As Indonesia’s first NVIDIA DGX A100 supercomputer user, PT Telkom plans to use the system to develop artificial intelligence (AI)-based computer vision and 5G-based applications to support and advance its businesses. With NVIDIA DGX A100 […]
Category: Artificial intelligence
ContractPodAi opens first office in Australia
ContractPodAi has opened an office in Sydney to further expands its presence in the Asia-Pacific region. The new Australian office will focus on bringing its AI-powered contract lifecycle management (CLM) solutions to the region. “We […]
MakinaRocks and Hyundai Robotics agree to advance robot arm anomaly detection
MakinaRocks and Hyundai Robotics have signed a memorandum of understanding to cooperate on developing AI-based anomaly detection for industrial robot arms. Founded in 2017, MakinaRocks develops anomaly detection and control and optimisation solutions for the […]
Genesys sets up digital business unit
Genesys has launched its new Genesys Digital business unit to help companies address the latest technology trends and consumers’ ever-changing needs in the digital landscape. As lines between marketing, sales and service are blurring for […]
Hyundai takes major stake in Boston Dynamics
Hyundai Motor Group has pumped in US$1.1 billion for a majority stake in mobile robot maker Boston Dynamics with a SoftBank affiliate retaining the remaining 20 percent share. The acquisition will take Hyundai toward being […]
Rikkeisoft and Oraichain form strategic alliance
Vietnamese IT software provider Rikkeisoft and AI data Oracle blockchain firm Oraichain have formed a strategic partnership to develop complementary solutions and services. Under the alliance, Oraichain will boost its staff strength to accelerate the […]
Mech-Mind gets US$15m fund injection
Mech-Mind Robotics has secured US$15 million in Series B+ funding from Sequoia Capital China and Source Code Capital to accelerate technology commercialisation and global expansioon. The Chinese AI industrial robotics startup utilises cutting edge deep […]
NVIDIA trains AI with smaller datasets
NVIDIA has achieved a breakthrough in training AI with a limited dataset. Its latest generative adversarial network (GAN) can learn complex skills such as emulating renowned painters with as little as 1,500 images. Researchers at […]
Baidu leads in AI patents in China
Baidu has as of October 2020 filed an astonishing 9,364 AI-related patent applications, of which 2,682 has been granted — the most of any organisation in China. Its the third year running that the search […]
NVIDIA and Thai universities collaborate on AI and HPC
NVIDIA and a consortium of Thai universities have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) on driving research and accelerating scientific breakthroughs in artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing (HPC). The partnership will help spur […]
Certis introduces smart networked security solution
Certis has unveiled its Smart Networked Security solution at Our Tampines Hub (OTH) in Singapore to help businesses keep guests and visitors secure. Designed to provide elevated security control for large, high density spaces, Smart […]
Infineon inks 4 agreements to boost Singapore’s AI ecosystem
Infineon Technologies has signed agreements with four organisations that will help boost the AI ecosystem in Singapore. This follows the company’s announcment to make Singapore its global AI innovation hub, which involves getting its workforce […]
Infineon Singapore embarks on AI transformation journey
Transformation begins with the mind. That’s why Infineon Technologies is investing S$27 million over the next three years to train 1,000 of its Singapore workforce to be AI-skilled. The end goal is that the Singapore […]
Chengdu to advance next gen AI
Chengdu plans to make a strong push to advance next generation artificial intelligence (AI). The capital of China’s Sichuan province is working on developing an AI-centreed pilot zone. More than 100 billion yuan (US$15.2 billion) […]
NVIDIA unwraps new AI and HPC products
NVIDIA has unveiled new products that aim to power AI and scientific breakthroughts at Supercomputing 2020 (SC20) conference. The new offerings are the NVIDIA A100 80GB GPU, NVIDIA DGX Station A100 and NVIDIA DGX A100 […]
NVIDIA dominates Top 500 supercomputer list
Eight out of the top 10 supercomputers in the world are powered by NVIDIA technology. In fact, the GPU giant is at the heart of nearly 70 percent of the world’s top 500 fastest supercomputers, […]
Japan’s AIST orders supercomputer to accelerate AI R&D
Japan’s National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST) has commissioned Fujitsu to build the “AI Bridging Green Cloud Infrastructure” (ABCI) supercomputer to accelerate AI research and development (R&D) in industry, government, and academia. […]
Vantiq expands into APAC
Application development platform Vantiq is expanding into the Asia-Pacific (APAC) region and on the lookout for partners in Australia, India, Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore, South Korea, Thailand, and Vietnam. The US-headquartered company’s platform lets customers […]
Hyundai to integrate NVIDIA Drive across entire fleet
Hyundai Motor Group, which comprises the Hyundai, Kia and Genesis brands, will be deploying infotainment systems powered by NVIDIA Drive across its entire fleet — from entry-level to premium vehicles. The Korean auto group makes […]
New Huawei modular data centre packs smarts
Huawei has launched Smart Modular Data Center 5.0, another move towards building smarter and greener data centres. The new data centre uses a 43-inch local touch screen to integrate information communication technology, AI algorithms, intelligent […]
Chindata Group opens hyperscale data centre in Shanxi
Chindata Group has opened Asia’s largest single hyperscale data centre in its Taihang Mountain Energy and Information Technology Industrial Campus in China’s Shanxi province. With a total IT capacity of 50 megawatts, the data centre […]
Fuji Xerox to become Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp in April 2021
Fuji Xerox’s Asia Pacific operations will be rebranded as Fujifilm Business Innovation Corp on April 2021. This move follows the expiration of the technology agreement with Xerox on March 31, 2021. Fuji Xerox and Xerox […]
Tripbnb uses AI to connect travellers and accommodation
Travel may be a pipeline for most right now but when the borders are open again, Tripbnb has an AI-based solution that will help connect travellers and accommodation quickly. One of the major bugbear for […]
Anviz unveils fully contactless and thermal management solution
Anviz has unveiled the FaceDeep 5 and FaceDeep 5 IRT fully integrated contactless and thermal management solution for access control to public buildings and private premises. Equipped with infrared thermal detection camera, FaceDeep 5 IRT […]
Carrefour to deliver immersive digital customer experience
Global supermarket chain Carrefour is partnering with Insider to drive immersive digital customer experience. Insider will help the France-headquartered supermarket giant connect data from multiple online and offline sources, predict the future behaviour of their […]
Tiliter raises A$7.5m for cashierless AI shopping technology
Australian AI tech startup Tiliter has raised A$7.5 million to accelerate its expansion across Europe and the US, with many supermarkets to unveil its artificial intelligence-based product recognition technology over the coming months. Led by […]
Siriraj hospital develops X-ray imaging solution to save more lives
Thailand’s Siriraj Hospital has developed a chest X-ray imaging solution for tuberculosis that greatly reduces the time needed to analyse scans and expedites decision-making to save more lives. The solution is developed on and powered […]
CMKL University deploys NVIDIA DGX POD as central node in Thailand
Thailand’s CMKL University will be deploying an NVIDIA DGX POD artificial intelligence (AI) accelerated computing infrastructure will be the central computing node connecting research and university nodes across the country. As part of Thailand’s AI […]
NVIDIA avails free online robotics training and AI certifications
Thinking of building a C3PO or R2D2? NVIDIA is offering free online trainining courses on robotics and artificial intelligence (AI) certification programmes for engineers, teachers and students. Part of the NVIDIA Deep Learning Institute, the […]
IBM game for Overwatch League
IBM and gaming are two words that don’t quite come to mind together. Big Blue is renowned for being the largest technology company in the world at one point in time while gaming is at […]
