AI Virtualization and Orchestration Startup Run:AI Captures $30M in Series B Funding
Upstart AI vendor Run:AI dove into AI by creating Kubernetes-based software to help customers get more production out of their existing AI infrastructure investments. Run:AI’s software is an orchestration ...Full Article
U.S. Leads World in AI, But Here Comes China
The United States is maintaining its early lead over China and the European Union in development and application of artificial intelligence technology, according to a new report from the ...Full Article
Former Qualcomm CEO Signs On As Advisor to 5G Chipmaker EdgeQ
EdgeQ, a Silicon Valley startup that’s building a customizable RISC-V system-on-a-chip (SoC) that includes a 5G modem, got a big boost today when it announced that former Qualcomm CEO ...Full Article
Nvidia Unveils Certified Server Program Offering Pre-Built Servers for AI Applications
Nvidia today launched a certified systems program in which participating vendors can offer Nvidia-certified servers with up to eight A100 GPUs. Separate support contracts directly from Nvidia for the ...Full Article
Here Are the Impacts of Trump’s Parting Actions Against Huawei
Before leaving the White House on Jan. 20, former President Donald Trump blasted one last political salvo out against Chinese telecommunications powerhouse Huawei by revoking licenses for specific U.S. ...Full Article
China Unveils Its First 7nm Chip
Shanghai Tianshu Zhixin Semiconductor Co. is claiming China’s first 7-nanometer chip, described as a leading-edge, general-purpose cloud computing chip based on a proprietary GPU architecture. Dubbed “Big Island” GPGPU, ...Full Article
Edge AI Startup Kneron Attracts New Investors
Kneron Inc., the AI startup specializing in “on-device” edge inferencing applications, has raised additional funding in the form of investments by Taiwanese manufacturing powerhouses Foxconn and Winbond. San Diego-based ...Full Article
Intel Veteran Pat Gelsinger Is Leaving VMware, Returning to Intel as CEO
The Intel board of directors has appointed a new CEO. Intel alum Pat Gelsinger is leaving his post as CEO of VMware to rejoin the company that he parted ...Full Article
AI, Quantum Patents Soared in 2020
Machine learning was among the fastest growing technologies in terms of U.S. patent grants during 2020, an annual survey reveals. AI and machine learning ranked fourth in a list ...Full Article
Intel to Ramp Up ‘Ice Lake’ Chip Production
Intel Corp. used this week’s virtual CES 2021 event to reassert its dominance of the data center with the formal roll out of its next-generation server chip, the 10nm ...Full Article
