NVIDIA unveils Pegasus AI-powered supercomputer for self-driving robotaxis

NVIDIA has unveiled an AI-powered supercomputer called Pegasus to power ‘Level 5’ self-driving vehicles. The announcement was made during the company’s GTC Europe event in Munich, Germany, with the intention of making self-driving ‘robotaxis’ a reality. Pegasus is powered by four high-performance AI processors. It couples two of NVIDIA's newest Xavier system-on-a-chip processors — featuring an embedded GPU based on the NVIDIA Volta architecture — with two next-generation...

10 October 2017 | Connected Cars

Editorial: The invasion of mobile AI chips is nigh

Most flagship smartphones in 2018 will have a dedicated mobile AI chip and we’re already seeing the industry move in that direction. AI-based tasks on most smartphones today are often carried out in the cloud without the average user even being aware. Google Photos, for example, uses deep learning to artistically crop and edit landscape panorama photos like a human photographer. Photos are categorised automatically, and — as of an update earlier this year — the app will even prompt who...

26 September 2017 | IoT

Australian businesses noting AI, IoT to help stay competitive

Research firm Telsyte says it has noted a sharp increase in Australian enterprises adopting the latest technologies to stay competitive by creating new products and services – including the Internet of Things (IoT) and artificial intelligence (AI). According to its Telsyte Australian Emerging Enterprise Technology Study 2017, more than 50% of the organisations are in the midst of investigation, planning and roll out of emerging technologies. The firm foresees IoT becoming a critical...

1 August 2017 | Applications

New intelligent street light software aims to respond to real-time events

TCS Digital Software & Solutions Group, part of Tata Consultancy Services, has launched a cloud-based software, the Intelligent Urban Exchange (IUX), for Adaptive Streetlight Optimisation designed for both conventional streetlights and LED lights. The product uses self-learning algorithms to learn about real-time events occurring on streets and responds to them by enabling individual streetlights to adjust according to changes in crime patterns, traffic, people movement, and weather. For...

24 May 2017 | IoT

ZingBox aims for ‘Internet of Trusted Things’, bundles AI into new solution

Cybersecurity provider ZingBox has announced the launch of a new generation of cybersecurity solutions, called IoT Guardian, which focuses on service protection. The solution is being claimed as the industry’s first to offer a combination of deep learning algorithms to discern each device’s unique personality and enforce acceptable behaviour. Its self-learning approach continually builds on previous knowledge to discover, detect and defend critical Internet of Things (IoT) services and...

25 April 2017 | Enterprise