This year, Hot Chips was opened with a keynote presentation by Aart de Geus, Synopsys Chairman and co-CEO, and what he revealed could have significant, lasting implications on chip design moving forward.
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We’ve spent a couple weeks with the Pixel 5 a on test drive and can report that Google has once again done more with less, and for less. This phone really shines with a pure stock Android 11 OS driving the hardware, but also one of the most well-optimized Android experiences I’ve worked with in a long time.
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We’re sure all of those definitions have some relevance for Intel’s Arc branding that will make for some interesting conversation in the future. Today, however, is about the brand reveal itself.
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Foxconn’s Industrial Internet division has launched a new AI-enabled machine vision platform called Gloria. Powered by Qualcomm’s Cloud AI 100 solution, the system is design to support up to 24 high-definition cameras for video analytics applications like traffic analysis, security monitoring and smart retail spaces.
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Though it’s logical to consider that the pandemic-driven demand bubble won’t continue indefinitely, some large industry analytics firms are forecasting a near-term decline that doesn’t necessarily add up in my opinion. In fact, some of these firms have been consistently raising their unit sales guidance throughout the last couple of years, and we think the PC industry will continue to prove them wrong.
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NVIDIA’s acquisition of Arm could have far reaching implications that resonate throughout the technology industry, due to the pervasiveness of Arm’s IP and the company’s current business model, which licenses core processor architecture innovations to many chip partners. Arm technology is quite literally everywhere, from cellphones to cars, industrial equipment, the IoT, and the data center.
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As you might imagine, out of the gate this cross-GPU platform functionality offers game developers significant incentive for adoption of FSR, with a rather large potential install base of gaming hardware (and gamers) that can benefit from the technology.
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Today NVIDIA is officially lifting the veil on details and deep dive reviews of this latest high-end PC graphics offering that slots in at an $1199 price point. Here's what to expect.
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As detrimental as the current semiconductor shortage is, however, another challenging shortage may be looming, and it’s one that could stall development and innovation of new chips and processors worldwide, without a sea change in how chips are designed.
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Snapdragon 778G 5G is the company’s successor to its popular Snapdragon 765G Mobile Platform, and QCOM is announcing broad industry adoption for the new chipset with Motorola, Xiaomi, OPPO, Honor, Realme and iQOO announced support at launch.
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The notion of “purposeful computing” may sound like corporate thought leadership kind of stuff, but when I spoke with GB about his company’s goals and his personal philosophy in this regard, I came to realize it’s anything but.
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In this paper, we have tested Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c Chromebook reference platforms against competing devices equipped with processors from Intel and MediaTek. This data is a first-look at Snapdragon 7c performance since the platform’s launch, and it’s the first time the Qualcomm Snapdragon 7c compute platform has been tested in a Chromebook.
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Homomorphic Encryption will underpin a new US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) program that both Intel and Microsoft just announced a new platform enablement collaboration for.
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Adaptive silicon solutions heavyweight, Xilinx, has just announced a new line of SmartNIC, or intelligent, adaptable Network Interface Cards, consisting of not only the physical Alveo SN1000 line, but broad platform solution frameworks and references designs to address major market opportunities like AI-powered video analytics and algorithmic financial trading. In addition, the company has launched an FPGA platform app store with ready-to-deploy solutions that address several key markets, such as data analytics, video and image processing, HPC, machine learning, networking and security.
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NVIDIA is set to launch a new mainstream gaming graphics card on February 25th but with the introduction of its new $329 GeForce RTX 3060, the Silicon Valley GPU giant is also making bold moves to address critical shortage and supply/demand dynamics that are keeping its products from getting into the hands of more PC gamers around the world.
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Mobile silicon heavyweight and 5G innovator Qualcomm announced a blockbuster deal this morning, that it intends to acquire NUVIA for $1.4 billion. As a custom Arm-based CPU start-up, NUVIA’s design engineering and executive team brings with it a pedigree of proven execution, having formerly contributed to custom Arm CPU development at Apple for its Mac and iPhone products. It’s a bold move by Qualcomm that makes a lot of sense, and likely accelerates its efforts to expand into new markets and product categories.
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Details were also given regarding Mobileye’s plans for software-defined radar customized to autonomous vehicles, but it’s the new Lidar SoC that could really be the game changer. Costs can mount quickly when outfitting AVs with current Lidar sensors and technologies. The future photonic integrated circuit, or PIC, however, which is expected to arrive in 2025, could drive costs down significantly, while easing integration.
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“Transparent OLED is a technology that maximizes the advantages of OLED and can be used in various places in our daily lives, from stores, shopping malls, and architectural interiors to autonomous vehicles, subway trains, and aircraft,” said Jong-sun Park, Senior Vice President & Head of the Commercial Business Unit at LG Display. He added, “It will grow into a next-generation display that can change the existing display paradigm.”
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For this study, we set out to measure the potential productivity gains that can be realized by leveraging a Dell dock attached to full-sized input devices, such as a keyboard and mouse kit, dual monitors, and various peripherals, attached to an assortment of laptops of various configurations.
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In detailed briefings with Qualcomm, I learned about the company’s next generation Snapdragon mobile platform that’s manufactured on a cutting-edge 5nm semiconductor fab process, and it sounds impressive to be sure. Let’s step through a few of the particulars…
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