The research makes significant advancements in AI and visual computing and also introduces practical applications, such as enhanced smartphone camera capabilities. Researchers are advancing optical computing, which utilizes photons instead of traditional electronic components, to develop faster and more energy-efficient computing systems. These systems could potentially improve the processing of visual information through simultaneous, parallel […]
With increasing instances of people and autonomous mobile robots (AMRs), also called industrial mobile robots (IMRs), working in the same area, multiple inherent safety risks must be addressed. The safe and efficient operation of AMRs is too important to rely on a single sensor technology. Multi-sensor fusion, or simply “sensor fusion,” combines technologies like laser […]
Credit: Tima Miroshnichenko from Pexels California has some of the nation’s highest electricity rates, and power bills are rising fast. That’s a problem because it makes it harder for people to afford switching from fossil fuels to clean electric cars and appliances that are essential to combating climate change. Who wants to invest thousands of […]
Credit: Unsplash/CC0 Public Domain A robot is chatting to an elderly British man in his bedroom. The robot has a cheery demeanor and a pleasantly high-pitched voice. The robot—perhaps because of the man’s age—starts asking him about his memories of the Second World War: “Please tell me what was the most difficult thing you and […]
Credit: Pixabay/CC0 Public Domain Earlier this year, Neuralink implanted a chip inside the brain of 29-year-old US man Noland Arbaugh, who is paralyzed from the shoulders down. The chip has enabled Arbaugh to move a mouse pointer on a screen just by imagining it moving. In May 2023, US researchers also announced a non-invasive way […]
Device details for Taichi chiplets. a, The microscopy image for grating couplers and direct couplers in the chip design. b, The detailed sizes for the direct coupler. We decided these parameters with FTDT simulations. c, The microscopy image for the edge coupler we used for laser input. d, The microscopy image for the phase shifters. […]
April 17, 2024 — Brad Lightcap, chief operating officer of OpenAI, said in a recent interview that OpenAI will seek partners in the Japanese semiconductor industry to purchase high-performance chips required for artificial intelligence (AI). High-performance graphics processing units (GPUs) are critical to the learning process of generative AI. But Nvidia, which accounts for about […]
April 17, 2024 — Microchip Technology recently announced a new integrated actuation power solution that combines companion gate driver boards with our expansive Hybrid Power Drive (HPD) modules in silicon carbide or silicon technology with a power range of 5 kVA to 20 kVA. The new integrated actuation power solution maintains the same footprint regardless of the power […]
April 17, 2024 — According to reports, Japanese chipmaker Rapidus has set up a subsidiary, Rapidus Design Solutions, in the heart of California’s Silicon Valley, aiming to attract artificial intelligence (AI) companies as customers. Rapidus Design Solutions is located in Santa Clara, home to well-known chip companies Nvidia and Intel. Rapidus President Atsuyoshi Koike announced […]