Memory loss: As AI gobbles up chips, prices for devices may rise

Demand for memory chips currently exceeds supply and there's very little chance of that changing any time soon. More chips ...
CNET

Forget the Chatbots. AI's True Potential Is Cheap, Fast and on Your Devices

Experts repeatedly point to privacy and security as key advantages of on-device AI. In a cloud situation, data is flying every which way and faces more moments of vulnerability. If it remains on an ...

Oh, the Irony: Microsoft’s Push for Copilot+ PCs Could Stall Laptop Sales

More RAM is always welcome, but it’s now becoming standardized. More apps are tuned for 16GB of memory, especially anything ...
CNET

Brain-Inspired Algorithms Could Dramatically Cut AI Energy Use

Inspired by how our brains function, the AI algorithms referred to in the paper are known as spiking neural networks. A ...
EurekAlert!

How brain-inspired algorithms could drive down AI energy costs

AI hardware needs to become more brain-like to meet the growing energy demands of real-world applications, according to researchers.
CNX Software

The ESP Private Agents platform aims to ease the development of ESP32-based AI voice assistants with on-device processing

Espressif has just introduced the ESP Private Agents platform design to help developers build local, private, and ...
RCR Wireless News

How AI phones will rewrite mobile economics (Analyst Angle)

Apple’s “App Intents” and Huawei’s “Intelligent Agent Framework” allow the OS to expose app functionalities as discrete actions the AI can invoke. More aggressive implementations use multimodal vision ...
eeworldonline

Compact module targets edge systems requiring on-device AI processing

congatec has introduced its first COM-HPC Mini computer-on-module based on Qualcomm Dragonwing IQ-X Series processors. The conga-HPC/mIQ-X uses the Qualcomm Oryon CPU and an integrated Hexagon NPU to ...
MD&M East

Plastics Processing for Medical Devices: Using an MES to Move from Compliance Burden to Competitive Advantage

Medical device manufacturing has always been a balancing act between innovation and regulation. For companies specializing in plastic components—whether injection-molded housings, fluid connectors, ...
The Debrief

Forget AI—Scientists Have Developed a Neuromorphic Computer That ‘Thinks’ Like a Human Brain

Scientists from the University of Texas at Dallas have created a neuromorphic computer that functions similarly to a human brain. The novel computer works by reinforcing pathways between synthetic ...
Interesting Engineering

Scientists build brain-like computer that could bring self-learning AI to phones

Dr. Joseph Friedman develops efficient brain-inspired learning computer.The University of Texas at Dallas A team of engineers at The University of Texas at Dallas has developed a small-scale computer ...
Computerworld

Intel bets on on-device AI and US fabs to power the next generation of PCs

The chip maker’s first 18A processors arrive as Windows 10 sunset drives refresh cycles, but the business case for on-device AI remains elusive. Intel unveiled its Core Ultra series 3 processors on ...