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VERSES AI Announces Cortical Labs, Biological Computing Company as Second Beta Partner

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE:VERS) (OTCQB:VRSSF) ("VERSES'' or the "Company”), a cognitive computing company specializing in biologically inspired distributed intelligence, today announced a partnership with Cortical Labs, a biological hardware startup that is seeking to revolutionize computing by fusing live neurons with silicon chips.

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  • VANCOUVER, British Columbia, Nov. 07, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- VERSES AI Inc. (CBOE:VERS) (OTCQB:VRSSF) ("VERSES'' or the "Company”), a cognitive computing company specializing in biologically inspired distributed intelligence, today announced a partnership with Cortical Labs, a biological hardware startup that is seeking to revolutionize computing by fusing live neurons with silicon chips.
  • The partnership between VERSES and Cortical Labs marks an alignment of philosophies around the future of computing between software patterned after algorithms found in nature and hardware constructed from brain cells.
  • The VERSES research team will be exploring the development of novel algorithms that leverage Cortical Labs’ synthetic biological intelligence systems with the aim of solving real-world problems.
  • Cortical Labs joins VERSES’ beta partnership program, which intends to feature ten partners across multiple industries and of various sizes and stages interested in using VERSES’ Genius™ platform to deploy smarter and safer intelligent software.

NXP Expands S32 Platform with Motor Control Solution for Software-Defined Vehicle Edge Nodes

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Tuesday, November 7, 2023

The purpose-built motor control solution is optimized for efficiency improvement across vehicle applications such as pumps, fans, sunroof and seat position, seat belt pretensioners, trunk openers and more.

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  • The purpose-built motor control solution is optimized for efficiency improvement across vehicle applications such as pumps, fans, sunroof and seat position, seat belt pretensioners, trunk openers and more.
  • Building on the success of the S12 MagniV® portfolio, the S32M2 combines NXP’s motor control heritage and the software development benefits of the S32 platform.
  • The highly integrated system-in-package solution adds the power and analog functions as well as extensive software libraries required for motor control to NXP’s widely adopted S32K microcontrollers.
  • It addresses the needs of the emerging software-defined electric vehicle market and enables carmakers to fully optimize product development and to maximize software re-use across S32 platform implementations.

Variscite Unveils i.MX 95-based System on Module For Powerful, Next Generation Edge platforms

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

Variscite , a leading worldwide System on Module (SoM) designer, developer and manufacturer, today announced the upcoming release of the new DART-MX95 for high-performance edge applications including industrial, medical, aviation, IoT, robotics, vision-capable and smart edge devices.

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  • Variscite , a leading worldwide System on Module (SoM) designer, developer and manufacturer, today announced the upcoming release of the new DART-MX95 for high-performance edge applications including industrial, medical, aviation, IoT, robotics, vision-capable and smart edge devices.
  • Designed for high-end scalable computing, DART-MX95 is based on NXP’s i.MX 95 application processor family.
  • The Pin2Pin family provides an extended lifespan, reduced development time, costs, and risks as well as scalability to additional modules.
  • Variscite ensures supply continuity of 15 years to preserve customers’ engineering investment for their embedded designs.

Cadence Announces Voltus InsightAI, Industry’s First Generative AI Technology that Automatically Identifies and Addresses EM-IR Violations

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Thursday, November 2, 2023

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced the new Cadence® Voltus™ InsightAI, the industry’s first generative AI technology that automatically identifies the root cause of EM-IR drop violations early in the design process and selects and implements the most efficient fixes to improve power, performance, and area (PPA).

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  • Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (Nasdaq: CDNS) today announced the new Cadence® Voltus™ InsightAI, the industry’s first generative AI technology that automatically identifies the root cause of EM-IR drop violations early in the design process and selects and implements the most efficient fixes to improve power, performance, and area (PPA).
  • Using Voltus InsightAI, customers can fix up to 95% of violations prior to signoff, leading to a 2X productivity improvement in EM-IR closure.
  • The new AI-driven Voltus InsightAI helps to overcome this bottleneck by utilizing new breakthrough machine learning methods for very fast incremental IR analysis.
  • With Voltus InsightAI, Cadence has pioneered applying generative AI technology to EM-IR, focusing not just on signoff, but early detection and prevention of EM-IR violations as well,” said Ben Gu, Corporate Vice President of R&D, Multiphysics Systems Analysis Business Unit, Cadence.

Snowflake Puts Industry-Leading Large Language and AI Models in the Hands of All Users with Snowflake Cortex

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

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  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231101784861/en/
    Snowflake Puts Industry-Leading Large Language and AI Models in the Hands of All Users with Snowflake Cortex (Graphic: Business Wire)
    Snowflake Cortex gives users instant access to a growing set of serverless functions that include industry-leading large language models (LLMs) such as Meta AI’s Llama 2 model, task-specific models, and advanced vector search functionality.
  • Snowflake has also built three LLM-powered experiences leveraging Snowflake Cortex to enhance user productivity including Document AI (private preview), Snowflake Copilot (private preview), and Universal Search (private preview).
  • Users of all skill sets can access these functions to quickly analyze data or build AI apps — all running in Snowflake Cortex’s cost-optimized infrastructure.
  • These new functions include:
    Specialized Functions (private preview): A set of task-specific functions that leverage cost-effective language and AI models to accelerate everyday analytics.

