Dell and Singapore’s Institute of Technical Education (ITE) have signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to establish a hybrid cloud Virtual Desktop Infrastructure (VDI) Centre at ITE. Powered by Dell VxRail, the centre will support […]
Tag: Artificial intelligence
STT GDC becomes NVIDIA co-location partner
ST Telemedia Global Data Centres (STT GDC) has become an NVIDIA colocation partner, after two of its data centre facilities in Southeast Asia (SEA) – STT Singapore 6, and STT Bangkok 1 – received NVIDIA […]
Microsoft expands AI Pinnacle Program in Singapore
Microsoft has expanded its AI Pinnacle Program in Singapore with public and private sector collaborations for AI adoption at scale in Singapore. By partnering with key stakeholders from both sectors, Microsoft aims to create a […]
Databricks intros new tools to scale AI agents
Databricks launched new tools to help enterprises successfully deploy AI agents beyond the pilot phase into full-scale production. The move addresses a significant challenge faced by many enterprises, as 85 percent of global enterprises now […]
GTC2025 to reveal future of AI
NVIDIA’s GTC this year will focus on the future of AI and quantum computing. To be held in San Jose from March 17 to 21, the AI conference is expected to bring together 25,000 in-person […]
Maxis positions for growth with Nokia’s data centre upgrade
Malaysia’s Maxis is modernising its data centre infrastructure to enhance its connectivity and scalability capabilities, positioning the telco for business expansion. The upgrade involves the deployment of Nokia’s cutting-edge 7220 Interconnect Router (IXR) data centre […]
Microsoft takes quantum leap with Majorana 1
Microsoft has introduced the Majorana 1 quantum chip that is expected to bring quantum computers capable of solving complex industrial-scale problems within years rather than decades. Powered by a new Topological Core architecture, the processor […]
ResetData launches Australia’s first sovereign AI factory
ResetData has launched Australia’s first sovereign public AI-Factory (AI-F1) and an AI Marketplace. Targeted to commence operations in Q2, this facility in Melbourne’s Central Business District will provide access to advanced AI capabilities for businesses […]
NTT Data intros smart AI agent
NTT Data has has launched its next-generation Smart AI Agent to accelerate the adoption of generative AI (GenAI) across industries. It projects that this advanced AI solution will generate about US$2 billion in revenue from […]
NVDIA’s Isaac GR00T Blueprint a boost for humanoid robot development
NVIDIA has given humanoid robot development a boost with the introduction of the NVIDIA Isaac GR00T Blueprint suite of software tools Designed to accelerate the creation of advanced humanoid robots, Isaac GR00T Blueprint is essentially […]
NVIDIA democratises AI supercomputing with Project Digits
NVIDIA has rolled out Project Digits, a personal AI supercomputer that brings unprecedented computing power to the desks of researchers, data scientists, and students worldwide. Powering Project Digits is the NVIDIA GB10 Grace Blackwell Superchip […]
Pure Storage to develop hyperscale data storage with Kioxia
Pure Storage and Kioxia have joined forces to develop cutting-edge technology for high-performance, scalable storage infrastructure. Traditional storage solutions, particularly those relying on hard disk drives (HDDs), are struggling to meet the demands of hyperscale […]
Accenture sets up AI Refinery Engineering Hub in Singapore
Accenture has establised an AI Refinery Engineering Hub in Singapore to drive AI-led innovation and intellectual property development in Southeast Asia. Supported by Singapore’s Economic Development Board (EDB), the hub is an extension of Accenture’s […]
Pure Storage simplifies enterprise AI adoption
Pure Storage has unveiled the Pure Storage GenAI Pod to make AI more accessible and manageable for businesses across various industries. GenAI Pod is designed to address the complexities that enterprises face when implementing GenAI […]
DeepL enables real-time AI translations
DeepL is breaking down language barriers with two products — Voice for Meetings and Voice for Conversations — that are designed to facilitate seamless multilingual interactions in virtual meetings and face-to-face conversations. It’s a game-changer […]
Alteryx enhances platform with enterprise analytics and hybrid workflow
Alteryx has enhanced its platform to transform how enterprises manage and leverage their data across hybrid environments. The announcement is part of the company’s mission to democratise analytics and empower enterprises to make data-driven decisions […]
