01/07/2024 What I Read Last Week
#DigitalInfrastructure news: Intel, DigitalBridge, Bloom Energy, BrainChip, EdgeConneX
Weekly Edition of curated news about Digital Infrastructure
[Link] Intel and DigitalBridge launch enterprise Generative AI company Articul8. “Articul8's full-stack, vertically-optimized GenAI software platform enables companies to build, deploy and manage enterprise-grade, secure GenAI applications rapidly and cost-effectively.”
[Link] SK ecoplant has committed to purchase 500 megawatts (MW) of Energy Servers from Bloom Energy through 2027. SK ecoplant is an engineering and energy solutions provider and a subsidiary of South Korean conglomerate SK Group. The two companies also announced a sale of Bloom’s electrolyzer technology to deploy hydrogen as an energy source in a large-scale green hydrogen demonstration with the Korea Southern Power Co., Ltd (KOSPO) and local government.
BrainChip had a busy week at CES 2024:
[Link] BrainChip demonstrated how their Akida neuromorphic processor enables low-power, high-performance learning applications on Microchip’s embedded microprocessor (MPU) boards.
BrainChip showcased a lot of its innovation throughout 2023. "We are excited to reveal our latest innovations at CES 2024," says Sean Hehir, CEO at BrainChip. "By showcasing the tangible applications of neuromorphic technology to Edge AI and the ease of complementing or enhancing today’s platforms to deliver it, we are establishing the platform for innovators and thought leaders to revolutionize the evolving AI landscape.”
[Link] BrainChip and behavior AI software provider NVISO Group showcased a joint system that enables more advanced, more capable and more accurate AI on consumer products. NVISO Group’s technology is uniquely able to analyze signals of human behavior such as facial expressions, emotions, identity, head poses, gaze, gestures, activities, and objects with which users interact. BrainChip’s Akida™ IP and processors address the need for high levels of efficient AI performance and on-chip learning, with ultra-low power technologies.
[Link] EQT Infrastructure to Partner with EdgeConneX to Develop Data Centers for Global Hyperscale Customers. With this transaction, the EQT Infrastructure VI fund is expected to be 30-35 percent invested based on the target fund size. EQT acquired EdgeConneX in 2020 and has since then EdgeConneX has more than tripled its capacity and expanded into Asia, Latin America, and new European markets.
[Link] The Department of Energy announced up to $70 million in funding to support research into technologies designed to increase resilience and reduce risks to energy delivery infrastructure from a variety of hazards, including cyber and physical threats, natural disasters, and extreme weather events. The DOE said the scope is intentionally broad and awardees will span all types of energy delivery infrastructure and will address a diverse array of potential threats across energy production, generation, transmission, and/or distribution.
[Link] I think I will have to make a regular segment for this substack for things that have really fun titles, sound extremely cool, and that I can pretend to have a basic understanding of. 🤯 And then I can use AI to simplify it and make me sound like I know what I’m talking about. This week: Nature Communications — An ultrasmall organic synapse for neuromorphic computing. “…based on the design of a semicrystalline polymer PBFCL10 with ordered structure to regulate dense and uniform formation of conductive nanofilaments, ...” “The as‐fabricated PBFCL10 synapses can switch between 32 conductance states linearly with a high cycle‐to‐cycle uniformity of 98.89% and device‐to‐device uniformity of 99.71%, which are the best results of organic devices. A mixed-signal neuromorphic hardware system based on the organic neuromatrix and FPGA controller is implemented to execute spiking‐plasticity‐related algorithm for decision-making tasks.
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