MediaTek's New All Big Core Design for Flagship Dimensity 9300 Chipset Maximizes Smartphone Performance and Efficiency

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Monday, November 6, 2023

DUBAI, UAE, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaTek today announced the Dimensity 9300, its newest flagship mobile chip with a one-of-a-kind All Big Core design. The unique configuration combines extreme performance with MediaTek's industry-leading power efficiency to deliver unmatched user experiences in gaming, video capture and on-device generative AI processing.

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  • "The Dimensity 9300 is MediaTek's most powerful flagship chip yet, bringing a huge boost in raw computing power to flagship smartphones with our groundbreaking All Big Core design," said Joe Chen, President at MediaTek.
  • MediaTek's next generation APU 790 AI processor is integrated into the Dimensity 9300 and designed to significantly improve generative AI performance and energy efficiency for faster and more secure edge computing.
  • The Dimensity 9300 provides a 40% reduction in GPU power consumption at the same level of performance as the previous generation chipset.
  • The first smartphones featuring the Dimensity 9300 chipset will be available in the market by end of 2023.

MediaTek's New All Big Core Design for Flagship Dimensity 9300 Chipset Maximizes Smartphone Performance and Efficiency

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Monday, November 6, 2023

DUBAI, UAE, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaTek today announced the Dimensity 9300, its newest flagship mobile chip with a one-of-a-kind All Big Core design. The unique configuration combines extreme performance with MediaTek's industry-leading power efficiency to deliver unmatched user experiences in gaming, video capture and on-device generative AI processing.

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  • "The Dimensity 9300 is MediaTek's most powerful flagship chip yet, bringing a huge boost in raw computing power to flagship smartphones with our groundbreaking All Big Core design," said Joe Chen, President at MediaTek.
  • MediaTek's next generation APU 790 AI processor is integrated into the Dimensity 9300 and designed to significantly improve generative AI performance and energy efficiency for faster and more secure edge computing.
  • The Dimensity 9300 offers an almost 46% boost in GPU performance while at the same level of power consumption as the Dimensity 9200.
  • The Dimensity 9300 provides a 40% reduction in GPU power consumption at the same level of performance as the previous generation chipset.

Pixelworks Continues Collaboration with MediaTek on Visual Processing Software for Dimensity 9300 Flagship SoC

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Monday, November 6, 2023

SHANGHAI, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of visual processing solutions, announced today that MediaTek has adopted the Company's visual processing Pro Software solution in its new Dimensity 9300 flagship SoC for smartphones. Pixelworks' professional color calibration solution significantly enhances the color display capabilities of the Dimensity 9300 5G chipset to deliver smoother picture quality and more accurate color display for pictures, videos and gaming animations on mobile devices, resulting in improved gaming visual experiences for end users.

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  • SHANGHAI, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of visual processing solutions, announced today that MediaTek has adopted the Company's visual processing Pro Software solution in its new Dimensity 9300 flagship SoC for smartphones.
  • Significant optimization also helps enable the chip to create professional visual content and immersive gaming experiences on smartphones.
  • Since 2021, Pixelworks and MediaTek have maintained joint efforts to develop advanced display processing solutions for mobile devices based on the Dimensity 5G open source architecture.
  • Today, the newly launched MediaTek Dimensity 9300 5G chipset represents the most in-depth technological integration to-date between the two companies.

MediaTek's New All Big Core Design for Flagship Dimensity 9300 Chipset Maximizes Smartphone Performance and Efficiency

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Monday, November 6, 2023

HSINCHU, Nov. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- MediaTek today announced the Dimensity 9300, its newest flagship mobile chip with a one-of-a-kind All Big Core design. The unique configuration combines extreme performance with MediaTek's industry-leading power efficiency to deliver unmatched user experiences in gaming, video capture, and on-device generative AI processing.

Key Points: 
  • "The Dimensity 9300 is MediaTek's most powerful flagship chip yet, bringing a huge boost in raw computing power to flagship smartphones with our groundbreaking All Big Core design," said Joe Chen, President at MediaTek.
  • The Dimensity 9300 offers an almost 46% boost in GPU performance while at the same level of power consumption as the Dimensity 9200.
  • Similarly impressive, the Dimensity 9300 provides a 40% reduction in GPU power consumption at the same level of performance as the previous generation chipset.
  • The first smartphones featuring the Dimensity 9300 chipset will be available in the market by end of 2023.

Snowflake Accelerates How Users Build Next Generation Apps and Machine Learning Models in the Data Cloud

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Wednesday, November 1, 2023

Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, today announced at its Snowday 2023 event new advancements that make it easier for developers to build machine learning (ML) models and full-stack apps in the Data Cloud.

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  • Snowflake (NYSE: SNOW), the Data Cloud company, today announced at its Snowday 2023 event new advancements that make it easier for developers to build machine learning (ML) models and full-stack apps in the Data Cloud.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20231101058683/en/
    Snowflake Accelerates How Users Build Next Generation Apps and Machine Learning Models in the Data Cloud (Graphic: Business Wire)
    “The rise of generative AI has made organizations’ most valuable asset, their data, even more indispensable.
  • Snowflake is making it easier for developers to put that data to work so they can build powerful end-to-end machine learning models and full-stack apps natively in the Data Cloud,” said Prasanna Krishnan, Senior Director of Product Management, Snowflake.
  • Leading organizations are monetizing their Snowflake Native Apps through Snowflake Marketplace , with app listings more than doubling since Snowflake Summit 2023 .