Proofpoint to acquire Normalyze
Proofpoint Inc has agreed to acquire Normalyze, whose data security posture management (DSPM) platform secures complex data landscapes by combining insights into data, access and risk. Expected to close in November 2024, the acquisition will […]
NVIDIA-powered supercomputer to drive AI research in Singapore
Singapore’s National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) has launched the Aspire 2A+ supercomputer to advance artificial intelligence (AI) research in Singapore. Powered by NVIDIA’s DGX SuperPOD technology, the system boosts Singapore’s computational arsenal as well as represents […]
India builds AI factories to transform industries
India’s cloud infrastructure providers and server makers are set to increase their NVIDIA GPU deployment nearly tenfold by the end of 2024, compared to 18 months ago. This expansion will introduce tens of thousands of […]
Microsoft unveils autonomous agents to transform business processes
Microsoft has introduced autonomous agents designed to transform how businesses operate and scale their teams, ushering in an era of AI-first business processes that offers efficiency and productivity gains across various industries. Autonomous agents are […]
Lenovo and NVIDIA boost AI for smarter business decisions
Lenovo and NVIDIA have introduced Lenovo Hybrid AI Advantage with NVIDIA which aims to transform the landscape of enterprise computing and accelerate AI adoption across industries. Designed to address the growing demand for proven AI […]
Singtel democratises AI for enterprises with RE:AI
Singtel has introduced the RE:AI cloud service that makes AI technologies more widely accessible to enterprises and public sector organisations. Addressing key challenges faced in AI adoption, the offering provides affordable access to AI compute […]
Taiwan takes AI leap with Foxconn’s Blackwell-based AI supercomputer
Foxconn and NVIDIA have joined forces to build the island’s fastest and most powerful supercomputer, positioning Taiwan as a formidable contender in the global AI race. Revealed at Hon Hai Tech Day, the Hon Hai […]
NetApp and NVIDIA partner on RAG and agentic AI
NetApp has unveiled a new generative AI (GenAI) data vision and end-to-end integrated solution that will transform how businesses leverage their data for AI applications. The solution combines NVIDIA’s AI software and accelerated computing with […]
Scienjoy applies 5G technologies to live streaming
Scienjoy is leveraging 5G technologies to create a fully immersive user experience and drive the development of entertainment that combines online, offline, and virtual reality. The China live streaming platform is pioneering the application of […]
H2O.ai optimises Driverless AI and H2OGPU for NVIDIA
H2O.ai has announced that its Driverless AI automated machine learning platform and H2O4GPU open source GPU-accelerated machine learning package are now both fully optimised for the latest-generation NVIDIA Volta architecture GPUs — the NVIDIA Tesla V100 — and CUDA 9 software.
IoT goes deep
Arm is taking its recently-announced Project Trillium a step further with a collaboration with NVIDIA. The partners will bring the open-source NVIDIA Deep Learning Accelerator (NVDLA) architecture into Project Trillium platform for machine learning.
Adobe and NVIDIA team up to improve Sensei
Adobe and NVIDIA have formed a strategic partnership to rapidly enhance their industry-leading artificial intelligence (AI) and deep learning technologies.
Xjera Labs zooms in to AI to enhance security
Security is a growing concern among governments and organisations of all sizes. They must balance the need to provide access to the right people while keeping suspicious folks at bay. Any lapse can result in dire consequences that impact confidence in the country or company.
Emtech Asia: AI, quantum computing and more
Marina Bay Sands Expo and Convention Centre was a hive of activities of a different sort as more than 700 technologists from 21 countries converged for EmTech Asia on January 30 and 31.
Dathena transforms data from liability to asset
It’s been said that more data was generated in 2017 than in the previous 5,000 years. According to Statista, this figure will increase 10 times in less than a decade.
Towards a longer life
Throughout the ages, men have always been searching for the mythical Fountain of Youth and ways to extend life. Needless to say, many have tried and failed.
