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TECNO X GEEKOM Launches MEGAMINI G1: World’s Smallest liquid-cooled Gaming PC

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TAIPEI, Sept. 30, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — GEEKOM, a global leader in high-end mini PCs, has partnered with TECNO, a renowned name in the tech industry, to unveil the groundbreaking MEGAMINI G1 on Makuake, the world’s smallest water-cooled gaming PC. This collaboration marks a significant milestone in the evolution of mini PC technology by merging outstanding performance with cutting-edge industrial design, setting new standards.

The MEGAMINI G1 boasts a compact chassis with a volume of only 5.74 liters, featuring a stylish metal exterior, transparent side panel, and charming RGB lighting. It is equipped with a mini display screen for real-time monitoring of CPU, GPU load, and chassis temperature. Undoubtedly, the MEGAMINI G1 stands out as a sci-fi masterpiece in the realm of gaming PCs.

Despite its compact size, the MEGAMINI G1 incorporates GEEKOM’s advanced water cooling system, operating silently at below 26dB for optimal temperature management without noise.

The NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4060 graphics card in the MEGAMINI G1 features 8GB VRAM and 3072 CUDA cores, delivering immersive gaming experiences and accelerating AI tasks. It supports DLSS 3 (Deep Learning Super Sampling), using AI to boost frame rates and enhance image quality in real-time, ensuring smooth gameplay and crisp visuals. Ideal for AAA gaming, video editing, and 3D modeling, the RTX 4060 maximizes performance and visual fidelity.

The MEGAMINI G1 features the Intel i9-13900H processor with 14 cores and up to 5.40GHz max frequency, delivering exceptional processing power. It is paired with 32GB of DDR5 dual-channel memory and a blazing-fast 2TB NVMe SSD, ensuring seamless multitasking and swift data access for demanding applications. Whether for gaming, video editing, content creation, or intensive computing tasks, the MEGAMINI G1 offers uncompromising storage and performance.

The MEGAMINI G1 provides extensive connectivity options, including USB, Thunderbolt, OCuLink, HDMI 2.0, an SD 3.0 card slot, and a 2.5G Ethernet port. These features ensure seamless peripheral connections, high-speed data transfers, and support for multiple displays, enhancing both expandability and productivity.

Each MEGAMINI G1 undergoes rigorous testing for extreme conditions and durability, ensuring high reliability standards. GEEKOM offers a three-year warranty and dedicated customer support, providing users with peace of mind and hassle-free service.

The MEGAMINI G1, a fusion of technology and innovation, is now available on Makuake. For more information, please visit GEEKOM’s official website.

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Aitomatic Unveils SemiKong: AI Breakthrough Set to Reshape $500B Semiconductor Industry

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PALO ALTO, Calif., July 11, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Aitomatic today announced SemiKong, the world’s first open-source AI Large Language Model (LLM) designed specifically for the semiconductor industry. Unveiled at SEMICON West 2024, SemiKong aims to revolutionize semiconductor processes and fabrication technology, potentially reshaping the $500B semiconductor industry in the next five years.

SemiKong is the result of a collaborative effort within the AI Alliance, an industry-wide initiative promoting open and responsible AI development. Built upon the open-source Llama3 model from Meta, an AI Alliance member, SemiKong leverages expertise from leading semiconductor companies, including Tokyo Electron, and AI specialists like FPT Software. This approach exemplifies the AI Alliance’s commitment to open science and cross-industry innovation.

In industry-specific tasks, SemiKong demonstrates marked improvements in accuracy, relevance, and understanding of semiconductor processes, often outperforming larger general-purpose models. This performance boost offers potential for accelerated innovation and reduced costs across the semiconductor value chain.

Dr. Christopher Nguyen, CEO of Aitomatic, leader behind the SemiKong project, and Co-Lead of the Foundation Models Focus Area in the AI Alliance, stated: “SemiKong is set to redefine semiconductor manufacturing. This open innovation model, enabled by the AI Alliance, harnesses collective expertise for industry-specific challenges. At Aitomatic, we’re using SemiKong to create Domain-Specific AI Agents that tackle complex fabrication problems with unprecedented effectiveness.”

Dr. Yann LeCun, VP and Chief AI Scientist at Meta, the company behind Llama3 and a member of the AI Alliance, added, “SemiKong, built on Llama3, shows open-source AI’s potential to drive specialized innovation. It’s a prime example of why we advocate for AI openness.”

