The support or use of AI (artificial intelligence) in electronics, including ML (machine learning), whether in software (supervised, unsupervised or reinforcement learning tools) or hardware (accelerators, GPUs, etc).
The Turing Institute could be making 140 of its 440 staff redundant, reports the Guardian, as the national AI institute focusses on fewer projects. A memo thought to have been sent to 140 people and addressed to “affected employees”, says that the Institute “may need to consider making redundancies”. The memo said that the institute is working on 111 projects ...
VC funding of AI startups fell from $29.6 billion in Q2 to $11.8 billion in Q3, says Stocklytics.com. The total number of deals dropped by 28% y-o-y to 79 in Q3 2024, down from 110 in Q3 2023. For the year to date, $53 billion on fresh capital in the AI sector has been invested – 35% more than in ...
PhotonDelta, the European hub for photonics, will launch a worldwide competition for new applications for photonics chips at PIC Summit 2024 (Eindhoven 15 October). Partners include imec, LioniX International, Smart Photonics, Phix Photonics Assembly, Ephiphan and Bright Photonics and engineering community platform Werolver. Engineers are invited to use photonics ICs in designs to tackle challenges in, for example, healthcare, AI, ...
IR sensor specialist, Lynred, has announced it will acquire New Imaging Technologies. The Paris-based company designs and manufactures SWIR imaging sensors and modules based upon InGaAs focal plane arrays. It produces SWIR (shortwave IR) imaging modules and sensors, including large format shortwave sensors with a small pixel pitch. New Imaging Technologies also has a portfolio of wide dynamic range patents ...
The winner of the latest UK-APAC Tech Growth programme, Heronic Technologies, will collaborate with Rohm Semiconductor to explore how Rohm can develop its own power semiconductor materials for emerging technologies. Heronic specialises in AI accelerator architectures. Its proprietary technology customises chips for optimum efficiency and performance “beyond the capabilities of generic architectures” for specific AI applications. The Tech Growth programme ...
Irish quantum computing startup, Equal1 has signed a MoU with Nvidia to collaborate on quantum computing technology use cases, business models and proof of concept, focusing on integrating and validating the quantum-classical infrastructure for cloud and data centre deployment. Equal1 is developing scalable, cost-effective silicon spin qubits and has produced successful test chips, patented IP, and “achieved world-leading qubit performance, ...
CSEM, the Swiss technology innovation centre is part of a consortium which is developing an AI-equipped drone to identify invasive and potentially damaging plants. Buddleia, or butterfly bushes, and Japanese knotweed can replace native plant species and others like narrow-leaved ragwort are poisonous. They can cause damage to the infrastructure, damaging railway tracks and signal installations or reduce sight lines. ...
At the TSMC OIP Ecosystem Forum in Santa Clara, Synopsys announced EDA tool, IP and process collaborations. The two companies confirmed tapeout of a multi-die test chip combining 3DFabric and UCIe PHY IP. They also announce routing capabilities for TSMC’s A16 process and EDA tools for mutual customers via TSMC’s Cloud Certification. The tapeout of the test chip featuring a ...
Google is rebranding TensorFlow Lite to LiteRT (as in “lite runtime”). This lets you deploy ML and AI models on Android, iOS, and embedded devices. Basically, for on-device AI at the Edge. Google writes about the name change for the runtime that supports models other than those solely authored with TensorFlow: “Since its debut in 2017, TFLite has enabled developers ...
In partnership with the European Space Agency (ESA), Open Cosmos has launched Phisat-2 (Φsat2), a 6U CubeSat to showcase in-orbit AI for Earth observations. The satellite carries a multispectral camera for imaging but also a computer to allow AI apps to run onboard, for adding intelligence to the processing of the data. This is done via the open source NanoSat ...