Alibaba and Google drive SEA transportation initiatives
Most Southeast Asian capitals and major cities are notorious for its traffic congestion. In separate developments, Alibaba and Google have taken steps to be more involved in the transportation industries in Malaysia and Indonesia respectively.
More analysis than data scientists
For the past few years, data scientists are highly sought after to analyse data that can help organisations better understand their business, customers and trends. But, it looks like artificial intelligence-based solutions may be taking over that role in the near future.
Mindset change needed for an AI future
Think artificial intelligence (AI) and the advent of powerful thinking machines and images of Arnold Schwarzenegger of The Terminator come to mind.
Chery to pop NVIDIA-powered ZP ProAI system into autonomous vehicles
China carmaker Chery has adopted the new ZP ProAI system, powered by NVIDIA Drive AI self-driving technology, for its autonomous vehicles. The move will bring Level 3 autonomous driving to the world’s biggest auto market.
Global IT spending to rise to US$3.7t in 2018
Global IT spending is expected to grow to US$3.7 trillion in 2018, an increase of 4.5 percent from 2017, according to Gartner.
AI will create more jobs
One of the biggest fears amid the excitement about artificial intelligence (AI) is the loss of jobs. Many are afraid of being made redundant as AI becomes more pervasive.
Honda to accelerate smart car R&D with SenseTime
Honda has signed a long-term agreement to develop autonomous cars with SenseTime, a China artificial intelligence (AI) company. The partnership will leverage Honda’s vehicle control system with SenseTime’s AI algorithms to jointly create an autonomous driving […]
Learn robotics at Udacity
Robotics is no longer just a hobby but serious stuff. NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Institute is now working with online learning provider Udacity to develop a programme that will immerse students in the field of robotics, giving them career-ready skills.
Qualcomm invests in China AI startup SenseTime
China artificial intelligence (AI) startup SenseTime has signed a strategic investment agreement with Qualcomm.
NVIDIA Tesla V100 gains widespread acceptance
NVIDIA’s Volta architecture is leaving quite an impression. According to a NVIDIA press release issued at SC17, the Volta-based NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU is available through every major computer maker and chosen by every major cloud to deliver artificial intelligence (AI) and high performance computing.
We are 5!
Entelechy Asia turns five today. So much has changed since we launched in November 2012.
NVIDIA expands DLI offerings
The need for deep learning skills is increasing as more and more companies and industries hop on the bandwagon. Launch a little more than a year ago, NVIDIA’s Deep Learning Institute (DLI) has already trained tens of thousands of students, developers and data scientists.
And the company is expanding its DLI offerings with:
- New partnerships: Team up with Booz Allen Hamilton and deeplearning.ai to train thousands of students, developers and government specialists in artificial intelligence (AI).
- New University Ambassador Program: Instructors worldwide can teach students critical job skills and practical applications of AI at no cost.
- New courses: More courses are added to teach domain-specific applications of deep learning for finance, natural language processing, robotics, video analytics, and self-driving cars.
Singapore’s AI agenda gets double boost!
Singapore’s aim to be an artificial intelligence (AI) hub has been boosted with two initiatives — the setting up of a shared AI platform for researchers and the awarding of scholarships to develop AI talents.
At the NVIDIA AI Conference in Singapore yesterday, NVIDIA and Singapore’s National Supercomputing Centre (NSCC) agreed to establish a platform to bolster AI capabilities among its academic, research and industry stakeholders and in support of AI Singapore (AISG), a national programme set up in May to drive AI adoption, research and innovation in Singapore.
Called AI.Platform@NSCC, it will provide AI training, technical expertise and computing services to AISG, which brings together all Singapore-based research and tertiary institutions, including the National University of Singapore (NUS), Nanyang Technological University (NTU), Singapore University of Design and Technology (SUTD), Singapore Management University (SMU), as well as research institutions in the Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR).
Tantalising line-up of speakers at NVIDIA AI Conference
More than 1,000 participants attending the NVIDIA AI Conference in Singapore next week are in for a treat as the organisers are bringing in a tantalising line-up of speakers.
