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Accelerated Computing Leader Voltron Data Named to the CB Insights AI 100 for Being the One of Most Promising AI Companies in the World

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

SAN FRANCISCO, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Voltron Data , the company accelerating modular and composable data analytics systems, today announced that it has been named to the CB Insights AI 100 that showcases the 100 most promising private AI companies of 2024.

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  • SAN FRANCISCO, April 03, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Voltron Data , the company accelerating modular and composable data analytics systems, today announced that it has been named to the CB Insights AI 100 that showcases the 100 most promising private AI companies of 2024.
  • Voltron Data is the only company honored in the accelerated computing category: https://www.cbinsights.com/learn/ai-100-2024 .
  • “AI is taking off at lightning speed, and it’s not just big tech companies at the forefront of it,” said Deepashri Varadharajan, director of AI research at CB Insights.
  • “GPUs are ideal for the whole data pipeline, not just computationally hard things such as AI/ML,” said Josh Patterson, co-founder and CEO of Voltron Data.

Think Silicon to Showcase its Latest Ultra-Low-Power 3D Graphics and AI in One IP Architecture at Embedded World 2024

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Wednesday, April 3, 2024

ATHENS, Greece and SAN JOSE, Calif., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Think Silicon, the leading provider of ultra-low-power GPU and AI IP for embedded systems, will showcase its latest graphics and AI solutions for edge computing devices in Hall 4, Booth 476 at Embedded World 2024 taking place in Nuremberg, Germany from April 9-11.

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  • ATHENS, Greece and SAN JOSE, Calif., April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Think Silicon, the leading provider of ultra-low-power GPU and AI IP for embedded systems, will showcase its latest graphics and AI solutions for edge computing devices in Hall 4, Booth 476 at Embedded World 2024 taking place in Nuremberg, Germany from April 9-11.
  • Think Silicon’s NEOX® | GA100 is a GPGPU solution for the MCU market based on RISC-V, offering the unique combination of performing both 3D graphics and ΑΙ in one IP architecture.
  • The processor can be programmed using graphics and AI libraries independently or together.
  • Think Silicon’s experts will be available for meetings and demonstrations of the NEMA® and NEOX® product series at Embedded World.

Nominations sought for 2024 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards

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Tuesday, April 2, 2024

CHICAGO, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Landmarks Illinois has issued a call for nominations for the 2024 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards .

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  • CHICAGO, April 02, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Landmarks Illinois has issued a call for nominations for the 2024 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards .
  • Winners of the 2024 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards will be honored at a public ceremony in Chicago this October.
  • Nominations submitted for a 2024 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Award must be for projects or people located within Illinois.
  • There is no fee to submit a nomination for the 2024 Landmarks Illinois Richard H. Driehaus Foundation Preservation Awards.

Westray Law 20th anniversary: ‘A historic failure’

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Friday, March 29, 2024

“The overwhelming majority of these workplace fatalities and injuries were preventable, yet the Westray Law has rarely been used to prosecute employers and hold them criminally accountable.

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  • “The overwhelming majority of these workplace fatalities and injuries were preventable, yet the Westray Law has rarely been used to prosecute employers and hold them criminally accountable.
  • The Westray Law was named in memory of 26 coal miners who were killed in the Westray Mine explosion in Nova Scotia in 1992.
  • “The Westray Law was a historic achievement that promised greater corporate accountability for workplace safety and greater protection for workers,” says Allen Martin, whose brother Glenn, 35, was one of the miners killed in the Westray Mine explosion.
  • On the Westray Law’s 20th anniversary, the USW, supported by the CLC and other labour federations, is ramping up the campaign to pressure governments to take action to address the failure to enforce the law.

Ambiq Apollo510 Delivers 30x Power Efficiency Improvement to Unleash Endpoint AI

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024

AUSTIN, Texas, March 26, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Ambiq, a technology leader in exceptionally energy-efficient semiconductors for IoT devices, is introducing the new Apollo510, the first member of the Apollo5 SoC family, which is uniquely positioned to kickstart the age of truly ubiquitous, practical, and meaningful AI.

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  • The Apollo510 achieves up to 10x better latency while reducing energy consumption by around 2x, compared to Ambiq's previous power efficiency leader, the Apollo4.
  • With more than 30x energy improvement, the Apollo510 is capable of running a vast majority of today's endpoint AI calculations, including low-power sensor monitoring, always-on voice commands, telco-quality audio enhancement, and more.
  • Apollo510 contains everything needed for driving intelligent systems: ultra-efficient compute, expansive on-chip memories, high-bandwidth interfaces to off-chip memories, and security.
  • IoT endpoint device manufacturers can expect unrivaled power efficiency to develop more capable devices that process AI/ML functions better than before.

