Fin Strathern, Author at Edge Computing News

Ambarella launches computer vision chip for security cameras

Ambarella, an AI vision processor provider, has built a CV72S system-on-chip (SoC) that brings advanced edge AI features to security cameras.

Developed using 5nm process technology, the Ambarella CV72S vision processor includes on-camera intelligence using CVflow 3.0 architecture and can run on a power consumption under 3W.

The company claims it is one of the best AI performances per watt available on the market.

Florian Domengie, senior technology and market...

24 March 2023 | AI

AI chip start-up Mythic returns with fresh $13m, appoints new CEO

AI chip start-up Mythic has closed a $13 million (£10.5m) financing round and appointed a new CEO after reportedly running out of capital last November.

The seeming turnaround was supported by existing investors Atreides Management, DCVC, and Lux Capital, as well as through new buy-ins from Catapult Ventures and Hermann Hauser Investment.

Mythic builds AI processors that it says use compute-in-memory technology for a more powerful and efficient solution than...

22 March 2023 | AI

Nokia tech to aid The Ocean Cleanup in fighting plastic pollution

Nokia is providing private wireless connectivity and network edge equipment to international non-profit The Ocean Cleanup to help rid the world's oceans of plastic.

The telco giant announced the collaboration in line with its environmental strategy and commitment to advancing the role of technology in combatting climate change.

Subho Mukherjee, head of sustainability at Nokia, said: “Through our subsea optical fiber networks, innovations such as acoustic sensing...

20 March 2023 | Applications

5G Open Innovation Lab adds e& and 14 start-ups to ecosystem

The 5G Open Innovation Lab has added multinational telecoms company e& to its ecosystem of innovators along with 14 other start-up firms.

The Lab is a global ecosystem of enterprises, start-ups, and industry partners collaborating to build and innovate on new technologies using edge computing and 5G.

E& Group operates in sixteen countries across Africa and the Middle East where it provides services to more than 150 million users every day.

The new...

17 March 2023 | 5G

Akamai acquires Kubernetes cloud storage start-up Ondat

Content delivery network provider Akamai is acquiring Kubernetes cloud storage firm Ondat to bolster its Cloud Connected distributed platform.

Akamai sees Ondat’s cloud-native platform and persistent storage capabilities as a powerful tool to add to its edge cloud services portfolio.

The company’s Cloud Connected platform emerged from its acquisition of cloud hosting platform Linode in February 2022. The buyout of Ondat further facilitates this shift towards...

14 March 2023 | Cloud

Lenovo adds Sunlight.io solutions to its offering in resale agreement

Multinational tech company Lenovo has signed a reseller agreement with edge infrastructure firm Sunlight.io to provide ‘Edge Computing-as-a-Service’ solutions using Sunlight products.

As part of the agreement, Lenovo will integrate its edge hardware devices with Sunlight.io’s HyperConverged edge-to-core stack and NexCenter infrastructure management platform.

Lenovo says the integration of Sunlight solutions to its offering will help customers looking for edge...

11 March 2023 | Applications

BrainChip unveils its second generation Akida platform

BrainChip, the first commercial provider of neuromorphic AI chips, has announced the second generation of its Akida platform.

The new platform, built for embedded edge AI applications, adds 8-bit processing for higher performance along with new advanced capabilities.

These include using vision transformers and spatial-temporal convolutions for accelerated performance and improved power efficiency at the edge.

BrainChip says the new capabilities of the Akida...

9 March 2023 | AI

Schneider Electric, Capgemini, Qualcomm build 5G hoisting system

Schneider Electric, Capgemini, and Qualcomm Technologies are collaborating on a 5G-enabled automated hoisting system for deployment across industrial and logistic sites.

Hoisting systems, like cranes, are used to move heavy equipment and materials in industrial environments where conditions are often extreme.

Automating this function can improve safety and efficiency, but this requires multiple operations existing on the same network with video cameras and programmable...

7 March 2023 | 5G

MaxLinear and EdgeQ join forces for 5G small-cell solution

MaxLinear, a semiconductor provider for the telecoms industry, has partnered with EdgeQ, a 5G solutions provider, to build a converged 4G and 5G platform for edge computing applications.

The compact hardware solution combines EdgeQ’s 5G Base Station-On-A-Chip with MaxLinear’s MXL1600 RF transceiver and MaxLIN wideband digital pre-distortion solution.

Combined, the software-defined platform can provide compute power for a range of IoT and edge applications with both...

4 March 2023 | 5G

Linux Foundation and Open Grid collab to drive edge innovation

The Linux Foundation and Open Grid Alliance are collaborating to integrate LF Edge architecture into open grid infrastructure.

LF Edge projects are designed to automate edge infrastructure and build autonomous grid infrastructure. The Linux Foundation is a non-profit organisation that seeks to standardise Linux development and promote its growth and adoption.

Open Grid Alliance was founded in 2021 as a consortium of global tech companies looking to rearchitect the...