Global golf-equipment provider, PING, has teamed up with Intel, Altair, and Dell Technologies to boost its product line innovation by applying high-performance computing (HPC) to its design strategy. This collaboration has helped PING slash design cycle time, decrease variability in product performance, and improve quality without delaying time to market. PING credits its continued success…
Intel’s AI helps speed paper-making process
byteLAKE and Intel are collaborating on a new artificial intelligence (AI) solution to automate wet and dry-line management during the paper-making process. The solution is designed to help paper mills avoid costly disruptions during production. byteLAKE’s Wet Line Detector for Paper Mills is commercially available and successfully implemented in mills across Europe. It is included…
Intel and QuTech partner to solve quantum “interconnect bottlenecks”
Intel and QuTech — a collaboration between Delft University of Technology and the Netherlands Organisation for Applied Scientific Research — have published key findings in quantum research to address the “interconnect bottleneck” that exists between quantum chips that sit in cryogenic dilution refrigerators and the complex room-temperature electronics that control the qubits. The innovations were covered…
Autonomous robot works in hospital to support COVID-19 patients and families
Over the past year, sick patients stepping into the Instituto de Seguridad y Servicios Sociales de los Trabajadores del Estado hospital in Mexico immediately have their temperature, blood oxygen level, and medical history recorded. But not by a human — instead, they’re approached by RoomieBot, a completely autonomous humanoid robot that runs on Intel technology.…
Habana’s AI accelerators to power SDSC’s Voyager research program
Intel announced that the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at UC San Diego will leverage Habana’s purpose-built artificial intelligence (AI) training and inference accelerators, with Intel Xeon Scalable processors, in SDSC’s Voyager supercomputer for high-performance and high-efficiency AI compute. Expected to be in service in fall of 2021, Voyager is a first-of-its-kind in the National…
Intel and Microsoft collaborate to end cryptojacking
Starting today, Microsoft Defender for Endpoint is expanding its use of Intel Threat Detection Technology (Intel TDT) beyond the accelerated memory scanning capabilities to activate central processing unit (CPU)-based cryptomining machine-learning detection. This move accelerates endpoint detection and response for millions of customers without compromising experience. Understanding Intel TDT Intel TDT is part of Intel Hardware…
Mobileye’s self-driving system employed in Udelv’s next-generation “Transporters”
Mobileye, an Intel Company, and Udelv, a Silicon Valley venture-backed company, announced that Mobileye’s self-driving system ― branded Mobileye Drive ― will “drive” the next-generation Udelv autonomous delivery vehicles (ADV), called “Transporters.” The companies plan to produce more than 35,000 Mobileye-driven Transporters by 2028, with commercial operations beginning in 2023. This is believed to be…
John Deere using AI to help solve manufacturing processes
John Deere is leveraging Intel’s artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help solve a costly, age-old problem in the manufacturing welding process. Deere is piloting a solution that uses computer vision to automatically spot common defects in the automated welding process in its manufacturing facilities. “Welding is a complicated process,” said Andy Benko, quality director, John Deere…
New Intel AI-powered backpack helps visually impaired navigate world
Artificial intelligence (AI) developer, Jagadish K. Mahendran, and his team have designed an AI-powered, voice-activated backpack that can help the visually impaired navigate and perceive the world around them. The backpack helps detect common challenges such as traffic signs, hanging obstacles, crosswalks, moving objects and changing elevations, all while running on a low-power, interactive device.…
Don’t miss the 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable portfolio launch on April 6
Join Intel’s Navin Shenoy, executive VP in the Data Platforms Group, and Lisa Spelman, corporate VP in the Xeon and Memory Group, on April 6th for the launch of the latest 3rd Gen Intel Xeon Scalable processors (code-named, “Ice Lake”). This will include insight about the latest additions to Intel’s hardware and software portfolio targeting…
Intel partners with DARPA to develop American-made structured ASIC chips
