Powering AI
May 2024
ThinkLabs AI, Inc. Launches and Secures $5M Seed Investment to Develop Technology to Transform Critical Grid Operations
ThinkLabs AI, Inc. (ThinkLabs), a new startup focused on developing technology to help enhance grid planning through a combination of intelligent automation and AI, announced its launch from GE Vernova and $5M seed investment co-led by Powerhouse Ventures and Active Impact Investments, with pa
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Date:
05/29/2024
Infineon’s launches the industry’s first CoolSiC™ 400 V MOSFETs, specially developed for use in the AC/DC stage of AI servers.
With the increasing power requirements of Artificial Intelligence (AI) processors, server power supplies (PSUs) must deliver more and more power without exceeding the defined dimensions of the server racks. This is driven by a surge in energy demand of high-level GPUs, which could consume 2 kW and more per ch
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Date:
05/28/2024
Adam White, Division President Power & Sensor Systems, Infineon
The influence of artificial intelligence (AI) is driving up the energy demand of data centers across the globe. This growing demand underscores the need for efficient and reliable energy supply for servers. Today, Infineon Technologies AG opens a new chapter in the energy supply domain for AI systems and unveils a
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Date:
05/24/2024
UVA Data Science Professor Receives NSF Grant to Explore how Generative AI can Generate K-12 Test Questions
Societal understanding of how artificial intelligence will transform education in the years ahead remains in its early stages, but a newly funded project from researchers at the University of Virginia may shed light on one key area: Can generative AI tools be used to develop high-quality test items for K-12 sc
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Date:
05/24/2024
Siemens Simplifies Development of AI Accelerators for Advanced System-on-Chip Designs with Catapult AI NN
Siemens Digital Industries Software announced Catapult™ AI NN software for High-Level Synthesis (HLS) of neural network accelerators on Application-Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs) and System-on-a-chip (SoCs). Catapult AI NN is a complete solution that starts with a neural network description from an AI
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Date:
05/21/2024
AI SoCs for Fleet Dash Cams and Vehicle Gateways Enable Vision Language Models and Transformer Networks Without Fan Cooling
Ambarella, Inc. announced during AutoSens USA, the latest generation of its AI systems-on-chip (SoCs) for in-vehicle fleet telematics systems. Ideal for AI dash cams integrating front-facing ADAS and driver monitoring systems (DMS), the new CV75AX provides up to 2x the AI performance over Am
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Date:
05/21/2024
Example of premeditated deception from Meta’s CICERO in the game Diplomacy
Many artificial intelligence (AI) systems have already learned how to deceive humans, even systems that have been trained to be helpful and honest. In a review article publishing in the journal Patterns on May 10, researchers describe the risks of deception by AI systems and call for governments to
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Date:
05/13/2024
Empower's New Ultra-low 1pH ESL Silicon Capacitor Tightens Voltage
Empower Semiconductor unveiled the largest silicon capacitor in its ECAP product family for high frequency decoupling. The new EC1005P is a single 16.6-microfarad (μF) capacitance device suitable for the most demanding power integrity targets as often found in high-performance systems-on-chip (SoCs). It
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Date:
05/06/2024
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
If there’s one antagonist you’d expect to exploit AI’s incendiary capabilities, it’s the People’s Republic of China. And so they have – this according to the Microsoft Threat Analysis Center (MTAC), which claims that China’s been using fake social media accounts and AI-generated images and memes to
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Date:
05/01/2024
Kevin Parmenter, Director, Applications Engineering. TSC, America
The artificial intelligence (AI) market size is projected to grow from $515 billion in 2023 to over $2.0 trillion by 2030, according to a recent report by Fortune Business Insights. Deep learning algorithms, which are at the core of many AI applications, require vast amounts of data processing. This processing is
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Date:
05/01/2024
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Figure 1: SPoE supplies up to 52W via a single 2-wire cable up to 1km in length
A smart sensor is created by adding a microcontroller to the sensor. However, this unit has higher current consumption, so new concepts for supplying the higher current are required. This is especially true for existing industrial plants and infrastructure. The solutions should provide easy and secure means of
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Date:
05/01/2024
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Figure 1: Improved I-V curves
SPICE (Simulation Program with Integrated Circuit Emphasis) was created at Berkeley in 1970 and has become the reference for integrated circuit simulators, receiving an IEEE Milestone in Electrical Engineering and Computing award in 2011. The ability to model components and simulate their behavior has empowered ge
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Date:
05/01/2024
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Figure 1: GenAI training GPU-based processor chiplet complex with high-bandwidth memories (HBMs) mounted on an accelerator module (AM)
Training generative AI (genAI) neural network models typically take months, with thousands of multi-billion-transistor GPU-based processors, high-bandwidth SDRAMs, and terabit per second optical network switches operating simultaneously and continuously. While genAI holds the promise of increasing human productivity, it
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Date:
05/01/2024
Ally Winning, European Editor, PSD
Welcome to the May edition of Power Systems Design Europe. We are now getting very close to the biggest event in the industry in Europe. The PCIM exhibition and conference will be held in its usual location in the Nuremberg Messe from the 11th until the 13th of June this year. The organizers are promising th
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Date:
05/01/2024
Jason Lomberg, North American Editor, PSD
Welcome to the May issue!
Hopefully, none of you suffered ocular damage when three celestial bodies aligned, some folks prophesized the apocalypse, and others just shrugged their shoulders.
Though given the higher-than-average education level of our readers, I’ll just assume most of you took proper
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Date:
05/01/2024
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