Qualcomm has unveiled the Snapdragon 8 Elite, which the company claims is the world’s fastest mobile CPU. The chipset features Qualcomm’s second-generation Oryon CPU and is said to usher in a new era of on-device AI. As Dean Takahashi reports for VentureBeat, the processor enables complex multimodal AI applications directly on the smartphone, with a …
Meta showcased its latest open AI hardware designs at the OCP Global Summit 2024. These include a new AI platform called “Catalina,” cutting-edge rack designs, and advanced network fabrics. According to Dan Rabinovitsj and Omar Baldonado in Meta’s “Engineering at Meta” blog, the company aims to foster collaboration and innovation. Meta is significantly scaling its …
AMD has unveiled a suite of new AI-infused chips across its Ryzen, Instinct, and Epyc product lines. CEO Lisa Su stated these processors will power a new generation of AI computing, from personal use to data centers, emphasizing open and accessible technology during a San Francisco event. This is reported by Dean Takahashi for VentureBeat. …
Intel’s new “Arrow Lake” desktop platform emphasizes AI and a new architecture. According to Gavin Bonshor of “The Register,” Intel is integrating an AI-focused NPU into its desktop processors for the first time. The chips utilize a tiled design and are manufactured by TSMC, while Intel handles the packaging. The new processors, codenamed “Lion Cove” …
A new AI-powered recording device called NotePin from Plaud.AI makes it easier to take notes on conversations. Brian Heater writes about his experience for TechCrunch. According to him, the $169 device takes up very little space in his luggage and records conversations at the touch of a button. The recordings are transferred in real time …
Start-ups Cerebras and Groq have unveiled powerful processors for AI inference that aim to outperform Nvidia’s previously dominant GPUs. As VentureBeat reports, Cerebras’ new CS-3 chip offers 125 petaflops of processing power with 4 trillion transistors. Groq scores with an energy-efficient tensor streaming processor. Both companies are targeting the growing market for AI applications. Experts …
The new $70 Raspberry Pi AI Kit allows users to implement AI applications for visual tasks with the microcomputer. The kit enables real-time object recognition, segmentation, and pose estimation with low power consumption, which could make the Raspberry Pi 5 suitable for many local AI applications.
Intel introduced the “Lunar Lake” processor, a completely redesigned laptop chip for AI applications that eliminates the need for separate memory modules and instead integrates up to 32GB of LPDDR5X memory directly into the chip package. Thanks to numerous optimizations, Intel promises up to 14 percent more CPU performance at the same clock speed, 50 …
Nvidia introduced “Blackwell,” a new hardware architecture for AI applications. It is designed to significantly increase the efficiency of data centers and accelerate the development of new AI solutions. New systems based on Blackwell will be offered by a number of vendors, including Asus, Gigabyte and Supermicro, and are expected to be suitable for both …
Jolla, known for its Sailfish operating system, presents a new approach to AI assistants with Jolla Mind2. This personal server, which will be available in the fall for 699 Euros (plus monthly subscription fees), is designed to perform AI-based tasks without sending data to the cloud.