Weekly Edition of curated news about Digital Infrastructure
It was a busy week for my favorite neuromorphic AI IP company BrainChip:
[Link] BrainChip Makes Second-Generation Akida Platform Available to Advance State of Edge AI Solutions. The introduction of Temporal Event Based Neural Nets (TENNs) revolutionizes advanced sequential processing for multi-dimensional streaming and time-series data, reducing model size and improving performance without compromising accuracy. The 2nd generation MetaTF software enables developers to evaluate, optimize, and customize their designs, while the Akida processors power the next generation of Edge AI devices
[Link] Belgian SpaceTech company EDGX is collaborating with BrainChip to develop disruptive data processing solutions for space. EDGX is developing a new data processing unit concept that mixes classic AI acceleration with neuromorphic computing to decrease onboard AI power dissipation, increase adaptability, and ultimately enable autonomous learning capabilities onboard next generation satellites.
[Link] Renesas Partners with EdgeCortix to Streamline AI/ML Development. Tokyo based EdgeCortix is a start-up founded on the idea of creating a high-speed, low-power, AI-focused processor. Partnering with EdgeCortix will support Renesas in streamlining and unifying its overall AI/ML (Machine Learning) developer experience across its entire MCU and MPU portfolio. EdgeCortix also announced a $20 million funding round last week.
[Link] One thing that has definitely been on my radar recently is the idea of an observability platform. It is ‘Monitoring 2.0’ combined with a deluge of data coming from an increasing number of sources. Silicon Valley start-up Observe has raised $50 million in convertible debt. CEO Jeremy Burton says that the software is able to ingest over a petabyte of data per day into a single customer’s instance while providing a “live” mode for interactive debugging.
[Link] Speaking of a deluge of data — Blocks and Files discusses the exabyte-plus of data needs from CERN’s exabyte-class EOS filesystem. Exabyte-level EOS can now store a million terabytes of data on its 111,000 drives – mostly disks with a few SSDs – and an overall 1TB/sec read bandwidth.
[Link] Standard Power Chooses NuScale’s Approved SMR Technology and ENTRA1 Energy to Energize Data Centers. Standard Power announced plans to develop two small modular reactor (SMR)-powered facilities in Ohio and Pennsylvania. These facilities, in collaboration with technology provider NuScale Power Corporation and energy development company ENTRA1 Energy, will together produce nearly 2GW of clean, carbon-free energy to power nearby data centers.
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