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Atos expands BullSequana X supercomputer range to include AMD processors

“Atos today announces support for AMD EPYC™ processors in its upcoming BullSequana X range of supercomputers. The next generation AMD EPYC processor, codenamed “Rome”, is expected to be available in Atos’ new BullSequana XH2000 liquid cooled supercomputer announced today at …

TSMC cleared to build new factory in southern Taiwan

“New factory in Tainan will make use of renewable energy and recycled water. The world’s largest contract semiconductor manufacturing company, TSMC (台積電), has been cleared to commence construction of a new 3nm chip factory at the Southern …

VW Solves Quantum Chemistry Problems on a D-Wave Machine

“Scientists say their work offers a proof of principle for using D-Wave’s quantum computers to tackle even tougher chemistry problems. Since at least 1982, when physicist Richard Feynman first proposed the idea of quantum computers, scientists have dreamed of …

Wave Computing Launches the MIPS Open Initiative To Accelerate Innovation for the Renowned MIPS Architecture

“New Initiative Will Expand Adoption of MIPS by the Global Semiconductor Industry By Providing a Proven, Industry-Standard and Patent Protected RISC Architecture for Free. Wave Computing®, the Silicon Valley company that is accelerating artificial intelligence (AI) from the edge to …

NVIDIA Jetson AGX Xavier Module for Next-Gen Autonomous Machines

“Delivery robots that speed orders right to your door. Manufacturing robots that collaborate with humans. Handheld DNA sequencers that help scientists save crops from disease. These machines are among the first to make the leap from sci-fi into reality, thanks …

Industry’s First RISC-V SoC FPGA Architecture Brings Real-Time to Linux, Giving Developers the Freedom to Innovate in Low-Power, Secure and Reliable Designs

“RISC-V Summit - In a new era of computing driven by the convergence of 5G, machine learning and the internet of things (IoT), embedded developers need the richness of Linux-based operating systems. These must meet deterministic system requirements in ever …

Qualcomm Announces New Flagship Snapdragon 855 Mobile Platform - A New Decade of 5G, AI, and XR

“World’s First Commercial 5G Mobile Platform is Sampling to Customers Now, and Expected to Support Premium Multi-Gigabit Smartphones in the first half of 2019 During the second day of the annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary …

Qualcomm Introduces the World’s First 7 Nanometer PC Platform

“Designed from the Ground up for the Next Generation of Computing Experiences, the Qualcomm Snapdragon 8cx is the Most Extreme Snapdragon Ever, Bringing Breakthrough Innovations to PC Design During the third day of the annual Snapdragon Technology Summit, Qualcomm Technologies …

Rugged Micropower Magnetic Sensor ICs Maximize Battery Life, Improve System Efficiency

“Allegro MicroSystems has announced the release of a family of Micropower Hall-effect switch ICs—the APS11700 and APS11760—designed specifically for battery powered applications in harsh industrial and automotive environments. Automatic power management enables average supply current as low as …

Western Digital Delivers New Innovations to Drive Open Standard Interfaces and RISC-V Processor Development

“Company Announces Plans to Open Source New RISC-V SweRV Core™ to Accelerate Development of Purpose-Built Architectures from Core to Edge Western Digital Corp. (NASDAQ: WDC) today announced at the RISC-V Summit three new open-source innovations designed to support …