Atsushi Suzuki, Director of Product Lifecycle Management DX at Tokyo Electron and AI Alliance member, highlighted: “As an industry expert collaborating through the AI Alliance, I believe SemiKong represents a significant step forward in applying AI to semiconductor manufacturing.”

Daisuke Oku, Senior Specialist at Tokyo Electron and an early proposer of a Semiconductor Industry Model, added: “SemiKong is the beginning of an exciting journey in open-source AI for semiconductors. Aitomatic’s innovative approach has the potential to create huge leaps for our industry.”

Dr. Phong Nguyen, Chief AI Officer of FPT Software, noted: “FPT Software is excited to be part of this innovative initiative and eager to explore the potential applications of this model, especially to spark the convergence of global AI and Semiconductor. We are confident that our participation will reinforce our position as a frontrunner in shaping the future of the global semiconductor industry.”

As SemiKong drives down semiconductor production costs, consumers could see more powerful smartphones, laptops, and smart home devices at lower prices within the next few years.

Aitomatic, Tokyo Electron, and FPT Software are all AI Alliance members. Founded in 2023, the AI Alliance builds, enables, and advocates for open innovation across the AI technology landscape, including software, data and models, safety, security and trust, tooling, evaluation, hardware, education, open science, and advocacy.

SemiKong was developed as one of AI Alliance core projects addressing substantial cross-community challenges and providing an opportunity for individual contributors and members to collaborate, build, and make an impact on the future of AI.

Dr. Anthony Annunziata, IBM Director of AI Open Innovation and AI Alliance Engagement, commented: “This work exemplifies how The AI Alliance’s mission of open collaboration can bring together diverse expertise to drive advancement in applying AI to critical industries like semiconductor manufacturing.”

SemiKong will be available for download on HuggingFace and GitHub. It serves as a foundation for companies to develop proprietary models while leveraging industry-wide knowledge. The next, more powerful version of SemiKong is planned for December 2024, with the first process-specific models expected by September 2024.

The collaborators are committed to ongoing R&D, aiming to build an ecosystem of AI tools that will propel the semiconductor industry into a new era of innovation and efficiency. This breakthrough could accelerate progress in fields from quantum computing to renewable energy technologies.

For more information, visit https://www.semikong.ai.

About Aitomatic:
Silicon Valley-based Aitomatic is a leader in Industrial Generative-AI, specializing in advanced AI models for semiconductor manufacturing. CEO Dr. Christopher Nguyen, with expertise in both semiconductor and AI technologies honed at Stanford, Intel, Google, and Panasonic, drives the company’s innovation. Aitomatic’s OpenSSA-based products, aiKO and aiVA, capture and convert human domain expertise into precise AI agents, making it a sought-after partner for semiconductor enterprises worldwide. For more information, visit https://www.aitomatic.com/.

About FPT Software:
FPT Software, a subsidiary of FPT Corporation, is a global technology and IT services provider headquartered in Vietnam, with $1 billion in revenue (2023) and over 30,000 employees in 30 countries. The company champions complex business opportunities and challenges with its world-class services in Advanced Analytics, AI, Digital Platforms, Cloud, Hyperautomation, IoT, Low-code, and so on. It has partnered with over 1,000+ clients worldwide, 91 of which are Fortune Global 500 companies in Aviation, Automotive, Banking, Financial Services and Insurance, Healthcare, Logistics, Manufacturing, Utilities, and more. For more information, please visit https://fptsoftware.com/

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OnePlus Ace 3 Pro Equipped with Pixelworks Visual Processor Uplevels the Mobile Gaming Experience

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Enhanced rendering acceleration solution brings a cooler and more immersive high-frame-rate visual experience to consumers

SHANGHAI, June 27, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Pixelworks, Inc. (NASDAQ: PXLW), a leading provider of visual processing solutions, announced today the newly launched OnePlus Ace 3 Pro smartphone incorporates Pixelworks’ X7 Gen 2 visual processor. With the adoption of neural network algorithms, the visual processor’s AI-based distributed computing architecture offloads significant rendering pressure from the application processor, while enhancing the smartphone’s overall rendering capability and display quality. Notably, as OnePlus’ latest IRX-certified smartphone, the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro is primed to deliver an exceptional visual gaming experience for multiple IRX-certified games. The IRX rending acceleration ecosystem brings together the perspective of game content creators with the built-in advantages of the Pixelworks visual processor, resulting in superior allocation of rendering power as well as dedicated tuning for optimal visual display performance across different game scenarios.

