• Tesla Dojo Loses Mojo

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    Four years after disclosing its D1 AI accelerator (NPU), the heart of its Dojo system, electric-car company Tesla has pulled the plug. After unveiling the D1, the company touted grand plans, promising in July 2023, when it began Dojo production (a year after the initial public target), that it will have deployed enough computing capacity… continue reading


  • Renesas Adds AI to an Industrial HMI Microprocessor

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    The Renesas RZ/G3E is an Arm-based microprocessor for industrial HMI applications that features Cortex-A55 CPUs, video codecs, and an Ethos-U55 NPU for AI. We see such chips as increasingly boxed in by competing alternatives, however. continue reading


  • What Would 100% Semiconductor Tariffs Mean?

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    The US proposes a 100% semiconductor tariff on imports. Details are unclear, but it could hit some unexpected countries. continue reading


  • Arm GPUs to Add Neural Networks to Graphics Processing

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    Arm is extending Vulkan to add neural networks to graphics processing. To be supported in its next-generation GPU, the Arm neural technology can reduce power. Arm’s first model, Neural Super Sampling (NSS), upscales images to a higher resolution. Future models will interpolate frames and improve ray-traced image quality. continue reading


  • SMT Offers a Choice Between Single-Thread and Total Throughput

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    Symmetric multithreading (SMT) may up total CPU throughput, but it slows each thread. It offers a valuable choice between total and single-thread performance. continue reading


  • OpenInfer Eases AI-Assistant Development

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    Edge AI promises the benefits of cloud AI, plus responsiveness and privacy, because local model execution eliminates sending personal information to the cloud and waiting for a reply. However, edge systems’ variety challenges developers. They differ in supported data types, processing power, memory capacity, and connected sensors. The Silicon Valley startup OpenInfer addresses the edge… continue reading



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