., Feb. 11, 2021 -- With momentum continuing to grow around its storage processor, technology innovator Pliops has enlisted top leadership for its sales, marketing, operations and technology teams by making several strategic new hires. Angela Restani, ...
CHIPS Alliance Brings on Rob Mains as New Executive Director
February 11th, 2021
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 11, 2021 -- CHIPS Alliance, a leading consortium advancing common and open hardware for interfaces, processors and systems, has announced the appointment of Rob Mains as the organization’s new executive director. Rob has over 35 years ...
NEC and ParityQC Collaborate to Develop Highly-scalable, Practical Quantum Computers
February 10th, 2021
TOKYO and INNSBRUCK, Austria, Feb. 10, 2021 -- NEC Corporation (NEC; TSE: 6701) and ParityQC today announced that they have started collaborating in the field of quantum annealing, a method of quantum computing. NEC will be the first company ...
Altair Announces New Electronic System Design Capabilities with Simulation Software Update
February 10th, 2021
Feb. 10, 2021 -- Altair, a global technology company providing software and cloud solutions in the areas of simulation, high-performance computing (HPC), and artificial intelligence (AI), today announced updated solver technologies and enhanced user experiences with the release of ...
NeuReality Emerges from Stealth with $8M Seed for AI Compute Infrastructure
February 10th, 2021
TEL AVIV, Israel, Feb. 10, 2021 -- NeuReality, an Israeli startup developing high performance AI compute for cloud data centers and edge nodes, emerges from stealth today with $8M seed from Cardumen Capital, OurCrowd and Varana Capital to fuel ...