The OnePlus Ace 3 Pro features the OnePlus’ newly unveiled Glacier Battery technology, which is specially designed for high performance smartphones. This advanced technology brings a unique paring of 6100mAh battery and 100W fast charging to the industry. Powered by the Snapdragon 8 Gen 3 Mobile Platform from Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., OnePlus Ace 3 Pro has an overall AnTuTu score of 2,326,659 points. The smartphone not only possesses unparalleled battery life, but also boasts ace performance. In terms of gaming experience, the incorporated Pixelworks visual processor serves as a crucial element of OnePlus’ Super Frame Rate and Picture Quality Engine, continuously enhancing the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro’s rendering efficiency and display quality to deliver comprehensive optimization of gaming visuals and performance.

AI-based Distributed Rendering Architecture Intelligently Optimizes Allocation of Computing Power, Enabling Simultaneous 120fps and 1.5K Super Resolution

The Pixelworks X7 Gen 2 visual processor, featuring AI distributed rendering architecture, integrates ultra-low latency MotionEngine® technology and high efficiency AI-based super resolution. This allows the smartphone’s application processor to render at as low as 1/4 of the game’s frame rate and only 1/4 of the image resolution, while still achieving highly immersive visuals with content displayed at up to 120fps and 1.5K resolution. By optimizing the allocation of computing power, the solution delivers a cooler and longer gaming experience due to lower system power consumption. The ultra-low latency MotionEngine® technology enhances the frame rate of game content, effectively reducing screen jitter caused by mismatches between the native frame rate and the screen refresh rate, and improving the smoothness and stability of motion pictures. Built on Pixelworks’ internally developed efficient neural network engine, the AI-based super resolution technology intelligently scales the image resolution of games leveraging trained deep learning to achieve more natural and clear picture quality. This results in displayed character lines appearing smoother and with more complete details. Within a game assistant’s Super Frame Rate and Picture Quality interface, users can choose different optimization modes according to their preferences to enjoy a more immersive and lifelike gaming experience.

Built-in Game Interface Options to Utilize IRX Rendering Acceleration Offers Gamers a Uniquely Authentic Gaming World Endorsed by Game Creators

Pixelworks provides IRX end-to-end gaming experience tuning services for IRX-certified devices, enabling game creators to participate in deploying the rendering acceleration power of Pixelworks’ visual processors to deliver excellent gaming experiences to consumers. In addition to featuring high picture quality, low power consumption and premium game performance, IRX serves as a proven ecosystem for integrating dedicated tuning for games that aligns with the original creative intent. Users can enable IRX gaming experience with one click in the game interface, achieving a perfect blend of visual technology and art endorsed by game creators. Currently, multiple IRX-certified games are available on OnePlus Ace 3 Pro, including Diablo: Immortal, Justice Mobile, Earth: Revival, Call of Duty Mobile (Chinese version), Revelation Mobile, Persona 5: The Phantom X, One Piece Fighting Path and Crystal of Atlan. As the IRX rendering acceleration ecosystem and content continue to expand, additional IRX-certified games are expected to be made available on the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro.

“Last year, the OnePlus Ace 3 debuted with the Pixelworks X7 Gen 2 visual processor featuring AI-based distributed rendering architecture, allowing users to enjoy higher frame rates and more stunning visual quality with lower system power consumption.” said Kinder Liu, President and COO of OnePlus, “This year, the upgraded OnePlus Ace 3 Pro continues to advance the gaming experience with Pixelworks, offering users selectable optimization modes to further enhance their gaming adventures. As an IRX-certified smartphone, the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro also provides consumers with access to the latest IRX-certified games, allowing users to experience the creator’s vision up close and enjoy cooler and smoother mobile gaming. We hope that with the continued expansion of the IRX gaming ecosystem, we can continuously surpass our previous best and bring even better gaming experiences to end users.”

“As a smartphone with flagship performance aimed at the mid-range market, the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro has fully extended its performance advantages in gaming.” said Ting Xiong, President of Pixelworks China, “The high-performance processor, high-quality screen, large storage and long battery life all lay a solid foundation for running high-load games. We are pleased to participate in the optimized gaming experience delivered by the OnePlus Ace 3 Pro. From a hardware perspective, Pixelworks helps the smartphone GPU offload rendering pressure to ensure cooler and smoother gaming with higher picture quality. At the game content level, Pixelworks continuously balances the game’s performance and artistic expression to enrich and diversify the gaming experience for consumers. In the future, we hope to expand and deepen our collaboration with OnePlus as well as additional gaming ecosystem partners, and together bring new possibilities to mobile gaming.”