Intel and the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) have announced a three-year partnership to advance the development of domestically manufactured structured Application Specific Integrated Circuit (ASIC) platforms. The Structured Array Hardware for Automatically Realized Applications (SAHARA) partnership enables the design of custom chips that include state-of-the-art security countermeasure technologies. A reliable, secure, domestic…
Meet Cryoprober: A quantum research tool unlike any other
In the world of exotic high-tech tools — they can be as big as school buses and cost millions of dollars — one that sits in a lab at Intel’s Ronler Acres campus in Oregon is truly unique. It’s called a quantum cryoprober. And no tool on Earth can do what it does. The cryoprober…
Samsung Medison and Intel develop NerveTrack for easier anesthesia delivery
Samsung Medison and Intel are collaborating on NerveTrack, a real-time, nerve-tracking ultrasound feature that helps anesthesiologists identify nerves in a patient’s arm to help administer anesthesia quickly and accurately. Leveraging the Intel Distribution of OpenVINO toolkit for computer vision and annotation, Samsung Medison’s NerveTrack can potentially reduce scanning time by up to 30 percent. Ultrasound-guided regional…
Intel’s AI solution to helps reduce diabetic vision loss
Sankara Eye Foundation and Singapore-based Leben Care are deploying a comprehensive retina risk-assessment software-as-a-service platform in India. Netra.AI, the cloud-based artificial intelligence (AI) solution, is powered by Intel technology and uses deep learning to identify retinal conditions in a short span of time with the accuracy level of human doctors. It can accurately identify diabetic retinopathy (DR),…
Intel LiDAR camera to use world’s smallest ST micro-mirror scanning technology
STMicroelectronics, a global semiconductor provider, has developed a tiny MEMS mirror with Intel-enabling spatial scanning of an environment. Intel developed a LiDAR system based on this micro-mirror, providing high-resolution scanning for industrial applications such as robotic arms for bin picking, volumetric measurements, logistics, and 3D scanning. Built into the Intel RealSense LiDAR1 Camera L515, the small…
Intel achieves AWS High-Performance Computing Competency Status
Intel announced that it has achieved Amazon Web Services (AWS) High-Performance Computing (HPC) Competency status. This designation recognizes that Intel has demonstrated deep experience helping customers optimize their HPC workloads for performance and efficiency using AWS’s elastic and scalable cloud infrastructure. Achieving the AWS HPC Competency differentiates Intel as an AWS Partner with deep domain expertise…
Intel launches SSD for everyday computing and mainstream gaming
Building on Intel’s Memory and Storage 2020 event in December, Intel’s now launching the Intel Solid State Drive (SSD) 670p — a 144-layer quad-level cell (QLC)-based client SSD. What it does Developed using the latest QLC technology, the Intel SSD 670p is equipped with a capacity of up to two terabytes in a single drive, offering…
Mobileye partners with ATS and Lohr to develop autonomous shuttles
Mobileye (an Intel Company), Transdev Autonomous Transport System (or ATS, which is a part of the Transdev Group dedicated to autonomous mobility solutions), and Lohr Group (a mobility solutions manufacturer) have formed a strategic collaboration to develop and deploy autonomous shuttles. The companies are integrating Mobileye’s self-driving system into the i-Cristal electric shuttle, manufactured by…
Intel’s new H-series processors offer fastest, single-threaded laptop performance
The 11th Gen Intel Core H35 processors, the newest of Intel’s H-series processors, are designed for ultraportable gaming on laptops. Packed with advanced gaming performance in an ultraportable form factor, the processors balance mobility and enthusiast-level gaming. The 11th Gen Intel Core i7-11375H Special Edition headlines the new H35 processors, and uses Intel Turbo Boost Max…
Intel Embree ray-tracing library earns Academy Scientific and Technical Award
The Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences awarded the Intel Embree ray-tracing library, a component of the Intel oneAPI Rendering Toolkit, a Scientific and Technical Achievement Award. The Academy, which hosts the annual Academy Awards, recognizes Intel Embree’s ray tracing for geometric rendering as a contributing innovation in the moviemaking process. Intel Embree Ray-tracing methods…