The two keynote speakers are Dr David B Kirk, NVIDIA Fellow and inventor of more than 60 patents and patent applications relating to graphics design; and Dr Wanli Min, AI scientist of Alibaba Cloud, who will touch on A Revolutionary Road to Data Intelligence.
Besides these two, there are special guest-of-honour Chng Kai Fong, Managing Director of Singapore’s Economic Development Board, and a panel discussion on AI for the Future of Singapore Economy.
Robotaxis on the way
No steering wheels, pedals or mirrors. Sounds like science fiction but the fully autonomous robotaxi is on its way with the launch of a new system that NVIDIA has codenamed Pegasus.
Pegasus extends the NVIDIA Drive PX AI computing platform to handle Level 5 driverless vehicles. NVIDIA DRIVE PX Pegasus delivers over 320 trillion operations per second — more than 10 times the performance of its predecessor, NVIDIA DRIVE PX 2, announced Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA at his keynote address at GTC Europe in Munich.
Robotaxis powered by NVIDIA DRIVE PX Pegasus will have interiors that feel like a living room and arrive on demand to safely whisk passengers to their destinations, bringing mobility to everyone, including the elderly and disabled.
Changing role of CIO
The role of the CIO is changing, according to a Gartner survey of 3,160 CIO respondents in 98 countries.
The findings revealed that the CIO role is transitioning from delivery executive to business executive, from controlling cost and engineering processes, to driving revenue and exploiting data.
Ninety-five percent of CIOs expect their jobs to change or be remixed due to digitalisation. While world-class IT delivery management is a given, it will take up less and less of the CIO’s time.
Appier appoints Sean Chu as CSO
Appier has appointed Sean Chu as Chief Strategy Officer (CSO) to lead its operations in Japan and Korea. Chu will help drive the company’s growth as it moves to create new AI platforms to help […]
China’s tech giants bet on NVIDIA Volta
China’s top technology companies are betting big on the NVIDIA Volta platform.
Alibaba Cloud, Baidu, and Tencent are incorporating NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU accelerators into their data centres and cloud-service infrastructures to accelerate AI for a broad range of enterprise and consumer applications.
At the heart of the new Volta-based systems is the NVIDIA V100 data centre GPU. Built with 21 billion transistors, it provides a 5x improvement over the preceding NVIDIA Pascal architecture P100 GPU accelerators, while delivering the equivalent performance of 100 CPUs for deep learning. This performance surpasses by 4x the improvements that Moore’s law would have predicted over the same period of time.
Inspur, Lenovo and Huawei are using the NVIDIA HGX reference architecture to offer Volta-based accelerated systems for hyperscale data centres. Using HGX as a starter “recipe,” original equipment manufacturer and original design manufacturer partners can work with NVIDIA to more quickly design and bring to market a wide range of qualified GPU-accelerated AI systems for hyperscale data centres to meet the industry’s growing demand for AI cloud computing.
NVIDIA and Indonesia university set up first AI R&D centre in Jakarta
NVIDIA has teamed up with BINUS University and Kinetica to establish the first artificial intelligence (AI) research and development (R&D) centre in Indonesia.
Located at the university’s Anggrek Campus, the centre will support BINUS University’s aim to be the premier R&D hub for Al in Indonesia. Leveraging the power of NVIDIA’s GPUs, it will be a showcase of the commercial potential of GPU-accelerated deep learning applications.
“Today, we stand at the beginning of the AI computing era, ignited by a new computing model, GPU deep learning. This new model — where deep neural networks are trained to recognise patterns from massive amounts of data — has proven to be ‘unreasonably’ effective at solving some of the most complex problems in computer science. In this era, software writes itself and machines learn. Soon, hundreds of billions of devices will be infused with intelligence. AI will revolutionise every industry. NVIDIA provides the products and solutions to power this revolution,” said Raymond Teh, Vice President of APAC Sales and Marketing of NVIDIA.
China to dominate APAC robotics spending
Spurred by growing interest in artificial intelligence (AI), the Asia-Pacific (APAC) robotics market is expected to growth to US$162 billion in 2021, accounting for 70 percent of the world’s total robotics market in 2021, according to […]
AI to fuel next wave of cloud growth
The cloud infrastructure services market is continuing to grow strongly, up 47 percent year on year in Q2 to reach US$14 billion, according to Canalys. Growth was driven by demand for primary cloud infrastructure services, such as on-demand computing and storage, across all customer segments and industries.