SGH Reports Second Quarter Fiscal 2024 Financial Results

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

SGH will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss the second quarter of fiscal 2024 results and related matters today, April 9, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time).

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  • SGH will hold a conference call and webcast to discuss the second quarter of fiscal 2024 results and related matters today, April 9, 2024, at 1:30 p.m. Pacific Time (4:30 p.m. Eastern Time).
  • SGH management uses non-GAAP measures to supplement SGH’s financial results under GAAP.
  • Management believes the presentation of operating results that exclude certain items provides useful supplemental information to investors and facilitates the analysis of the Company’s core operating results and comparison of operating results across reporting periods.
  • Non-GAAP financial measures should not be considered as a substitute for, or superior to, measures of financial performance prepared in accordance with GAAP, as they exclude important information about SGH’s financial results, as noted above.

Intel Unleashes Enterprise AI with Gaudi 3, AI Open Systems Strategy and New Customer Wins

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

The Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator will power AI systems with up to tens of thousands of accelerators connected through the common standard of Ethernet.

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  • The Intel Gaudi 3 AI accelerator will power AI systems with up to tens of thousands of accelerators connected through the common standard of Ethernet.
  • Intel Gaudi 3 promises 4x more AI compute for BF16 and a 1.5x increase in memory bandwidth over its predecessor.
  • Intel outlined its strategy for open scalable AI systems, including hardware, software, frameworks and tools.
  • In addition to the Intel Gaudi 3 accelerator, Intel provided updates on its next-generation products and services across all segments of enterprise AI.

Cohesity Brings Intel’s Confidential Computing Capabilities to Cohesity Data Cloud

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Cohesity , a leader in AI-powered data security and management, today announced it is collaborating with Intel to bring Intel’s confidential computing capabilities to the Cohesity Data Cloud.

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  • Cohesity , a leader in AI-powered data security and management, today announced it is collaborating with Intel to bring Intel’s confidential computing capabilities to the Cohesity Data Cloud.
  • Confidential computing enabled by Intel® Software Guard Extensions ( Intel® SGX ) will support Cohesity customers to reduce the risk posed by potential bad actors accessing data while it is being processed in main memory.
  • Cohesity’s flagship platform, Cohesity Data Cloud , has long included many proven and cutting-edge technologies to help the world’s largest organizations manage and secure their most critical data from cyber criminals.
  • The booth will feature a demonstration of confidential computing enabled by Intel SGX in the Cohesity Data Cloud.

City of Hope Scientists Present Leading-Edge Research at American Association for Cancer Research (AACR) Annual Meeting

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Monday, April 8, 2024

“City of Hope’s research presented at AACR’s conference this year reinforces our focus on early detection, smarter and more precise treatments, and achieving health equity.

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  • “City of Hope’s research presented at AACR’s conference this year reinforces our focus on early detection, smarter and more precise treatments, and achieving health equity.
  • “Cancer is complex and the breadth and diversity of research this year further underscores the talent, scientific rigor and curiosity at City of Hope,” Van den Brink added.
  • But those diagnosed when the cancer is contained to the pancreas have a 44.3% relative survival rate after five years.
  • Scientists with Translational Genomics Research Institute, part of City of Hope, also contributed to the study.

SiFive Unveils the HiFive Premier P550, the First Commercially Available Out-of-Order RISC-V Development Board

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024

Today at Embedded World, SiFive, Inc., the pioneer and leader of RISC-V computing, unveiled its new state-of-the-art RISC-V development board, the HiFive™ Premier P550.

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  • Today at Embedded World, SiFive, Inc., the pioneer and leader of RISC-V computing, unveiled its new state-of-the-art RISC-V development board, the HiFive™ Premier P550.
  • With a quad-core SiFive Performance™ P550 processor, the HiFive Premier P550 is the highest performance RISC-V development board in the industry, and the latest in the popular HiFive family.
  • “Thanks to our collaboration with SiFive, developers using the HiFive Premier P550 board will be able to innovate at speed with Ubuntu.
  • To help streamline the development process, SiFive provides comprehensive documentation, software development kits, toolchains, utilities, and software ecosystem solutions for each SiFive RISC-V development board.