Alibaba develops AI inference chip
Out next year
Alibaba will set up a dedicated chip subsidiary and aims to launch its first self-developed AI inference chip in the second half of 2019 that could be used for autonomous driving, smart cities and logistics.
Amazon plans to release eight IoT devices
Alexa powered
Online bookseller Amazon is planning to release at least eight new voice controlled hardware devices before the end of the year.
Qualcomm wins big Chinese chipset deal
New roadside units for IoT of traffic
Qualcomm’s 9150 C-V2X chipsets will be part of a large new Chinese project for roadside units (RSUs).
Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) takes off
Frost & Sullivan Report
The Industrial Internet of things (IIoT) is transforming manufacturing and operations ecosystems across the aerospace & defence (A&D) industry, electronic test equipment (ETE) vendors, according to a new report by Frost & Sullivan.
Amazon smartspeaker sales down while Google grew
Market grows in Q2 2018
According to strategy analytics data Google Home's smartspeakers group has grown in Q2 2018 while Amazon lost some of its Alexa technology driven market share.