• JEDEC Forum:  Artificial Intelligence/ML/DL & IT Requirements for Edge Computing

    JEDEC Forum: Artificial Intelligence/ML/DL & IT Requirements for Edge Computing

    Introduction: Several new ideas, concepts and forecasts were made at JEDEC’s Mobile & IOT Forum on March 26, 2018 in Santa Clara, CA. Those related To Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning/ Deep Learning and New IT Requirements for Edge Computing are summarized in this article.  In particular, three presentations are detailed while some thoughts on AI/ML for…

  • Viodi View – 03/29/18

    Viodi View – 03/29/18

    “We are dedicated to solving this problem (pedestrian/bike/auto safety). It’s a hard problem, but we think we can solve it,” said Nvidia CEO Jensen Huang at this week’s GPU Technology Conference. This is just one of the many challenges Huang, his team and the larger Nvidia ecosystem are pursuing. Project Clara, which effectively upgrades existing,…

  • It’s the Edge Cases You’ve Got to Get Right

    It’s the Edge Cases You’ve Got to Get Right

    “Data as the new source code,” was one of the many thought-provoking statements made by Nvidia’s CEO Jensen Huang in his keynote speech at Nvidia’s GPU Technology Conference. In the above interview, autonomous vehicle expert and Princeton professor, Alain Kornhauser, gives his take on Huang’s talk and other news, including: the role of the human…

  • Non-Board OCP Equipment Purchases Top $1.2B in 2017;  5 year CAGR forecast of 59%

    Non-Board OCP Equipment Purchases Top $1.2B in 2017; 5 year CAGR forecast of 59%

    Executive Summary: The OCP (Open Compute Project) commissioned IHS Markit to do a market study of who, besides OCP Board members, were using OCP specified hardware and to estimate/forecast the resulting revenue.  Also, to identify concerns and barriers to successful deployments.  Cliff Grossner, Ph.D. Sr. Research Director & Advisor Cloud & Data Center Research Practice…

  • FCC Commissioners Talk USF, Infrastructure at ACA Summit

    FCC Commissioners Talk USF, Infrastructure at ACA Summit

    Federal Communications Commissioners Mignon Clyburn and Michael O’Rielly participated in a panel discussion at the American Cable Association’s 25th Annual Summit. Broadband infrastructure and the Universal Service Fund (USF) were major topics of conversation. Held in Washington, D.C. on March 21, the session was moderated by Tina Pidgeon, the Senior Vice President of Government Affairs…

  • Pai: Closing Digital Divide is FCC’s “Top Policy Priority”

    Pai: Closing Digital Divide is FCC’s “Top Policy Priority”

    CAF II Auctions, Reduced Regulations Are Highlights of FCC Chairman’s Address to ACA Summit Closing the digital divide and reducing regulations were hallmarks of Federal Communications Commission Chairman Ajit Pai’s March 21st keynote address to the American Cable Association’s 25th Annual Summit. His began his remarks by commenting on how small cable companies have evolved…