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ScaleFlux To Integrate Arm Cortex-R82 Processors in Its Next-Generation Enterprise SSD Controllers

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Monday, March 18, 2024

MILPITAS, Calif., March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ScaleFlux, a leader in deploying computational storage at scale, today announced its commitment to integrating the Arm® Cortex®-R82 processor in its forthcoming line of enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD) controllers. The Cortex-R82, is the highest performance real-time processor from Arm and the first to implement the 64-bit Armv8-R AArch64 architecture, representing a significant advancement in processing power and efficiency for enterprise storage solutions.

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  • MILPITAS, Calif., March 18, 2024 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- ScaleFlux, a leader in deploying computational storage at scale, today announced its commitment to integrating the Arm® Cortex®-R82 processor in its forthcoming line of enterprise Solid State Drive (SSD) controllers.
  • "The Arm Cortex-R82 processor is a key building block for our next-generation SSD controllers," said Hao Zhong, CEO at ScaleFlux.
  • "The Arm Cortex-R82 processor is a key building block for our next-generation SSD controllers," said Hao Zhong, CEO at ScaleFlux.
  • ScaleFlux is poised to unveil its Cortex-R82 powered SSD controllers in the near future, setting a new benchmark for performance and efficiency in the enterprise storage market.

TI to showcase technologies for a safer, smarter and more sustainable future at embedded world 2024

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Wednesday, March 13, 2024

DALLAS, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today announced that it will demonstrate new embedded processing and connectivity products for enabling a safer, smarter and more sustainable future at embedded world, April 9 through 11 in Nuremberg, Germany.

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  • DALLAS, March 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments (TI) (Nasdaq: TXN) today announced that it will demonstrate new embedded processing and connectivity products for enabling a safer, smarter and more sustainable future at embedded world, April 9 through 11 in Nuremberg, Germany.
  • "Advancements in embedded processing are redefining the potential of industrial and automotive applications around the world," said Amichai Ron, senior vice president, TI Embedded Processing.
  • TI will showcase how its innovative semiconductors, intuitive software and design expertise can help developers transform designs to make them smarter, safer and more adaptive.
  • Additionally, TI will display embedded technologies and reference designs for perceptive sensing, precise motor control, real-time communication and AI capabilities.

STMicroelectronics powers up the intelligent edge with second-generation STM32 microprocessors, bringing performance boost and industrial resilience

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Thursday, March 7, 2024

ST’s new STM32MP2 MPUs will power the next generations of equipment that create the fabric of this evolving digital world.

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  • ST’s new STM32MP2 MPUs will power the next generations of equipment that create the fabric of this evolving digital world.
  • These include industrial controllers and machine-vision systems, scanners, medical wearables, data aggregators, network gateways, smart appliances, and industrial and domestic robots.
  • The devices are fully supported with STM32 development resources that are familiar to engineers working with ST’s STM32 microcontrollers (MCUs) and STM32 microprocessors.
  • * STM32 is a registered and/or unregistered trademark of STMicroelectronics International NV or its affiliates in the EU and/or elsewhere.

Study: Prenatal COVID exposure associated with changes in newborn brain

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

The findings suggest that exposure to the coronavirus and being pregnant during the pandemic could play a role in shaping infant brain development, said Nickie Andescavage, M.D.

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  • The findings suggest that exposure to the coronavirus and being pregnant during the pandemic could play a role in shaping infant brain development, said Nickie Andescavage, M.D.
  • In contrast, an inner area of the brain, known as deep gray matter, was smaller than in unexposed babies.
  • “Their brains formed differently if they were exposed to COVID,” said Dr. Andescavage, adding that “those exposed to COVID had unique signatures” in the brain.
  • But other studies have linked maternal stress and depression to changes in the newborn brain .

Snowflake Partners with Mistral AI to Bring Industry-Leading Language Models to Enterprises Through Snowflake Cortex

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, and Mistral AI , one of Europe’s leading providers of AI solutions, today announced a global partnership to bring Mistral AI’s most powerful language models directly to Snowflake customers in the Data Cloud.

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  • Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, and Mistral AI , one of Europe’s leading providers of AI solutions, today announced a global partnership to bring Mistral AI’s most powerful language models directly to Snowflake customers in the Data Cloud.
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    Snowflake Partners with Mistral AI to Bring Industry-Leading Language Models to Enterprises Through Snowflake Cortex (Graphic: Business Wire)
    With the new Mistral AI partnership, Snowflake customers gain access to Mistral AI’s newest and most powerful LLM, Mistral Large, with benchmarks making it one of the world’s top-performing models.
  • Mistral AI shares Snowflake’s values for developing efficient, helpful, and trustworthy AI models that advance how organizations around the world tap into generative AI,” said Arthur Mensch, CEO and co-founder of Mistral AI.
  • Snowflake is continuing to invest in its generative AI efforts by partnering with Mistral AI and advancing the suite of foundation LLMs in Snowflake Cortex, providing organizations with an easy path to bring state-of-the-art generative AI to every part of their business.