About OnePlus

OnePlus is a pioneering and performance-oriented brand under OPPO. The company brings together a group of engineers who dare to challenge the limits of the industry, pursue cutting-edge technologies, and pay attention to quality details. OnePlus sticks to its “Never Settle” mantra and provides technology enthusiasts with exquisitely designed devices featuring ultimate performance, specially designed texture, and flagship user experience.

About Pixelworks

Pixelworks provides industry-leading content creation, video delivery and display processing solutions and technology that enable highly authentic viewing experiences with superior visual quality, across all screens – from cinema to smartphone and beyond. The Company has more than 20 years of history delivering image processing innovation to leading providers of consumer electronics, professional displays and video streaming services.

In July 2023, Pixelworks announced its new IRX gaming experience brand. As a brand targeted at smartphone users, IRX is grounded on Pixelworks’ profound visual processing and rendering technologies coupling with in-depth tuning services with consideration on games’ characteristic. This combination leverages Pixelworks’ expertise to optimize the performance and display quality for various mobile games, thus providing end users with unparalleled mobile gaming experiences.

For more information, please visit the company’s website at www.pixelworks.com.

Note: Pixelworks, MotionEngine and the Pixelworks logo are trademarks of Pixelworks, Inc. Qualcomm and Snapdragon are trademarks of Qualcomm Incorporated, registered in the United States and other countries. Qualcomm Snapdragon is a product of Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. and/or its subsidiaries. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.


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SEMIFIVE Collaborates with OPENEDGES on Chiplet Development

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Developing HPC Chiplet Platform to Feature LPDDR6 Memory Interface

SEOUL, South Korea, June 13, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — SEMIFIVE, a leading design solution provider and pioneer of platform-based custom silicon solutions, announced its agreement of Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with OPENEDGES Technology (OPENEDGES). This strategic partnership is dedicated to developing an advanced chiplet platform that incorporates OPENEDGES LPDDR6 memory subsystem, which includes DDR memory controller and DDR PHY IPs optimized for the 4nm process node. Leveraging SEMIFIVE’s extensive expertise in SoC design and package development, this collaboration aims to create a high-performance computing (HPC) SoC chiplet platform, setting new standards in the semiconductor industry.

SEMIFIVE’s chiplet platform offers a new paradigm for semiconductor design and manufacturing, promising a significant impact on the market through cost reduction, performance optimization, and development flexibility. This technology will accelerate innovation in the semiconductor industry, meet the needs of diverse customers, and create opportunities for new business models and collaboration across the ecosystem.

OPENEDGES’ silicon-proven LPDDR controller and PHY IPs have played an essential role in enhancing performance, efficiency, and DRAM utilization. These key IPs have been instrumental in achieving successive milestones within SEMIFIVE’s innovative SoC design platforms. Moreover, SEMIFIVE’s optimized SoC design platform is pre-designed and validated on advanced nodes, thereby reducing IP support and SoC design engineering costs while improving overall development efficiency.

Beginning of their partnerships in 2019, OPENEDGES and SEMIFIVE have jointly collaborated to deliver multiple distinct SoC platforms applied across diverse applications, such as AI inference, IoT SoC, and HPC.

“We at OPENEDGES are immensely proud to join forces with SEMIFIVE in pioneering an advanced chiplet platform,” said Sean Lee, CEO of OPENEDGES Technology. “Our IPs are reliable and have consistently demonstrated their capacity to empower our clients, enhancing both efficiency and effectiveness while reducing development risks. We remain steadfast in our commitment to fostering innovation and delivering continued success to our customers.”

“Chiplets with essential features will mark a significant turning point in scalable SoC design,” said Brandon Cho, CEO and co-founder of SEMIFIVE. “OPENEDGES’ LPDDR6 technology will perfectly balance power, bandwidth, and storage for AI HPC memory architecture. SEMIFIVE’s SoC platform, which is already showing over twice the efficiency in cost and development time, will synergize with this technology to greatly impact the custom semiconductor market.”

About SEMIFIVE

SEMIFIVE is the pioneer of platform based SoC design, working with customers to implement innovative ideas into custom silicon in the most efficient way. Our SoC platforms offer a powerful springboard for new chip designs and leverage configurable domain-specific architectures and pre-validated key IP pools. We offer comprehensive spec-to-system capabilities with end-to-end solutions so that custom SoCs can be realized faster, with reduced cost and risks for key applications such as data center or AI-enabled IoT. With a strong partnership with Samsung Foundry as a leading SAFE™ DSP partner, as well as the larger ecosystem, SEMIFIVE provides a one-stop shop solution for any SoC design needs. For more information, please visit www.semifive.com.

