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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).

Auto and AI to drive semis says KPMG/GSA survey

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Automotive is the most important revenue driver for the semiconductor industry, says a survey  by KPMG and the Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) because of the  computerisation and electrification of vehicles. AI came second Microprocessors (including GPUs used for AI) were ranked as the top product opportunity for industry growth over 2024 Implementing Gen AI was ranked among the top three ...

congatec bases COM Express Compact modules on Intel Core Ultra processors

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A range of COM Express modules released by congatec are based on the Intel Core Ultra processors, which integrate a neural processing unit (NPU) called Intel AI Boost. According to congatec, the conga-TC700 COM Express Compact Type 6 computer on modules (CoMs) can be used to integrate AI workloads with lower system complexity and costs than using discrete accelerators. c ...

China tries for AI ICs

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A number of Chinese companies, led by Alibaba, Baidu, Tencent and HiSilicon,  are bringing out AI ICs but their competitiveness is likely to be impeded by  the US restrictions on supplies of EDA, chip manufacturing equipment and personnel, reports TrendForce. HiSilicon’s Ascend 910B is used  in Huawei’s public cloud infrastructure as well as being sold outside,  and  Baidu ordered over ...

Thermal imaging AI adds new angle to safety

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Combining AI with thermal imaging can ‘flesh out’ pedestrians to improve automotive safety systems at day and by night, says Wade Appelman of Owl Autonomous Imaging. Why are automotive manufacturers interested in a technology that combines expensive, cumbersome thermal imaging and complex, computer-hungry AI to solve a straightforward problem such as pedestrian automatic emergency braking (PAEB)? The answer is because ...

Synopsys extends GenAi across full stack

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Synopsys is expanding its Synopsys.ai EDA suite to bring GenAI across the full stack  to  improve engineering productivity for the semiconductor industry. This expands upon Synopsys’ recent announcement to deliver Synopsys.ai Copilot, the first in a series of GenAI capabilities for chip design. Early collaborations with AMD, Intel, and Microsoft have substantiated the power of generative AI for chip design. ...

Putin to issue AI decree

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Vladimir Putin is about issue a decree setting out Russia’s AI development strategy, he told an AI conference in Moscow at the weekend. The strategy will involve legal changes, international cooperation and more investment. “In the very near future, as one of the first steps, a presidential decree will be signed and a new version of the national strategy for ...

Synopsys and Microsoft deploy AI to design ICs

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Synopsys and Microsoft have developed Synopsys.ai Copilot which designs ICs for the Azure Open AI Service. Synopsys.ai is an AI-driven EDA suite. Azure OpenAI Service gives access to OpenAI’s large language models (LLMs) with the enterprise-ready capabilities of Microsoft Azure. Together, the companies collaborated to support Synopsys’ development of Synopsys.ai Copilot, bringing together Azure OpenAI Service generative AI capabilities with ...

Nvidia and Microsoft offer AI foundry service

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NVIDIA has introduced an AI foundry service to supercharge the development and tuning of custom generative AI applications for enterprises and startups deploying on Microsoft Azure. The NVIDIA AI foundry service pulls together three elements — a collection of NVIDIA AI Foundation Models, NVIDIA NeMo framework and tools, and NVIDIA DGX Cloud AI supercomputing services — that give enterprises an end-to-end ...

The elusive AI PC

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The emerging market for AI PCs does not yet have a clear definition, says TrendForce. One the software side, Microsoft has launched its AI assistant, Copilot, which is powered by the GPT LLM, with sales starting in November. This service, requiring Windows 11, is available for $30 per month. On the hardware side, the focus for CPU manufacturers is to ...

Alif Semi 32bit AI MCUs for battery power

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Alif Semiconductor’s 32bit ‘Ensemble’ AI-enabled MCUs are now available, according to the company. Built around various Arm cores with added security to protect stored intellectual property, they are intended to run AI algorithms locally in battery-powered devices. “There are many Edge ML applications that require 50 to 250Gop/s to become useful,” said Alif marketing v-p Mark Rootz. “Typical 32bit MCUs ...