Google Cloud’s New ML Hub Is Largest in World, Mostly Carbon-Free
Almost exactly a year ago, Google launched its Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) v4 chips at Google I/O 2021, promising twice the performance compared to the TPU v3. At the ...Full Article
Microsoft’s Activision Blizzard Purchase Could Bring Microsoft’s Metaverse Closer
Microsoft’s $68.7 billion move to buy the Activision Blizzard video gaming platform is not just a blockbuster deal for the gaming industry, but it also positions Microsoft to focus ...Full Article
AI Observability Platform Vendor WhyLabs Closes $10M Series A Funding Round
As more enterprises integrate AI into their infrastructures and business processes, one of the difficulties that often arise is knowing how the systems are working and what changes are ...Full Article
Nvidia Arm Merger Proposal Gets Support from 3 Rival Chip Companies
Since Nvidia proposed to acquire chip IP vendor Arm last September for $40 billion, several major tech companies, including Google, Microsoft and rival chipmaker Qualcomm, continue to vocally oppose ...Full Article
Incoming Qualcomm CEO Says He May Have a Better Idea About Nvidia’s Proposed Acquisition of Arm
Nvidia may have announced its blockbuster $40 billion acquisition plans for chip IP vendor Arm back in September 2020, but now the incoming CEO of chip vendor Qualcomm is ...Full Article
Intel Unveils Help for Busy Cloud Service Provider CPUs With Its New Infrastructure Processing Units
To boost the performance of busy CPUs hosted by cloud service providers, Intel Corp. has launched a new line of Infrastructure Processing Units (IPUs) that take over some of ...Full Article
AI Career Notes: March 2021 Edition
In this monthly feature we bring you up to date on the latest career developments in the enterprise AI community -- promotions, new hires and accolades: Chantelle Breithaupt ...Full Article
Google’s AI Ethics Flap Widens
Google’s AI ethics mess continues to spread, with reports this week that the company is investigating a second AI ethicist for scanning company files in search of examples of ...Full Article
DeepMind, Google’s AI Unit, Reports Big Loss
DeepMind requires deep pockets. Reports surfaced this week that the London-based AI lab acquired in 2014 by Google parent Alphabet for about $600 million lost a staggering $649 million ...Full Article
Google, SkyWater Partner on Open ASIC Designs
Google along with chip foundry partner SkyWater Technology and an IC design kit vendor are joining forces to offer what they promote as “open source manufacturing of custom ASICs.” ...Full Article