Renesas Unveils Powerful Single-Chip RZ/V2H MPU for Next-Gen Robotics with Vision AI and Real-Time Control

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Thursday, February 29, 2024

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240229979997/en/
    Offering the highest levels of performance within the family, the RZ/V2H enables both vision AI and real-time control capabilities.
  • Additionally, pruning technology employed in the DRP-AI3 accelerator significantly improves AI computing efficiency, boosting AI inference performance up to 80 TOPS.
  • This performance boost allows engineers to process vision AI applications directly at edge AI devices without relying on cloud computing platforms.
  • By integrating these cores into a single chip, the device can effectively manage both vision AI and real-time control tasks, making it ideal for demanding robotics applications of the future.

Sridhar Ramaswamy Named Chief Executive Officer of Snowflake

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Wednesday, February 28, 2024

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, announced today that Frank Slootman has decided to retire as Chief Executive Officer and Sridhar Ramaswamy has been named as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors effective immediately.

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  • Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, announced today that Frank Slootman has decided to retire as Chief Executive Officer and Sridhar Ramaswamy has been named as Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors effective immediately.
  • Mr. Ramaswamy previously held the position of Senior Vice President of AI at Snowflake.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240228398564/en/
    Sridhar Ramaswamy, Chief Executive Officer of Snowflake (Photo: Business Wire)
    Frank Slootman will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.
  • “There is no better person than Sridhar to lead Snowflake into this next phase of growth and deliver on the opportunity ahead in AI and machine learning.

Quectel’s RG620T 5G Module Hits Mass-Market Milestone with Adoption in Australia

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

This deployment is the first commercial, massive volume production use case for the RG620T and will bring 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) to end users across Australia.

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  • This deployment is the first commercial, massive volume production use case for the RG620T and will bring 5G fixed wireless access (FWA) to end users across Australia.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240227033990/en/
    Quectel’s RG620T 5G module hits mass-market milestone with adoption in Australia (Photo: Business Wire)
    The Quectel RG620T is a series of 5G Sub-6GHz modules designed to support IoT and extended mobile broadband (eMBB) use cases.
  • The module offers maximum data rates over 5G standalone networks of 7.01Gbps downlink and 2.5Gbps uplink.
  • It also integrates 5G capabilities, allowing users to leverage the strengths of both 5G and WiFi 7 for more innovative and demanding application scenarios.

Quectel Unveils Four New High Performance Wi-Fi and Bluetooth Modules to Increase Developer Options and Help Accelerate Digital Transformation

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Monday, February 26, 2024

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240226444518/en/
    Quectel unveils four new high performance Wi-Fi and Bluetooth modules to increase developer options and help accelerate digital transformation (Photo: Business Wire)
    “Adding the Quectel FCU741R, FCS950R and HCM010S to our portfolio enables developers and designers to select the module that best suits the needs of their use case,” said Norbert Muhrer, President and CSO, Quectel Wireless Solutions.
  • Quectel has also launched the Quectel HCM010S , high-performance MCU Bluetooth module which boasts an ARM Cortex M33 processor and supports both Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) and Bluetooth Mesh technologies.
  • Quectel provides a comprehensive range of embedded and external antennas, offering end-to-end support from design to certification and post-deployment.
  • Quectel’s integrated approach with antennas, modules, and certifications significantly reduces cost and accelerates time-to-market, streamlining the journey from concept to mass market.

Samsung Electronics Collaborates With Arm on Optimized Next Gen Cortex-X CPU Using Samsung Foundry’s Latest GAA Process Technology

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it will deliver the next generation Arm® Cortex™-X CPU optimized on Samsung Foundry’s latest Gate-All-Around (GAA) process technology.

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  • Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced that it will deliver the next generation Arm® Cortex™-X CPU optimized on Samsung Foundry’s latest Gate-All-Around (GAA) process technology.
  • This initiative is built on years of partnership with millions of devices shipped with Arm CPU intellectual property (IP) on various process nodes offered by Samsung Foundry.
  • This collaboration sets the stage for a series of announcements and planned innovation between Samsung and Arm.
  • Through this collaboration, Samsung and Arm are accelerating access to the optimized implementation of the next generation Cortex-X CPU on Samsung’s latest GAA process technology, enabling the next generation of product innovations with industry leading performance.