Elektor Business News Roundup (April 19, 2018) | Elektor Magazine
Abate on General News Elektor Business News Roundup (April 19, 2018) April 20, 2018 | 01:17 Gone are the days of tech companies focusing solely on their core product offerings.
Today, chip makers are working on artificial intelligence projects, IP vendors are investing in IoT security research, and social media giants are looking into silicon design (and even FPGAs).
We believe these are positive signs pointing to a healthy, evolving industry.
Let’s review some of the most compelling electronics industry news stories from the past week.
The AI Revolution Continues: Every few days, we find out about new artificial intelligence-related innovations by top tech companies.
For instance, on April 11, Qualcomm unveiled its Vision Intelligence Platform, which is designed for IoT devices featuring the latest advances in AI and computer vision.
In other news, AMD launched its second-generation Ryzen desktop processors, which feature enhanced capabilities over their predecessors.
According to AMD, “higher effective clock speeds on all second gen Ryzen processor cores can improve the performance of Ryzen processors in popular real-world applications like games, creativity and productivity applications …