EU Antitrust Regulators Halt Investigation Into NVIDIA, ARM Multibillion-Dollar Deal
On December 6, EU antitrust regulators have temporarily paused the investigation into NVIDIA’s multibillion-dollar acquisition of UK chip design company ARM.
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Samsung Announces $17bn Investment for Texas Semiconductor Manufacturing Facility
On November 23, Samsung Electronics announced the company is investing $17 billion to build a new semiconductor manufacturing facility in Taylor, Texas.
NVIDIA Launch Web App for GauGAN2 to Generate Pictures Through Simple Phrases
On November 22, the NVIDIA blog introduced the interactive demo website app to generate photorealistic landscape images in real-time via text description.
Google’s Pet Portraits Will Find Art Doubles for Your Pets
Google recently has launched an adorable new feature for its Arts and Culture app named Pet Portraits that can compare your pet photo to artworks from museums worldwide and find their art doubles.
Meta Teams up With Microsoft to Integrate Work App Workplace and Teams
On November 10, Meta (formerly known as Facebook) announced a partnership with another tech giant Microsoft to integrate its work app Workplace with Microsoft’s work-focused social network and collaboration software Teams.
Self-Driving Truck Startup Kodiak Raises $125 Million in Series B Round
On November 11, self-driving truck startup Kodiak announced that it had raised $125 million in an oversubscribed Series B round for a total of $165 million raised to date.
Clearview AI Ordered to Destroy All Facial Recognition Data Collected From Australia
On November 3, facial recognition company Clearview AI was ordered to destroy all existing images and templates the company collected from Australia and to cease collecting facial images and biometric templates from individuals in Australia.
Facebook AI Is Teaching Robots to Perceive, Understand, and Interact Through Touch
On November 1, Facebook AI Research shared its progress on developing AI systems that can understand and interact through touch.
Sony Will Launch Edge AI Platform Service for AI Developers
On October 6, Sony Group announced that the company will launch its edge AI platform service Aitrios AI sensing platform in Japan, the U.S. and Europe starting late this year.
DeepMind Introduce AlphaFold-Multimer to Predict Multi-Chain Protein Complexes with Better Accuracy
The London-based AI research firm DeepMind has introduced AlphaFold-Multimer, a model that can predict the structure of multi-chain protein complexes with increased accuracy.
Chinese EV Manufacturer XPeng Heads in R&D for Owned Self-Driving Chips
On April 7, media reports show that China’s top-tier electric vehicle manufacturer, XPeng or Xiaopeng Motors, has commenced R&D for owned self-driving chips.
Meet CSL: Facebook AI Approach Achieves 19% WER Reduction for ASR Under Ultra Low-Resource Conditions
A research team from Facebook AI proposes a Contrastive Semi-supervised Learning (CSL) approach that synthesizes pseudo-labelling and contrastive losses to improve the stability of learned speech representations for automatic speech recognition (ASR).
Facebook & Google’s LazyTensor Enables Expressive Domain-Specific Compilers
A team from Facebook and Google has proposed LazyTensor — a technique for targeting domain-specific compilers without sacrificing define-by-run ergonomics.
Google Study Shows Transformer Modifications Fail To Transfer Across Implementations and Applications
A team from Google Research explores why most transformer modifications have not transferred across implementation and applications, and surprisingly discovers that most modifications do not meaningfully improve performance.
JPMorgan Chase: Global Chip Demand is 10-30 Percent Higher Than Production Capacity
According to multiple investment institutions, the global chip shortage shows no signs of alleviation, despite of increasing demand in 2021.
Swedish Telecom Giant Ericsson: 5G Users are Expected to Reach 3.5 Billion in 2026
At the Mobile World Congress held in Shanghai on February 28, Telecommunications company Ericsson revealed numbers for the fast-paced development of 5G networks.
Toyota Constructs Smart City at the Foot of Mount Fuji
On February 3, Japanese automotive manufacturer Toyota has began to construct a high-tech city at the base of Mount Fuji.
Dell Opens Global Innovation Facility in Singapore, the First Outside US
Dell Technologies has opened a new innovation facility in Singapore, to focus on R&D for edge computing, data analytics and augmented reality.
Baidu’s Revenue Hits RMB 100 Billion in 2020, Driven by AI Transitions
On February 18, Baidu released the 2020 full year and Q4 financial report, presenting revenue of RMB 107.1 Billion, and its net profit of RMB 22 billion.
SAIC Joins Hand With Horizon Robotics for Autopilot Chips
On February 22, Chinese state-owned automotive company SAIC Motor announced that it has forged a comprehensive strategic cooperation with Horizon Robotics, an AI smart chip unicorn.
Daimler Subsidiary Torc Robotics Adopts Amazon Cloud to Develop Autonomous Driving
Torc Robotics has selected Amazon Cloud Services (AWS) as its cloud service provider to meet large-scale data transmission, storage and computing speed requirements.
Huawei’s HMS for Car Partners with Mercedes Benz
Huawei and Mercedes-Benz S-Class are cooperating to provide car owners with the HMS for Car Huawei smart vehicle solution.
Apple Reveals Design of Its On-Device ML System for Federated Evaluation and Tuning
Apple has laid out the design characteristics of a new generic system that enables federated evaluation and tuning (FE&T) systems on end-user devices.
Goldman Sachs Launches Marcus Invest Robo-Adviser
On February 16, Goldman Sachs announced that it is launching an automated wealth management platform to invest client funds in a portfolio of stocks and bonds.
Swiss Fragrance Giant Givaudan Acquires French AI Startup Myrissi
As part of the long-term strategy to “expand AI capabilities”, Swiss flavours and fragrance giant Givaudan announced that it will acquire the French company Myrissi.
IBM Closes China Research Laboratory
IBM has closed off its Beijing-based China Research Laboratory (CRL) after 25 years of operation.
Trump Administration Cuts Off Licenses for Huawei Chips Suppliers Including Intel
According to a report from Reuters, the Trump administration has notified Intel among others, that their supplier licenses to Chinese telecommunication giant Huawei have been revoked.