FPGA-based neural network accelerator outperforms GPUs

Xilinx Developer Forum: Claimed to be the highest performance convolutional neural network (CNN) on an fpga, Omnitek’s CNN is available now. The deep learning processing unit (DPU) is future-proofed, explained CEO Roger Fawcett, due to the programmability of the fpga. It was demonstrated as a GoogLeNet Inception-v1 CNN, using eight-bit integer resolution. It achieved 16.8 ...

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60 Years of ASSEMBLY

ASSEMBLY was born in October 1958 with the name Assembly & Fastener Engineering. Although its name was later shortened to Assembly Engineering, and subsequently to ASSEMBLY, it was then, and is today, a magazine of ideas and methods.

Lynx demos separation security for AI

Xilinx Developer Forum, California: Lynx Software Technologies demonstrated secure separation in designs of mixed critical functionality systems, with a robotic control system for industrial machine learning (ML) and industrial IoT applications. Based on Xilinx’s Zynq UltraScale+, the software kernel company was running an operator workstation, a robotic controller and real-time robotic control and inspection system, ...

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Fujitsu and MIT link for AI

Fujitsu Laboratories and MIT’s Centre for Brains, Minds and Machines (CBMM) today announced a multi-year partnership focused on advancing the science and engineering of intelligence. Fujitsu Laboratories has conducted a wide range of basic and applied research in the areas of next-generation services, computer servers, networks, electronic devices, and advanced materials. “A fundamental understanding of ...

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Airbus and ESA hope space will encourage young engineers

Airbus has teamed up with the European Space Agency (ESA) and Autodesk in an educational initiative which taps into the excitement of space exploration. The Airbus Foundation, ESA and Autodesk have launched an educational online competition called Moon Camp, aimed at fostering interest amongst school students in Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM).  The “Moon ...

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Advantech expands LoRaWAN portfolio

Advantech has expanded its range of wireless products with the launch of the WISE-6610 LoRaWAN gateway and Wzzard LRPv2 LoRa WAN node. As the demand for intelligent monitoring and warning systems increases, Advantech understands the difficulty involved in replacing or rewiring existing devices. Because such systems are often installed in remote areas or harsh environments, ...

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Fujitsu cracks bio-ID

Fujitsu has developed a non-contact, integrated biometric authentication technology that can identify a person using only their palm vein and facial data. The  technology represents a step closer to the creation of a cashless society. To enable biometric authentication that would confirm a person’s identity at brick-and-mortar stores or for admissions at event venues, streamlining ...

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GaN-on-SiC RF power amplifier module

Integra Technologies of El Segundo has brought out an RF power amplifier module/pallet designed to solve various size, weight, power, and cost challenges (SWaP-C) in high-performance L-band avionic systems. IGNP1011L2400 is a high power GaN-on-SiC RF power amplifier module/pallet that has been designed specifically for IFF/SSR systems operating under either Mode S ELM (48x {32μs ...

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Bidirectional four-switch synchronous buck-boost controllers

Renesas has brought out a family of bidirectional four-switch synchronous buck-boost controllers. The ISL81601 and ISL81401 are  true bidirectional controllers that sense peak current at both ends and provide cycle-by-cycle current limit in both directions while in buck or boost mode. The controllers generate point-of-load (POL) and voltage rail conversions with peak efficiency up to ...

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