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Andes Technology and MetaSilicon Collaborate to Build the World’s First Automotive-Grade CMOS Image Sensor Product Using RISC-V IP SoC

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Thursday, February 22, 2024

Hsinchu Taiwan, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RISC-V IP vendor Andes Technology and edge computing chip provider MetaSilicon jointly announced that the MetaSilicon MAT Series is the world's first automotive-grade CMOS image sensor series using RISC-V IP SoC, using Andes' AndesCore™ N25F-SE processor.

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  • Hsinchu Taiwan, Feb. 22, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- RISC-V IP vendor Andes Technology and edge computing chip provider MetaSilicon jointly announced that the MetaSilicon MAT Series is the world's first automotive-grade CMOS image sensor series using RISC-V IP SoC, using Andes' AndesCore™ N25F-SE processor.
  • And by using technologies such as HDR, advanced imaging can be achieved in a simple, economical, and efficient system.
  • The MAT Series 1MP CMOS image sensor chip has low power consumption and high dynamic range (HDR) characteristics.
  • Its effective image resolution is 1280 H * 960 V, and it can support high dynamic range image output up to 60fps @120dB.

Leveraging A.I. for Retail Business Expected to Drive the Market Size to $38 Billion by 2029

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Wednesday, February 21, 2024

A recent report from Mordor Intelligence said that: “AI in retail is undergoing significant transformations with the integration of Retail AI.

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  • A recent report from Mordor Intelligence said that: “AI in retail is undergoing significant transformations with the integration of Retail AI.
  • Companies are leveraging Artificial Intelligence in Retail to enhance strategies, improve outcomes, and boost online customer engagement.
  • The use of AI Retail Technology is expected to surge, with investments in AI-Powered Retail analytics increasing.” It projected that the AI in Retail Business Market size is estimated at USD 9.65 billion in 2024, and is expected to reach USD 38.92 billion by 2029, growing at a CAGR of 32.17% during the forecast period (2024-2029).
  • The report added: “The sector is changing due to the introduction of artificial intelligence in retail.

Crucial Pro Series Supercharges Portfolio with DDR5 Overclocking Memory and World’s Fastest Gen5 SSD

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced two new Crucial Pro Series products with the addition of overclocking-capable memory and the world’s fastest Gen5 SSD.

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  • BOISE, Idaho, Feb. 20, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Micron Technology, Inc. (Nasdaq: MU), today announced two new Crucial Pro Series products with the addition of overclocking-capable memory and the world’s fastest Gen5 SSD.
  • Built with leading-edge Micron® 232-layer TLC NAND,2 the Crucial T705 SSD unleashes the full potential of Gen5 performance.
  • The Crucial T705 Gen5 SSD also provides:
    The Crucial DDR5 Pro Overclocking DRAM will be available in 16GB densities on February 27, 2024, and 24GB densities later in 2024.
  • The T705 SSDs have a 5-year warranty.8 To learn more about the entire high-performance Crucial Pro Series memory and storage product category, visit: https://www.crucial.com/pro-series .

NVIDIA Accelerates Quantum Computing Exploration at Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Centre

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Sunday, February 18, 2024

SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SCA2024 -- NVIDIA today announced that Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre will add the NVIDIA® CUDA Quantum platform accelerated by NVIDIA Grace Hopper™ Superchips to its National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub, furthering its work driving breakthroughs in quantum computing.

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  • SYDNEY, Australia, Feb. 18, 2024 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- SCA2024 -- NVIDIA today announced that Australia’s Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre will add the NVIDIA® CUDA Quantum platform accelerated by NVIDIA Grace Hopper™ Superchips to its National Supercomputing and Quantum Computing Innovation Hub, furthering its work driving breakthroughs in quantum computing.
  • The NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip — which combines the NVIDIA Grace CPU and Hopper GPU architectures — provides extreme performance to run high-fidelity and scalable quantum simulations on accelerators and seamlessly interface with future quantum hardware infrastructure.
  • “CUDA Quantum, together with the NVIDIA Grace Hopper Superchip, allows innovators such as Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre to achieve these essential breakthroughs and accelerate the timeline to useful quantum-integrated supercomputing.”
    “Pawsey Supercomputing Centre’s research and test-bed facility is helping to advance scientific exploration for all of Australia as well as the world,” said Mark Stickells, executive director at the Pawsey Supercomputing Research Centre.
  • Pawsey is committed to making the NVIDIA Grace Hopper platform available to the Australian quantum community, as well as its international partners.

Media Alert: Intel at Open Confidential Computing Conference 2024

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Friday, March 8, 2024

Clouds are varied in their infrastructure and multiple confidential computing vendors, each potentially with multiple product generations, offering confidential CPUs, GPUs and other special-purpose processing units.

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  • Clouds are varied in their infrastructure and multiple confidential computing vendors, each potentially with multiple product generations, offering confidential CPUs, GPUs and other special-purpose processing units.
  • Technical readiness and market momentum will converge in 2024 to accelerate growth and adoption of confidential computing.
  • Intel and Nvidia deliver confidential computing technologies that establish independent TEEs on the CPU and GPU, respectively.
  • Intel technology enables the Private Data Exchange to leverage confidential computing, which processes sensitive data out of view from unauthorized software or system administrators.

