Consortium introduces machine learning benchmark

  The MLPerf consortium, made up of over 40 companies and university researchers, has introduced MLPerf Inference v0.5, the first industry standard machine learning benchmark suite for measuring system performance and power efficiency. The benchmark covers applications including autonomous driving and natural language processing on different form factors such as smartphones, PCs, edge servers, and ...

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Liquid gas electrolyte for lithium metal batteries?

Liquified gas electrolytes could be the key to batteries that use lithium metal anodes, according to the University of California San Diego. Replacing the carbon anode of lithium-ion cells with metallic lithium could theoretically improve energy density in rechargeable batteries, but they have not become popular because the inclusion of metallic lithium makes the batteries ...

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IXYS appoints Anglia as its UK and Ireland distributor

The news follows IXYS‘ acquisition by Littelfuse last year. Anglia has been a Littelfuse distributor since January 2017.  David Pearson, technical director of Anglia, said “IXYS, with its focus on medium- to high-voltage power semiconductors across the industrial, communications, consumer and medical device markets, complements our existing portfolio extremely well. Specifically, IXYS brings new power ...

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Global model available to predict solar power installation productivity

Danish researchers have created a a worldwide solar energy model that predicts what type of solar photovoltaic (PV) installation will produce what power on which part of the planet. “We’ve collected 38 years of global solar radiation, weather and temperature data with a spatial resolution of 40km x 40km for the entire globe, and compared ...

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Omron launches miniature trigger switch

The manufacturer says the C3AW delivers exceptional dust, shock and vibration resistance within a very small overall size. The Omron C3AW is designed for all types of brushless DC applications including industrial equipment as well as cordless DC power and gardening tools. Rated at 10mA, 42VDC, the C3AW achieves dust resistance to IEC IP6x through ...

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TDK sets up $50m VC fund for early stage materials startups.

TDK is to set up a VC operation called TDK Ventures focussed on early-stage innovative startups engaged in material science, energy/power and related areas typically underrepresented in venture capital portfolios. TDK Ventures will have an initial fund size of $50 million. Building on TDK’s 85 years of experience commercializing magnetic and electronic materials, TDK Ventures will ...

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SiFive adds IP to DesignShare ecosystem

SiFive has expanded its DesignShare ecosystem to 20 portfolio companies and strengthened the third-party IP available to developers of SoCs designed for use in AI and edge inference.  SiFive is developing design platforms in leading FinFET nodes for computer vision, edge inferencing and training applications. The deployment of highly optimized silicon at the edge will ...

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