About OPENEDGES Technology, Inc.

OPENEDGES Technology, Inc. is a premier provider of memory subsystem IPs for the semiconductor industry. They offer a wide range of state-of-the-art solutions, including DDR memory controllers, DDR PHY, NoC interconnect, and NPU IPs that are widely adopted by customers worldwide. Their IPs comply with JEDEC standards, including LPDDR5X/5/4X/4/3, DDR5/4/3, GDDR6, and HBM3, ensuring their compatibility with the latest DDR technology trends. In 2019, they acquired The Six Semiconductor, Inc. (TSS), specializing in high-speed memory PHYs across multiple technologies. As a publicly listed company on the Korean Stock Exchange Market (394280. KQ), OPENEDGES is well-positioned to continue its growth and maintain its leadership in the memory subsystem IPs market.

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Skymizer Launches Groundbreaking LLM Accelerator IP for on-device LLM Inferencing, EdgeThought, the game-changer in on-device GenAI era.

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TAIPEI, June 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Skymizer, a pioneer in compiler technology and optimized solutions, today announced the release of its revolutionary software-hardware co-design AI ASIC IP, EdgeThought, specifically engineered for accelerating Large Language Models (LLMs) at the edge. This cutting-edge innovation leverages Skymizer’s advanced compiler technology to set new industry benchmarks in computation, memory utilization, power efficiency, and cost-effectiveness.

EdgeThought is designed to enhance the performance of LLM applications in a wide range of edge devices, from IoT devices to automotive systems and AI PCs / AI Edge Servers etc. By optimizing EdgeThought design with the compiler-centric approach, Skymizer’s solution ensures that these devices can run the state-of-the-art on-device LLM models, including the newest Llama3 8B.

Key Features of Skymizer’s LLM Accelerator:

  • Optimized Compiler Technology: At the heart of the accelerator is Skymizer’s proprietary compiler technology, which maximizes hardware utilization and efficiency, enabling superior performance even on resource-constrained edge devices.
  • Enhanced Computation and Memory Efficiency: The co-design approach minimizes latency and maximizes throughput while reducing memory footprint, allowing for faster and more reliable inferencing of LLMs at the edge.
  • Power and Cost Efficiency: Skymizer’s solution drastically reduces the power consumption and operational costs associated with deploying advanced AI models, making it an ideal choice for businesses looking to scale their operations sustainably.
  • Scalability and Flexibility: Designed to support a range of LLM applications, the accelerator is scalable to different sizes and performance requirements, including multiple users with multiple batches to scale up the throughput for a very power edge server, offering unprecedented flexibility for device manufacturers and application developers.

“Today marks a significant milestone not just for Skymizer, but for the entire AI and edge computing industries,” said Jim Lai, CEO of Skymizer. “Our innovative LLM accelerator redefines what’s possible in edge AI performance, making it both more accessible and cost-effective. This release reflects our commitment to pushing the boundaries of technology to empower our clients and enrich the user experiences.”

With a decade of compiler and virtualization industry experience Skymizer focuses on what it does the best and designs EdgeThought to be a compiler optimized LLM ASIC IP specific for on-device inferencing task. EdgeThought eliminated all the software and hardware needs for training and focus on inferencing only. The result is the best in class on-device LLM inference engine. “If Groq chip is the king of cloud LLM inferencing, then, EdgeThought will be the game-changer for on-device LLM inferencing.”, said William Wei, the CMO & EVP of Skymizer. “And, EdgeThought does not require the latest silicon manufacturing process, it can enable the less expensive mature silicon class and specialty memory components which will revitalize those cheaper memory industry in the GenAI era.”

EdgeThought IP is now available for licensing and can be integrated into existing hardware setups without the need for extensive modifications. Skymizer has already begun collaborating with leading semiconductor companies and device manufacturers to bring this powerful technology to market.

About Skymizer:

Skymizer is a global leader in compiler technology and AI optimization solutions. Based in Taipei, Taiwan, the company is dedicated to innovating how software and hardware interact to create more efficient, powerful, and cost-effective computing solutions. Skymizer’s products are used in a variety of applications across multiple industries, driving the evolution of computing at the edge.

