Topic: edge computing
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onsemi's $7bn Synaptics deal targets physical AI
Onsemi has agreed to acquire Synaptics in an all-stock deal valued at approximately $7 billion, betting that AI's next major growth area will be in physical devices like cars, factories, and robots rather than cloud data centers. The merger combines Onsemi's power and sensing chip expertise with ...
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Perplexity splits AI tasks between PCs and cloud to cut costs
Perplexity AI unveiled a hybrid compute platform at Computex that acts as an "air-traffic controller for AI tasks," routing simple operations to local PCs and complex tasks to cloud servers to slash soaring inference costs. The system addresses the cost crisis in AI, where companies like OpenAI s...
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AtlasEdge secures $1.2B debt to expand European data centres
AtlasEdge raised approximately $1.2 billion in debt financing, its largest single fundraising event since 2021, bringing total cumulative debt to over $2 billion in roughly 12 months to rapidly expand European data-center capacity. The company focuses on edge data centers,smaller, distributed fac...
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TakeMe2Space and AICRAFT Launch First Orbital Data Center
TakeMe2Space and AICRAFT are partnering to launch the first orbital data center, with a 2026 mission to demonstrate high-performance computing in space and integrate AI capabilities into the TM2S satellite constellation. The collaboration will enable real-time, on-orbit processing of Earth Observ...
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Multiverse Computing Brings Compressed AI Models to the Masses
Businesses are shifting towards compressed AI models that run locally on devices to reduce costs, enhance data privacy, and decrease reliance on external cloud infrastructure. Multiverse Computing offers compressed AI technology, including a consumer chat app and a developer API, enabling local, ...
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Elon Musk Predicts the Future of AI Gadgets: 'Devices Will Just Be...'
Elon Musk envisions a future where AI processing shifts to edge computing, with devices handling tasks locally rather than relying on distant servers, potentially making traditional operating systems obsolete. He predicts that everyday electronics like smartphones and laptops will become "edge no...
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MainStreaming Recognized in Gartner 2025 Edge Computing Market Guide
MainStreaming has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in Gartner’s 2025 Market Guide for Edge Computing, highlighting its leadership in edge-native video delivery solutions and scalable infrastructure. The company’s Intelligent Media Delivery Platform leverages dedicated edge n...
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Can portable pods power data centers' future? Runware tests one
Runware launched the Sonic Inference Pod, a modular, transportable AI inference unit designed as a flexible, lower-cost alternative to hyperscaler data centers, with closed-loop, water-free cooling that can be deployed in days. The pods can scale rapidly by adding units, run as a single network f...
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Google Launches Gemma 4 AI Model
Google has launched the fourth-generation Gemma AI model family, featuring four distinct sizes for hardware from mobile to workstations and a pivotal shift to the permissive Apache 2.0 license for broader commercial use. The models, which share technology with Google's Gemini 3, include compact e...
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Luffy AI raises £8.1M for self-tuning electric motor tech
Luffy AI, a spinout from UK nuclear physicists, raised £8.1 million in Series A funding led by BGF to commercialize its "neuroplastic AI" for real-time industrial machinery control. The company's sparse neural networks are trained in simulation and then self-refine on physical hardware, enabling ...
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Google AI Edge Eloquent: Offline Voice Dictation App
Google has launched "Google AI Edge Eloquent", a new iOS app that functions as a fully offline voice dictation tool, prioritizing user privacy by processing speech directly on the device without cloud transmission. The app provides real-time speech-to-text conversion with a key feature for hand...
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Google TurboQuant: AI Cost Savings & Limits
Google's new "TurboQuant" technique enables real-time model quantization, allowing for more aggressive compression and efficient local AI deployment on devices like smartphones. This method promises significant "cost savings" and greater user privacy by reducing reliance on cloud infrastructu...
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MainStreaming Recognized in 2025 Gartner Edge Distribution Guide
MainStreaming has been recognized as a Representative Vendor in Gartner's 2025 Market Guide for Edge Distribution Platforms, highlighting its role in edge-native technology for video streaming and AI operations. The company's inclusion is based on its edge-native video delivery platform and flexi...
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Google's "Private AI Compute" Matches On-Device Security in the Cloud
Google's Private AI Compute initiative enables secure cloud-based generative AI by using encrypted connections and isolated processing to protect user data. The system's security is verified by an independent audit, ensuring that not even Google employees can access data during AI operations. Thi...
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Exascend's 30.72TB SSD Outshines Samsung & Kioxia in Size, Cost & Efficiency
Exascend's PE4 SSD offers a groundbreaking 30.72TB capacity in a compact 7mm U.2 form factor, targeting edge computing and AI systems with superior thermal efficiency and power savings. The drive avoids thermal throttling up to 70°C using Adaptive Thermal Control and consumes 70% less p...
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Beyond the Screen: What the New Age of Computing Means for You
▼ Summary - Quantum computing is advancing rapidly, using qubits to solve complex problems far beyond traditional computers' capabilities, with applications in medicine and cryptography.- AI and machine learning are…
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Solving AI's Storage Bottleneck for Faster Edge Inference
The rapid growth of AI applications is hindered by storage limitations, especially in edge computing, where traditional architectures struggle with high-speed inference and large datasets. Innovative storage solutions like the MONAI framework and high-performance SSDs are enabling faster processi...
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Find Your Way Without GPS: Skyline Nav AI at TechCrunch Disrupt 2025
Skyline Nav AI is developing a vision-based navigation system called Pathfinder that uses AI to analyze surroundings and match them against a database, providing real-time guidance without relying on GPS signals. The technology is critical for national security as a countermeasure against GPS jam...
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Nokia and Nvidia Launch First Commercial AI-RAN
Nokia has announced the first commercial AI-RAN platform, developed with Nvidia, which uses AI chips instead of fixed hardware and promises to boost spectral efficiency by over 100% by 2028. The platform allows operators to upgrade existing networks by attaching an AI unit or using cloud infrastr...
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Reface and Prisma Founders Launch Mirai for On-Device AI
Mirai, a startup founded by the creators of Reface and Prisma, is developing technology to make AI models run faster and more efficiently on personal devices like smartphones, shifting toward **on-device AI** to reduce costs and improve privacy. The company's core product is a framework, includin...
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