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Groq Closes $300 Million Fundraising Round
April 14th, 2021
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif., April 14, 2021 -- Groq Inc., a leading innovator in compute accelerators for artificial intelligence (AI), machine learning (ML) and high performance computing, today announced that it has closed its Series C fundraising. Groq closed $300 million in ...
2020 Global Semiconductor Equipment Sales Surge 19% to Industry Record $71.2 Billion, SEMI Reports
April 14th, 2021
MILPITAS, Calif., April 14, 2021 -- Worldwide sales of semiconductor manufacturing equipment surged 19% from $59.8 billion in 2019 to a new all-time high of $71.2 billion in 2020, SEMI, an industry association representing the global electronics product design ...
Mipsology and E-Elements Sign APAC Design Partnership for FPGA-Based Neural Network Inference Acceleration
April 14th, 2021
SILICON VALLEY, Calif., April 14, 2021 -- AI software innovator Mipsology today announced a design partnership with E-Elements, a Taiwan-based supplier of professional FPGA service training, design, and technological services. E-Elements will bundle Xilinx solutions enhanced with Mipsology’s Zebra ...
ADLINK Launches New EtherCAT Modules, Completing the EtherCAT Solution for Industrial Automation
April 14th, 2021
TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 14, 2021 -- ADLINK Technology Inc., a global leader in edge computing, introduces two new modules in the 6-CH EU Series digital I/O – the ECAT-4XMO motion control and trigger module, and the ECAT-TRG4 trigger modules. ...
SambaNova Systems Raises $676M in Series D, Surpasses $5B Valuation
April 13th, 2021
PALO ALTO, Calif., April 13, 2021 -- SambaNova Systems, a company building advanced software, hardware and services to run AI applications, today announced a $676 million Series D funding round led by SoftBank Vision Fund 2. The round includes ...
SNIA and OpenFabrics Alliance Formalize Agreement to Advance Standards-Based Management of High Performance Data Center Infrastructures
April 13th, 2021
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo., and BEAVERTON, Ore., April 13, 2021 -- The Storage Networking Industry Association (SNIA) and the OpenFabrics Alliance (OFA) today announced an agreement to improve and promote the standards-based, open source management of high-performance fabrics and remote network services or devices ...
WekaIO Reveals Key Findings from ‘The State of AI and Analytics Infrastructure 2021’ Study
April 13th, 2021
CAMPBELL, Calif., April 13, 2021 -- WekaIO (Weka), a fast-growing data platform for artificial intelligence/machine learning (AI/ML), life sciences research, and high-performance data analytics (HPDA), today released results from “The State of AI and Analytics Infrastructure 2021” study, which ...
OpenFive Tapes Out SoC for Advanced HPC/AI Solutions on TSMC 5nm Technology
April 13th, 2021
SAN MATEO, Calif., April 13, 2021 -- OpenFive, a leading provider of customizable, silicon-focused solutions with differentiated IP, today announced the successful tape out of a high-performance SoC on TSMC’s N5 process, with integrated IP solutions targeted for cutting ...
DDN Launches NVIDIA-Certified AI Solutions
April 13th, 2021
CHATSWORTH, Calif., April 13, 2021 -- DDN, a global leader in artificial intelligence (AI) and multicloud data management solutions, today launched a certified DDN and NVIDIA set of AI solutions that optimizes value and performance in AI integration use ...
GIGABYTE Supports and Qualifies New NVIDIA GPUs
April 13th, 2021
TAIPEI, Taiwan, April 13, 2021 -- GIGABYTE Technology, an industry leader in high-performance servers and workstations, today announced testing and support for new AI and high-performance computing (HPC) enterprise GPUs as well as desktop workstation GPUs by NVIDIA. In ...