Click to learn more about author Samuel Bocetta. Ever since the first crude cinematic robot first arrived on the scene in the 1927 movie Metropolis, humans have been fixated on the fear that they would come to rue the day artificial intelligence (AI) was summoned into existence and that, eventually, the masters would become slaves […]
For Better or Worse, AI is “Eating” Data Centers
Click to learn more about author Samuel Bocetta. Days after the highly-anticipated Wall Street debut of Uber Technologies, technology and finance analysts were still trying to determine what went wrong with the initial public offering. On IPO day, Uber shares failed to capture the attention of institutional investors; instead of reaching the $49 price target, […]
NVIDIA Announces World’s First AI Computer to Make Robotaxis a Reality
by Angela Guess A recent press release reports, “NVIDIA today unveiled the world’s first artificial intelligence computer designed to drive fully autonomous robotaxis. The new system, codenamed Pegasus, extends the NVIDIA® DRIVE™ PX AI computing platform to handle Level 5 driverless vehicles. NVIDIA DRIVE PX Pegasus delivers over 320 trillion operations per second — more […]
Ceva Announces The Next Step In A Vision Processing/Deep Learning Platform
AnandTech has described Ceva‘s announcement of a new Vision Processing and Deep Learning platform. Deep learning, neural networks and image/vision processing is already a large field, however many of the applications that rely on it are still in their infancy. Automotive is the prime example that uses all of these areas, and solutions to the […]
Velodyne LiDAR Gears Up for the Autonomous Revolution
by Angela Guess A recent press release out of the company reports, “Velodyne LiDAR, Inc., the recognized global leader in Light, Detection and Ranging, or LiDAR technology, today announced the completion of a combined $150 million investment from co-investors Ford Motor Company and China’s leading search engine company Baidu, Inc. The investment will allow Velodyne […]
How Deep Learning and Humans in the Loop Will Make Autonomous Cars Work
by Angela Guess Naveen Rao of Nervana Systems recently wrote in VentureBeat, “In a not-too-distant future, autonomous cars, driven largely by AI systems, will hit the road in large numbers. But getting autonomous vehicles on the road is only half the battle. That’s because, even after the cars are out there, system operators will need […]