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Accelerating Foundry Innovation for a Smart and Connected World

“By 2020, just four years from now, we expect to see 50 billion connected devices1 generating more than two zettabytes of data traffic annually2. That dramatic growth means increasing opportunities for our foundry business, and, more important, for our customers …

Airlander 10: Maiden flight at last for longest aircraft

“The Airlander 10 - which is part plane and part airship - took off from Cardington Airfield in Bedfordshire. Its original test flight on Sunday was postponed, but it finally left the ground at 19:40 BST. The £25m aircraft measures 302ft …

AMD Demonstrates Breakthrough Performance of Next-Generation “Zen” Processor Core

“At an event last night in San Francisco, AMD (NASDAQ: AMD) provided additional architectural details and a first look at the performance of its next-generation, high-performance “Zen” processor core. AMD demonstrated the “Zen” core achieving a 40% generational improvement in …

Audi’s New Technology Is the Beginning of the End of Traffic Lights

“Audi has announced it is rolling out a feature in some of its new vehicles that allows them to communicate with traffic lights. It’s a neat trick that customers might like: they can watch as a timer counts down …

BittWare Delivers Arria 10 OpenCL BSPs for Altera OpenCL SDK 16.0.2 Release

“BittWare, designer and manufacturer of Altera-based FPGA platforms, announced today at the Intel SoC FPGA Developer Forum 2016 (ISDF16) the availability of Arria 10 FPGA Board Support Packages (BSPs) for Altera’s recently released OpenCL SDK 16.0.2, including …

Google is developing an OS called Fuchsia, runs on All the Things

“Every single operating system developed by Google to date has one thing in common: they’re based on the Linux kernel. Chrome OS, Android, Chromecasts, you name it. Linux has powered Google hardware for years. However, the Linux kernel is …

Helsinki rolls out driverless bus pilot

“Commuters may be taken aback by the sight of driverless buses plying routes in Helsinki’s Hernesaari district. The trials will continue until mid-September. Finland can well afford to take the lead on such pilots as current legislation does not …

IBM Scientists Imitate the Functionality of Neurons with a Phase-Change Device

“IBM scientists have created randomly spiking neurons using phase-change materials to store and process data. This demonstration marks a significant step forward in the development of energy-efficient, ultra-dense integrated neuromorphic technologies for applications in cognitive computing. Inspired by the way …

IBM TrueNorth ‘cognitive chip’ can capture 2,000 fps with a camera

“IBM’s TrueNorth “cognitive chip” built to function like the human brain has proved itself a compelling resource for digital image processing. Samsung took the 4,096 cores, one million neurons and 256 million synapses of the TrueNorth chip and …

Intel Unveils Project Alloy

“During his opening keynote at the 2016 Intel Developer Forum in San Francisco on Tuesday, Intel CEO Brian Krzanich unveiled Project Alloy, an all-in-one virtual reality solution made from the ground up. A clear example of the future of merged …