For more information on Product:
Website: www.skymizer.ai

Note: This press release is for informational purposes only and does not constitute an offer to sell, a solicitation to buy, or a recommendation for any security or product, nor does it constitute an offer to provide investment advisory or other services by Skymizer.

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M31 Launches PCI-SIG Certified PCIe 5.0 PHY IP, Partnering with SSD Storage Chipmaker InnoGrit to Advance the Next-Generation PCIe 5.0

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HSINCHU, Feb. 20, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — M31 Technology Corporation (M31), a leading global provider of silicon intellectual property (IP), today announced that the PCIe 5.0 PHY IP has obtained the official certification mark from PCI-SIG as a high-performance solution that complies with PCI-SIG standards. Additionally, the IP has been adopted by the globally renowned SSD storage chipmaker ­InnoGrit for use in next-generation SSD storage chips.

With the continuous improvement of processor performance, the demand for upgrading the read and transfer speeds of SSD storage chips has been driven by Peripheral Component Interconnect Express (PCIe), which is used for the data transfer of solid state drives (SSDs), graphics cards, and other hardware, playing a crucial role in data transfer within storage chips and has become the mainstream transfer interface. PCI-SIG, as an open industry standard PCI specification alliance, consists of more than 900 leading industry member companies to formulate industry standard specifications that meet the needs of its members, and PCI-SIG official certification serves as a benchmark standard adopted by the industry for PCIe products. However, obtaining official certification from PCI-SIG is no easy feat, as it requires rigorous adherence to PCI-SIG’s strict consistency standard tests to ensure compliance with PCIe standards and interoperability and consistency among various products.

The PCIe 5.0 PHY IP developed by M31 provides high performance, multi-channel functionality and low-power architecture for high bandwidth applications, and has already completed 12-nanometer silicon validation, with maximum speeds up to 32Gbps. This IP integrates high-speed mixed-signal circuits to support a full series of PCIe 5.0 Base applications, and can accommodate both consumer electronics and enterprise-level server computing at significantly higher speeds. In addition, the design and development strictly follow the international PCI-SIG interface specification, and further pass the official PCI-SIG rigorous standards test, formally listed in the official PCI-SIG integration list. Therefore, customers can rest assured that they can adopt M31’s officially certified PCIe IP to meet their application needs.

Founder and CEO of InnoGrit, Dr. Zining Wu, stated, “InnoGrit is dedicated to advancing storage technology. By collaborating with M31 to adopt PCIe 5.0 IP, InnoGrit has launched a new generation of PCIe 5.0 SSD storage chips, which can significantly optimize the storage chips and improve overall performance, and comprehensively support data storage and transfer applications in artificial intelligence and big data centers.”

M31 CEO Scott Chang said, “M31 is pleased to have been working with InnoGrit on PCIe 4.0/3.0 IP for so long. We have now successfully integrated the latest PCIe 5.0 IP into InnoGrit next-generation SSD storage chips and have successfully mass-produced them. In the future, M31 will continue to work to build the PCIe 5.0 ecosystem together to support applications such as data centers, cloud computing, and artificial intelligence, providing customers with faster and more power-efficient solutions.“

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Walt Disney Studios and Pixelworks Enter into a First of its Kind Multi-Year Agreement to Expand Reach of TrueCut Motion Technology

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Disney will pioneer motion grading on select titles ensuring playback matches filmmaker creative intent

BURBANK, Calif., Feb. 1, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — In a new agreement, Walt Disney Studios and Pixelworks will bring a collection of TrueCut MotionTM graded titles to select home entertainment devices. These titles maintain a new level of true filmmaker creative intent by eliminating motion playback anomalies, while maintaining the desired brightness levels; all while preserving the authentic cinematic motion look and feel of the source.

“At Disney, we are always looking for ways to elevate the viewer experience,” said Rachel Hutter, Head of Operations, Disney Studios. “TrueCut Motion technology brings a new level of creative reach to our filmmakers like never before.”

The revolutionary and award winning TrueCut Motion technology provides filmmakers with shot-by-shot motion grading tools, enabling new looks for storytelling, as well as correcting various motion anomalies that have plagued the latest high contrast, very bright consumer device displays. TrueCut Motion technology then ensures that these creative choices are precisely mastered into the source material, delivering content with unparalleled quality to device displays.

“Disney once again is extending the boundaries of the home cinematic experience, empowering its filmmakers to delight their audiences, and we are proud to be a part of it,” said Richard Miller, GM of TrueCut Motion at Pixelworks.