Keysight and AMD Break Barriers to Redefine Benchmarking for Cloud and Edge Infrastructure Performance

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Given this transformation, comprehensive infrastructure benchmarking is critical to ensure optimal performance across a spectrum of industry use cases.

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  • Given this transformation, comprehensive infrastructure benchmarking is critical to ensure optimal performance across a spectrum of industry use cases.
  • To provide more realistic performance benchmarks, Keysight in collaboration with AMD developed an integrated test case methodology that takes into account the processing power of central processing units (CPUs).
  • The methodology was developed by deploying Keysight’s software tools onto AMD EPYC™ processors to conduct staged test cases with realistic traffic at scale.
  • When used, it highlights the prowess of the AMD ‘Zen 4’ chiplet architecture to meet complex demands in those networks.”

Apple Unveils M3 Chips in Updated MacBook Air; Preorder and Learn More Info at B&H

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024

Today's update finally brings Apple's latest in-house silicon M3 chip to the 13 - and 15-inch versions of the Air .

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  • Today's update finally brings Apple's latest in-house silicon M3 chip to the 13 - and 15-inch versions of the Air .
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240305046557/en/
    Apple stealthily dropped a new product announcement today: an update to its line of MacBook Air laptops.
  • Today's update finally brings Apple's latest in-house silicon M3 chip to the 13- and 15-inch versions of the Air.
  • Apple claims that the M3 MacBook Air is up to 60 percent faster than a comparable M1 Air, and 13 times faster than Intel®-based ones.

Zyxel Networks Makes WiFi 7 Easier and More Affordable for Small- and Medium-Sized Businesses

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Monday, March 4, 2024

Zyxel Networks , a leader in delivering secure, AI- and cloud-powered business and home networking solutions, makes WiFi 7 networking more affordable with the launch of NWA130BE BE11000 WiFi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point .

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  • Zyxel Networks , a leader in delivering secure, AI- and cloud-powered business and home networking solutions, makes WiFi 7 networking more affordable with the launch of NWA130BE BE11000 WiFi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point .
  • The second product to join Zyxel’s WiFi 7 access point portfolio, NWA130BE is an affordable solution for small- and medium-sized businesses that want many of the benefits of tri-band WiFi 7 technology but only need a 2x2 access point.
  • NWA130BE makes it quick and easy to upgrade existing networks to deliver the fast speeds, low latency, and reliability provided by WiFi 7 technology.
  • Zyxel’s NWA130BE BE11000 WiFi 7 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Access Point and WBE660S WiFi 7 BE22000 Triple-Radio NebulaFlex Pro Access Point provide small- and medium-sized businesses with a choice of WiFi 7 access points to meet their unique network requirements.

Apple unveils the new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air with the powerful M3 chip

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Monday, March 4, 2024

Apple® today announced the new MacBook Air® with the powerful M3 chip, taking its incredible combination of power-efficient performance and portability to a new level.

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  • Apple® today announced the new MacBook Air® with the powerful M3 chip, taking its incredible combination of power-efficient performance and portability to a new level.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240304158359/en/
    The new 13- and 15-inch MacBook Air soars with the powerful M3 chip, featuring a super-portable design, power-efficient performance, and all-day battery life.
  • The 13-inch MacBook Air with M3 starts at $1,099 (U.S.) and $999 (U.S.) for education, and the 15‑inch MacBook Air with M3 starts at $1,299 (U.S.) and $1,199 (U.S.) for education.
  • Apple, the Apple logo, MacBook Air, Liquid Retina, MagSafe, macOS, Final Cut Pro, Mac, FaceTime, Magic Keyboard, Touch ID, Apple Pay, iPhone, Safari, Stage Manager, AirDrop, Handoff, Freeform, iMovie, GarageBand, Pages, Numbers, Keynote, Apple Store, Apple Trade In, Apple Card, and Daily Cash are trademarks of Apple.

VeriSilicon’s industry-leading embedded GPU IP powers HPMicro’s high-performance HPM6800 series RISC-V MCU

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Monday, March 4, 2024

HPM6800 series is based on RISC-V CPU cores, featuring robust computing power, low power consumption, high integration, and outstanding multimedia capabilities.

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  • HPM6800 series is based on RISC-V CPU cores, featuring robust computing power, low power consumption, high integration, and outstanding multimedia capabilities.
  • VeriSilicon’s 2.5D GPU IP, which supports OpenVG, can provide MCU/MPU devices with high-efficiency graphics processing and high-quality image output while significantly reducing CPU load.
  • “The HPM6800 series represents another innovation and breakthrough in our existing high-performance MCU product line,” said Jintao Zeng, CEO of HPMicro.
  • “Over the past decade, VeriSilicon’s 2.5D GPU IP has been widely used in many leading automotive and industrial products.