
Xilinx has majority of LiDAR market
Essential for Level 4 / 5 self driving
Xilinx is not a name that you associate that much with the automotive industry, but these guys actually play in most of the self driving and other automotive markets.

IBM AC922 Power 9 server has 6 Nvidia V100s
Enterprise AI beats the X86 competition
IBM has just announced an AC922 Power 9 based machine that addresses artificial intelligence (AI), deep and machine learning - aimed at the enterprise AI market.

Microsoft announces Project Brainwave
AI modules with specialised chips for Brainiacs
Software King of the World Microsoft has announced that its system for running AI models with specialised chips is now available in preview on Azure.

5G will bring a massive AI and IoT push
Dell talks up new phone tech
5G will spark a considerable growth in the development of AI and IoT applications creating a massive headache for the tech industry, according to Dell chairman and CEO Michael Dell.

Zen man Jim Keller leaves Tesla for Intel
Updated: Leaves Tesla to kick-start Chipzilla
Jim Keller, the former AMD chip executive behind the Zen roadmap, has left Tesla for Intel and joining fellow AMD refugee Raja Koduri to help Chipzilla sort out of its manufacturing stall of the last few years.

AI boffins create a European superhub
Want to beat the Americans
Leading scientists in the EU have drawn up plans for a vast multinational institute devoted to world-class artificial intelligence (AI) research.

AI robot does something a human can't
Builds IKEA furniture without using a hammer to knock in the screws
A team of boffins has created robots that can do something even most humans struggle with – making IKEA furniture.

Google's AR can see cancer
Still no cure for Google
Google boffins have been telling the American Association for Cancer Research's annual meeting, that they have come up with a prototype of an augmented reality microscope that could be used to help physicians diagnose cancer patients.

Experts unhappy with EU plans for AI rights
Machines are not people
More than 150 experts in AI, robotics, commerce, law, and ethics from 14 countries have signed an open letter denouncing the European Parliament’s proposal to grant personhood status to intelligent machines.

US army to trash the First Law of Robotics
Desperate to automate AI
US generals already see AI as the next big weapon in their arsenal, and while the rest of the world is worried about AI breaking Azimov's first law of robotics, it would appear that the military wants robot troops killing humans on the battlefield by next Tuesday.