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SiFive and Ceva Partner To Build Mainstream Edge AI Processors

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SiFive, one of the best known providers of RISC-V processor IP, has partnered with Ceva , a leading provider of embedded chip solutions, to create embedded AI processors for the mainstream market using the RISC-V instruction set architecture (ISA).

The partnership will include integrating RISC-V CPUs, Ceva’s digital signaling processor (DSP) cores, AI processor and software. The system-on-a-chips (SoCs) that will result from this partnership are targeting


Mobileye Finds New Partners to Bring MaaS to South Korea, L2+ to China

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Intel Mobileye announced two new Asian partnerships at CES 2020 yesterday. The first is a partnership with SAIC Motor that will bring L2+ advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) to China. The second will bring mobility-as-a-service (MaaS) to South Korea in 2022 via a partnership with Daegu Metropolitan City, and Mobileye said that deal gives it the largest announced robotaxi fleet footprint of all providers when combined with previous announcements regarding Israel, France

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Qualcomm Enters Autonomous Vehicle Market with 700 TOPS Snapdragon Ride

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In a major unveil at CES 2020, Qualcomm announced that it has entered the market of Level 2+ advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS) and autonomous vehicles with its end-to-end Snapdragon Ride platform, which is set to offer up to 700 TOPS when it launches in 2023. The company also announced its new Cloud-to-Car platform to provide over-the-air updates and other functionality.

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Tom’s Hardware CES 2020 Awards: Folding Tech & AMD Stand Out in an Odd Year

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CES 2020 wasn’t the most exciting of years for our core coverage areas. Neither Intel nor AMD had desktop platform launches, which meant almost no new motherboards (unless you count the expensive Intel Ghost Canyon NUC and its Compute Element). The only GPU news was limited to Intel’s upcoming mobile DG1 and AMD’s expected mid-range Radeon RX 5600 XT .

So we were left to find the best of the rest

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Broadcom Prepares for Wi-Fi 6E With a Series of New Chipsets

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Broadcom announced a series of chipsets for the new Wi-Fi 6E extension of 802.11ax that introduces Wi-Fi for the 6GHz band, and claims it is the industry's most comprehensive Wi-Fi 6E portfolio.

Broadcom announced four chipsets for residential applications and four for the enterprise. The most powerful chips have support for 4x4 dual-band Wi-Fi with 160MHz channel support. There are also two 3x

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Aukey's New Laptop Chargers Could Be Smallest Ever

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We're going to have stop calling laptop chargers "power bricks."  Thanks to the increased popularity of gallium nitride (GaN) components, which conduct energy better than standard silicon, we're seeing smaller and smaller third-party AC adapters. Aukey's new Omnia series of slimmed down chargers take the cake, delivering between 61 and 100 watts of juice in the tiniest packages we've ever seen.

Due out in the second quarter of

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Phanteks Shows Off its MetallicGear NEO Case with D-RGB Light Matrix Front Panel

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Pico's VR Glasses May Be the Slickest VR Headset Ever

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It’s still an emerging market, but when it comes to virtual reality (VR) headsets for the home, the big dogs are already well established. For those seeking the most premium experience, PC-connected heavyweights like like the HTC Vive Pro come to mind, and for a range of options, including budget ones, Oculus has also made a name for itself. You probably haven’t heard of enterprise-focused Pico, but if it took a finalized

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Samsung’s New T7 Touch External SSD Sports Built-in Fingerprint Reader, Twice the Performance

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Samsung is stirring up a surprising amount of SSD news here at CES 2020. Yesterday the company dropped its first PCIe 4.0 SSD, the 980 Pro . And today it took the wraps off the Portable SSD T7 Touch --  followup to its Portable SSD T5 -- which shifts to a faster USB 3.2 Gen 2 interface (and to an NVMe interface), allowing for rated sequential read speeds of 1,

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Silverstone Shows off New Case Lineups at CES 2020

You know what we like? Choice. Choice is good, especially when you’re looking at premium products. This year it seems that Silverstone has really anchored itself onto that mantra with its latest swathe of cases for this year's CES.

SETA A1 - $120 - 15th Jan 2020

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