Pixelworks and TrueCut Motion are registered trademarks of Pixelworks, Inc.

About Walt Disney Studios
For 100 years, The Walt Disney Studios has been the foundation on which The Walt Disney Company was built. Today it brings quality movies, episodic storytelling, and stage plays to consumers throughout the world. The Walt Disney Studios encompasses a collection of respected film studios, including Disney, Walt Disney Animation Studios, Pixar Animation Studios, Lucasfilm, Marvel Studios, Searchlight Pictures, and 20th Century Studios. It is also home to Disney Theatrical Group, producer of world-class stage shows, as well as Disney Music Group.

About Pixelworks
Pixelworks, Inc. (Nasdaq: PXLW) provides industry-leading content creation, video delivery and display processing solutions and technology that enable highly authentic viewing experiences with superior visual quality, across all screens – from cinema to smartphone and beyond. The Company has more than 20 years of history delivering image processing innovation to leading providers of consumer electronics, professional displays and video streaming services. Pixelworks’ TrueCut Motion ecosystem allows filmmakers to create visually stunning motion, scene by scene while ensuring the director’s intent is precisely delivered in cinemas or home theaters.
For more information on Pixelworks, visit: www.pixelworks.com

For more information on TrueCut Motion, visit: www.pixelworks.com/truecut

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Source: Pixelworks, Inc.

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DFI Unveils Embedded System Module Equipped with Intel’s Latest AI Processor to Enter the AI IPC Market

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TAIPEI, Jan. 31, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — DFI, the world’s leading brand in embedded motherboards and industrial computers, is targeting the AI application market by launching the embedded system module (SOM) MTH968 equipped with the latest Intel® Core™ Ultra processor. It is the first product integrated with an NPU (Neural Processor Unit) processor, representing the official integration of AI with industrial PCs (IPCs). With the expansion into AI IPC, DFI expects to inject new momentum into the AI edge computing market.

According to the STL Partners report, the potential market value of global edge computing will increase from US$9 billion in 2020 to US$462 billion in 2030, representing a compound annual growth rate (CAGR) of 49%. Therefore, the development of products that utilize the core capabilities of chips to rapidly execute AI edge computing in devices has become a key focus for many major technology companies.

DFI’s MTH968 adopts the COM Express (COM.0 R3.1) Type 6 module standard and is equipped with an Intel Meteor Lake processor, marking the debut of integrated CPU, GPU, and NPU on a single chip. Two “low-power, high-efficiency cores (LP E-core)” are built in, reducing power consumption by 30% to 50%, optimizing the CPU by 10%, and improving GPU performance by up to 114% compared to previous generation Intel processors.                            

The built-in NPU of Meteor Lake enhances the performance of the MTH968 in critical AI tasks. Based on new AI computing architecture, the device can more efficiently process advanced AI edge computing, complex graphics computing, and other applications, while saving data on cloud costs.

The MTH968 has highly customizable integration capabilities and a fanless wide temperature design(operating from -40°C to 85°C), and utilizes DDR5 and NVMe SSD to optimize high-efficiency computing performance, reduce latency, and enhance storage speed. The MTH968 can be widely used in AIoT fields such as industrial automation, smart transportation, and smart agriculture.

As 5G, edge computing, and remote control tech advance, IPCs directly handle complex tasks through AI edge computing. DFI’s MTH968 excels in high-performance computing with account energy efficiency, enhancing computing and customizable flexibility, thereby accelerating industrial AI application upgrades.

Key features:

  • Equipped with Intel® Core™ Ultra processor (Meteor Lake)
  • Supports dual-channel DDR5 and NVMe SSD
  • Fanless and wide temperature design: -40°C to 85°C
  • Compact size: 95mm * 95mm
  • Com Express Type 6

For more information: LinkedIn or contact us. 

Contact 

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Source: DFI Inc.

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Raytron to Light Up SPIE Photonics West 2024 with Infrared Tech Marvels

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SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Raytron will meet the customers at booth No.4118 of SPIE Photonics West in the Moscone Center, San Francisco from January 30 to February 1, 2024. The world’s first 8μm 1920 uncooled long-wave infrared detector will make a stunning debut, and the highly praised G series thermal module and Mini and Tiny series modules will also be presented. In addition, InfiRay®, a brand of Raytron, will also unveil innovative short-wave infrared detectors.

