NVIDIA combining AI architecture with Arm machine learning platform
Two leaders in the machine learning/deep learning field have joined forces to push artificial intelligence (AI) into the quickly growing ecosystem of devices that comprise the internet of things (IoT). Announced during the recent GPU Technology...
The Korean telco has completed a four-hour test drive earlier this month
The government of South Korea has allowed mobile network operator KT to test a self-driving bus in capital Seoul.
With this permission, the operator can test its 45-passenger autonomous bus on public roads. KT...
Nvidia announces partnership with Volkswagen
Las Vegas, Nev. -- Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang unveiled an autonomous machine processor called Xavier during a press conference at Consumer Electronics Show (CES) 2018 alongside a new partnership with Volkswagen.
“In the future, every car will be self-driving. There will...
New facility will use 5G to further test autonomous car use case
Korean telecommunications operator KT has secured a license to build what it claims to be the world's first autonomous car cluster in Pangyo, in Gyeonggi Province. KT’s plans to deploy a core telecommunications...
Volvo and Nvidia seem to be feeling pretty good about their tests of Nvidia's Drive PX2 hardware for self-driving cars. Volvo said this week that by 2021 it will be selling autonomous cars that don't require driver intervention.
As an automaker that has built its...
The ongoing evolution of mobile technologies from 4G to 5G provides the cellular market with a leg up in terms of competing in the connected car arena.
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A '5G' test took place in the city of Melbourne and used 800 megahertz of spectrum
Swedish vendor Ericsson and Australian telecommunications firm Telstra have carried out an outdoor test of a 5G trial system in Melbourne, Australia.
The European company said the trial demonstrated 5G...
5G testing took place in the city of Melbourne and used 800 megahertz of spectrum
Swedish vendor Ericsson and Australian telecommunications firm Telstra have carried out an outdoor test of a 5G trial system in Melbourne, Australia.
The European company said that the trial demonstrated 5G...
Japanese operator Softbank will deploy IoT networks using multiple LPWAN technologies, starting with LoRaWAN.
Low power wide area network (LPWAN) technology LoRaWAN for IoT networks continues to gain ground as yet another carrier, Japanese Softbank, announced plans to deploy the technology. LoRaWAN supporters already include...
Verizon and Facebook catch net neutrality heat ... 5 things to know today
1. Verizon Wireless is under fire for zero rating its Go90 mobile video service. Go90 is a free video streaming app available to customers of any mobile carrier. It offers access to...
HetNet Happenings Episode 45 looks at chipsets with Altair Semiconductor, Imagination Technologies and Nvidia
The 2016 CES event placed a huge emphasis on the "Internet of Things" and how IoT technology is poised to revolutionize consumer, enterprise and industrial markets.
But the problem with CES (because...
Drive PX2 platform from Nvidia showcased at CES 2016
Autonomous driving, while still many years away from being viable, let alone commonplace, is becoming incrementally more viable through advances in processing power. This was a major point of emphasis for auto and chipmakers during the...
LAS VEGAS — At a press event to kick off this year's CES event, Nvidia unveiled a new artificial intelligence technology for connected cars, designed to help the autonomous vehicles better sense the world around them.
According to Nvidia CEO Jen-Hsun Huang, Drive PX 2Â ...
IoT was a clear theme in the announcements coming from major chipmakers ahead of this week's CES 2016 event. Connected cars, connected home appliances and sensors to connect virtually everything else are all shaping up as major trends across the "Internet of Things" space...
A slowdown in the Chinese economy could have a big impact on some wireless companies, particularly chipmakers. Goldman Sachs analyst David Kostin listed 20 U.S. companies that he said are the most exposed to China.
Qualcomm, Broadcom, Intel, Nvidia and Texas Instruments all made the...
Chipmaker’s Drive PX computer being used by manufacturers like Aston Martin, Rolls Royce
Nvidia previewed its self-driving vehicle platform, Drive PX, at the Consumer Electronics Show earlier this year and began shipping units earlier this month to manufacturers including Aston Martin, Tesla, Rolls Royce and...
Apple under pressure
Apple's iTunes may face some legal challenges. The Federal Trade Commission is reportedly trying to find out whether iTunes is using its marketplace muscle to get songs into its paid services instead of free-streaming services. Apple of course is working on its...
Drive PX mimics brain with deep learning
LAS VEGAS – Connected car technology was the talk of CES 2015 and imaging giant Nvidia, debuting its new Tegra X1 mobile processor, demonstrated a digital cockpit and infotainment platform, Drive CX, along with the highly advanced Drive...
Tegra K1 debuts in tablets
The Tegra K1 made headlines with its 192 cores when Nvidia launched the chip, and now the processor is showing up in real products. China's Xioami was the first to launch at Tegra K1 powered tablet, and now U.S. consumers...
CES chip news this year included a number of new products that target devices beyond smartphones, tablets and PCs. Chipmakers foresee a world in which more of the devices we use every day will be connected to mobile networks.
Not content to dominate the smartphone...
Digital signal processing is the key technology that enables connection from humans (and machines) to the Internet, whether by wire or wireless. Furthermore, there is no digital multimedia without DSP technology.
Verizon Wireless taps Altair Semiconductor: Verizon Wireless' first carrier-branded tablet will use an LTE-only modem from Altair to connect to the carrier's network. Altair's FourGee-3100/6202 chipset is a single-mode LTE chipset, meaning that Verizon Wireless' Ellipsis 7 tablet will only connect to the carrier's...
Broadcom extends "5G" Wi-Fi portfolio to home entertainment market
Broadcom (BRCM) launched a new "5G" Wi-Fi chipset aimed at the tablet, PC, TV, set-top box and home router market. The new line of 2x2 MIMO Wi-Fi solutions support 866 megabit per second wireless local area...
Apple is finally ending its relationship with Samsung Semiconductor, according to a report in The Korea Times. For years Apple's devices have used mobile processors made by Samsung, and some say the expertise Samsung gained while making chips for Apple helped it create the...
