48 SMT007 MAGAZINE I JUNE 2021
Exciting Advances From NVIDIA's GPU
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NVIDIA's Graphics Processing Technology
Conference was a showcase of new develop-
ments, as well as an opportunity for engineers
and developers to learn, enhance skills, and dis-
cuss new ideas. Just hearing about all the new
developments and the accelerating expansion
of AI in virtually all aspects of modern society
gives those who attended a better idea of just
how much AI is and will continue to change
their work and our world.
AIStorm's AI-in-Imager Solutions
Use Tower Semiconductor's Hi-K
VIA Capacitor Memory
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AIStorm and Tower Semiconductor announced
that AIStorm's new AI-in-imager products
will feature AIStorm's electron multiplication
architecture and Tower's Hi-K VIA capacitor
memory, instead of digital calculations, to per-
form AI computation at the pixel level.
Fujitsu Signs Strategic Collaboration
Agreement with AWS
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Fujitsu announced a Strategic Collaboration
Agreement with Amazon Web Services, Inc.
(AWS), an Amazon.com company, to accel-
erate the digital transformation (DX) of the
mobility industry.
European Semiconductor Industry
Committed to Use Responsibly
Sourced Minerals
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At the occasion of the 14th Forum on Respon-
sible Mineral Supply Chains of the Organisa-
tion for Economic Cooperation and Develop-
ment (OECD), the European Semiconductor
Industry Association (ESIA) is highlighting
the industry's commitments to source its raw
materials in an ethical and sustainable manner
that safeguards human rights within the global
supply chain.
North American Semiconductor
Equipment Industry Posts
March 2021 Billings
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North America-based semiconductor equip-
ment manufacturers posted $3.27 billion in bill-
ings worldwide in March 2021 (three-month
average basis), according to the March Equip-
ment Market Data Subscription (EMDS) Bill-
ings Report published by SEMI.
ASUS Envisions AI-Powered Future
in the Healthcare Ecosystem
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ASUS, a multinational company known for
the world's most innovative motherboards,
laptops, monitors, and other PC hardware,
announced that cloud-based medical AI ser-
vices developed by ASUS Intelligent Cloud
Services Center (AICS)—the AI soware
division of ASUS— as successfully passed an
external audit conducted by SGS Taiwan and
obtained the ISO 27001:2013 certification for
information security management.
Major Step Forward for Quantum
Technology
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A team of researchers from Finland, Sweden,
and Japan have developed a semiconductor
component in which quantum information
can be efficiently exchanged between electron
spin and photons at room temperature and
above.