At this exhibition, Raytron will present the InfiRay® ASIC Uncooled Thermal Module. The G1 Thermal Module is equipped with a self-developed 12μm VOx ceramic infrared detector with a high resolution of 1280×1024. The Mini and Tiny series modules are highly praised by customers for their high performance and cost-effectiveness. 

Jason Xu, Business Development Manager of Raytron, says: “InfiRay® ASIC Uncooled Thermal Module is definitely the best. InfiRay’s self-developed ASIC module is an all-round product and is lighter, smaller, and cheaper than traditional thermal imaging modules. It has better performance and low power consumption. I’d like to regard it as the perfect component for infrared detectors. We will have a live demonstration of the Mini series module. Welcome to our booth to experience it.”

In addition to the long-wave infrared products, Raytron is also exploring the short-wave infrared technology. The universal short-wave detector RTS615B_M1, liner array short-wave detector RS1012L-C, and other short-wave detectors will be unveiled at SPIE Photonics West 2024. They can provide various solutions. These innovative products can play a critical role in many industries, such as machine vision, industrial sorting, spectral imaging, semiconductor detection, and biomedical imaging.

“Speaking of technological innovation, I must talk about the world’s first 8μm 1920 uncooled infrared detector,” Jason Xu says proudly. “We present this product this time specially, so you can enjoy the beauty of technological innovation up close. We also offer the WLP sensor for users with specific needs.”

Raytron, founded in 2009, is a global leader in the infrared thermal imaging industry. Among the 2,000+ employees of Raytron, over half of them are dedicated to innovation and R&D. Raytron is leading the industry with more than 2,030 intellectual property projects in multiple fields, including integrated circuits, MEMS sensor design and manufacturing, and image algorithms.

InfiRay Booth Information: 
Exhibition Dates: 30 Jan – 1 Feb 2024
The Moscone Center, San Francisco, California, United States
Booth No. 4118

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ARTERY AT32 MCU-based Solutions for High-speed Multi-Functional Peripheral

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HSINCHU, Jan. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — Office facilities are always fundamental to business. To save manpower and promote efficiency, more and more user-friendly office equipment have been introduced, and one of the most brilliant device is the multi-functional peripheral (MFP) that integrates copier, printer, scanner and fax machine. It also supports networking, which brings risks of privacy leakage. To eliminate such risks and guarantee stable operation, microcontrollers are used to manage communication and collaboration among functional modules by executing complex instructions with the help of its programmability and powerful processing and control capabilities.

AT32F435/437 series, powered by ARM® Cortex®-M4, have excellent data processing performance and can reach up to 288 MHz computing speed. It supports up to 4032 KB Flash memory and 512 KB SRAM, and features a single precision floating-point unit (FPU), digital signal processor (DSP) and rich peripherals such as 2x QSPIs, 2x OTGs, DVP, communication interfaces and XMC interface (for SDRAM, SRAM and PSRAM) for flexible applications. In addition, it has 3x high-speed ADC engines (5.33 Msps), which supports MFPs to perform for printing, scanning, copying and faxing with fast responses and efficient algorithms.

Main features of AT32F435/437 in MFP applications:

  • High-performance CPU capability, providing a configurable hardware pipeline to support printing, scanning, copying and faxing
  • Support multiple high-speed PWM outputs for simultaneous motor control
  • Multi-channel ADC/DAC designed with sensors for accurate sensing and printing control
  • Up to 18 timers to realize highly integrated motion control for printing unit output, and lower system cost and complexity
  • Small-sized PCB, with built-in high-speed oscillator and providing various package types
  • Support security library (sLib) settings to protect the defined area with a code, thus improving security
  • Integrate high-speed communication interfaces including USART/UART, USB OTG, CAN, SDIO and Ethernet (AT32F437 only) to improving networking efficiency and stability
  • Support software OTA update, which allows users to update, iterate and expand MFP functions

Diagram of hardware system:

Diagram of AT32 MCU MFP applications
Diagram of AT32 MCU MFP applications

About ARTERY:

ARTERY Technology is a global MCU design company focusing on promoting innovative development of ARM® Cortex®-M4/M0+ 32-bit MCUs. As of the year 2023, ARTERY has launched a total of 15 AT32 MCU product series including nearly 200 parts, bringing about 80~288 MHz computing speed and supporting 16~4032 KB FLASH and 9~512KB SRAM. AT32 MCUs also designed with 12-bit ADC to capture external signals, rich communication interfaces and multi-channel PWM to offer solutions for applications such as IoT, industrial control, motor control, consumer electronics and commerce. https://www.arterychip.com