Windows Redstone 4 17133 is out
Feature update version 1803
This might be the last Redstone insider preview before Microsoft officially releases its Redstone 4 spring update of the software, and it is available for X86 and ARM – Snapdragon 835 Windows 10 users on a slow update ring today.
Autopilot was engaged in second fatal self-driving crash
Tough one for Tesla X
On Friday, March 23rd a man identified as an Apple engineer and former EA programmer Walter Huang died in a fatal accident when his Tesla X hit a median barrier on Highway 101 in Mountain View. Tesla has now officially confirmed that autopilot was engaged.
Nvidia announces Automotive SoC Orin
Gives little to none details
Nvidia’s CEO, the man known for his two hour plus keynotes that tend to become even longer, has announced the company's next generation automotive chip codenamed Orin. Nvidia gave few details about the chip but did mention it is expected to perform similarly to Pegasus.
Nvidia Pegasus to sample in Q3 2018
Professor Xavier sampling now
The automotive industry is very slow to adopt technology and traditionally the life cycle of a car is six years. Every third year the car gets a facelift improvement but generally every six years you can expect a totally new platform. With that in mind, Nvidia Drive Xavier and Pegasus won’t go into production before 2019.
Snapdragon 845 phone designs can become laptops
Phone PCB can be used for notebook too
One important change is coming in the second part of 2018. The Qualcomm Snapdragon 845 on Windows 10 design will be much easier as the company designed it so that the phone PCB design literary fits in a notebook. Manufacturers will be able to use the Phone PCB and with much less effort create a Snapdragon 845 for a Windows 10 notebook or tablet.
AMD Ryzen Mobile won't score flagship design win
That all stays with Intel
There is an unfortunate story behind Ryzen Mobile. The chip has launched and in many cases it competes well against Intel’s solution. Still, OEMs aren't flocking in their droves to announcw significant design wins. This won't change anytime soon.
Technology failed in Uber fatality
The self-driving car didn’t slow down
Self-driving cars should be very safe and reliable, but earlier this week in a little town in the US called Tempe, a 49 year old woman lost her life to a self-driving vehicle.
Ray traced games coming this year
SVP of Nvidia confirms
Toni Tamasi, senior vice president of content and technology at Nvidia, has confirmed to Fudzilla that we can expect games with Ray Tracing this year.
IBM CEO says 80 percent of data is not searchable
IBM Think 2018: That is where AI can help
Ginni Rometty, the President and CEO of IBM, reminded us that the world we are living in has changed dramatically. Eighty percent of data created is not searchable and this is where AI can really help.
Xilinx says computing after Moore’s Law is called ACAP
Adaptive compute acceleration platform
Intel's Gordon Moore came with one of the most prominent rules/"laws" of the semiconductor industry, that the number of transistors on chip would double every 18th month.