The combination of 5G and edge computing promises to fast-track the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Internet of Things (IoT). With 10 to 20 times faster speeds and dramatically lower latency, 5G makes it much more feasible to process AI workloads locally...
The combination of 5G and edge computing promises to fast-track the use of artificial intelligence (AI) in the Internet of Things (IoT). With 10 to 20 times faster speeds and dramatically lower latency, 5G makes it much more feasible to process AI workloads locally...
Although RTL has traditionally been the starting point for digital design, it is becoming too expensive and time consuming. Algorithmic intensive hardware for AI in autonomous vehicles requires a new flow. Companies like BOSCH Visiontec, STMicroelectronics and Chips&Media have turned to a High-Level Synthesis...
Technology has a history of helping to track and treat viruses. With the World Health Organization (WHO) declaring COVID-19 a global pandemic, people are asking how new technologies such as the internet of things (IoT), artificial intelligence (AI), and big data can slow down...
Although RTL has traditionally been the starting point for digital design, it is becoming too expensive and time consuming. Algorithmic intensive hardware for AI in autonomous vehicles requires a new flow. Companies like BOSCH Visiontec, STMicroelectronics and Chips&Media have turned to a High-Level Synthesis...
Bosch is preparing to ramp up production again after shutting down production at nearly 100 facilities globally in the COVID-19 pandemic, on the back of a 17 percent slowdown in March, a 7.3 percent fall in the first quarter, and a refusal to forecast...
The City of Las Vegas is to pay $1.58 million over five years for a range of camera-based artificial intelligence (AI) solutions to automate the enforcement of parking and traffic regulations.
Australian AI provider SenSen Networks has won the five-year contract, which covers the purchase...
NVIDIA will add to COVID-19 efforts with expertise in AI, biology and large-scale computing optimizations
The COVID-19 High Performance Computing Consortium, launched by the federal government last week, is a public/private industry initiative to support researchers around the world battling the virus by leveraging U.S....
California-based industrial AI developer Foghorn has closed $25 million in a series C round of funding, led by LS Corp, part of $25 billion South Korean industrial conglomerate LS Group. It said the new funds will accelerate growth among industrialists seeking digital change in...
Germany industrialist Bosch has set out a ‘code of ethics’ around the usage of artificial intelligence (AI) in its connected products, which says humans should be the arbiter of any AI-based decisions.
The firm has issued a set of guidelines, a number of ‘red lines’,...
Japan-based train company and railway operator Odakyu Electric Railway is trialling machine vision technology from Nokia to improve safety at rail crossings.
The firm has started testing at the Tamagawa Gakuenmae No.8 railroad crossingin Machida City, in Tokyo. It is using ‘scene analytics’ software from...
Samsung’s much-awaited yearly event, “Galaxy Unpacked 2020,” has come and gone. It had all the pomp and glitter of a major event of a major consumer electronic enterprise. As expected, new flagship smartphones and other devices were announced and demonstrated. There have been numerous...
On-device AI on minuscule IoT units will be the "new normal", said UK-based Arm, as it unveiled a 480-times boost in edge processing performance with two new chip designs, pairing the latest in its Cortex-M line with a new micro neural processing unit...
Note, this article continues from a previous instalment: 'Connectivity is 5% of Industry 4.0 spend – we’d rather talk apps and services'. Go here to read this article.
So, what about those IoT use cases, which Orange Business Services (OBS) reckons are proven (see...
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The future of telecom is much more than an advance from 4G to 5G. The entire industry is being upgraded. It’s no longer just a vehicle for voice and data. There’s a new space for telecoms and businesses to collaborate...
2020 tech predictions
No matter how much technology keeps evolving, making predictions about the future is always a risky business – but with the continued spread of digital transformation there are some areas where advances are more likely. Here are five trends I expect to...
After leading the early automation revolution at the beginning of the 20th century, manufacturers are once again seeking a technological edge. A whopping 72% of manufacturing companies plan to significantly increase investment into digitization efforts in 2020. These manufacturers’ combined financial commitment is expected...
Artificial intelligence (AI) is already being used in a variety of applications, including automated analysis of video captured by security cameras or to assess the quality of items moving down a manufacturing line, for instance. But with converging technological trends, particularly 5G and pervasive...
Nvidia, Verizon using GPUs to run edge AI for real-time service enablement
As 5G continues to be refined through the 3GPP-led standardization process, consumer-facing benefits will morph into bespoke enterprise services that add low latency and high reliability to enhanced mobile broadband. In order to...
Bosch wants to be an “innovation leader” in AI, it told CES last week. The German industrial giant, one of the manufacturing sector’s most outspoken champions of industrial 5G, is seeking to mainline data in its products and factories, and apply advanced analytics to...
Hewlett Packard Enterprise (HPE) has opened a new ‘customer experience centre’ in Bangalore (Bengaluru), in India, to offer IoT solutions to customers and partners from across industries.
The facility, on a 20,000 square-foot campus, shared with a global engineering centre for its Pointnext Services division,...
ATLANTA, IWCE the leading annual event for critical communications technology professionals, unveiled its full program for its 44th annual conference to be held at the Las Vegas Conference Center, March 30th to April, 3rd 2020. To register to attend click here.
Organizers expect more than...
Once again, the annual Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas blew the roof off and got everyone salivating on what is being introduced and what is coming. Let me share with you some thoughts about what I learned at CES 2020, about certain companies...
US carrier Verizon and Dutch mapping company HERE are pairing 5G connectivity and multi-access edge computing (MEC) with location data and autonomous vehicle knowhow as part of a co-innovation exercise to hone various consumer and industrial IoT use cases.
The two companies are working, at...