However, future growth is expected to be fueled by customers using the artificial intelligence (AI) platforms cloud service providers are building to develop new applications, processes, services, and user experiences.
Amazon Web Services (AWS) maintained its leadership position, growing 42 percent on an annual basis and accounting for more than 30 percent of total spend. But its growth rate was lower than those of its main rivals, Microsoft (up 97 percent growth) and Google (up 92 percent), but higher than fourth-placed IBM (up 23 percent). Overall, the top four cloud services providers represented 55 percent of the cloud infrastructure services market, which includes IaaS and PaaS.
Motorola and Neurala to work on intelligent cameras
Motorola Solutions and Neurala will develop intelligent cameras that will enable police officers to more efficiently search for objects or persons of interest, such as missing children and suspects.
The companies will integrate Neurala’s artificial intelligence (AI) capabilities with Motorola Solutions’ software and cameras, including its Si500 body-worn camera. The integration will create intelligent cameras that can learn “at the edge” and automatically search for persons or objects of interest – significantly reducing the time and effort required to find a missing child or suspicious object in environments that are often crowded or chaotic.
“We see powerful potential for AI to improve safety and efficiency for our customers, which in turn helps create safer communities. But applying AI in a public safety setting presents unique challenges. Neurala’s ‘edge learning’ capabilities will help us explore solutions for a variety of public safety workflows such as finding a missing child or investigating an object of interest, such as a bicycle,” said Paul Steinberg, Chief Technology Officer of Motorola Solutions.
NVIDIA Tesla V100 surprise for world’s top AI researchers
Fifteen top AI research institutions of the NVIDIA AI Labs programmes were each presented with the Volta-based NVIDIA Tesla V100 GPU accelerator.
They were participating in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition (CVPR) conference in Honolulu.
“AI is the most powerful technology force that we have ever known. I’ve seen everything. I’ve seen the coming and going of the client-server revolution. I’ve seen the coming and going of the PC revolution. Absolutely nothing compares,” said Jensen Huang, CEO of NVIDIA.
AI takes centrestage at ICML in Sydney
NVIDIA is bringing its wealth of artificial intelligence (AI) solutions and expertise to the International Conference on Machine Learning (ICML) in Sydney.
Held at Sydney International Convention Centre from August 6 to 11, the event is expected to attract up to 3,000 participants, primarily faculty, researchers and PhD students in machine learning, data science, data mining, AI, statistics, and related fields.
The NVIDIA booth (Level 2, The Gallery, Booth #4) will feature many firsts in Australia, such as demos on 4K style transfer, a deep neural network to extract a specific artistic style from a source painting, and then synthesises this information with the content of a separate video; self-driving auto using the Drive PX2 AI car computing platform; Deepstream SDK that simplifies development of high performance video analytics applications powered by deep learning; and NVIDIA Isaac, the AI-based software platform lets developers train virtual robots using detailed and highly realistic test scenarios.
Beat traffic jam with new Audi A8
At the inaugural Audi Summit in Spain, Audi revealed that its flagship 2018 A8 features a multitude of high-tech wizardry powered by NVIDIA.
“The car of the future will make its occupants’ life easier with the help of artificial intelligence (AI),” declared Rupert Stadler, Chairman of the Board of Audi, as he introduced such A8 features as Audi AI Traffic Jam Pilot, Remote Park Pilot, Natural Voice Control and Swarm Intelligence.
The A8 is packed with NVIDIA powered systems, including revolutionary new user interfaces, a new infotainment system, a new virtual cockpit, and new rear seat entertainment options.
Fujitsu announces new Xeon-based servers
Fujitsu has introduced its fully refreshed range of Xeon-based dual- and quad-socket Primergy servers and octo-socket Primequest business critical server systems.
These new servers are powerful and flexible, enabling enterprises to build secure, agile, multi-cloud data centres.
Featuring the new Intel Xeon scalable processors, the Fujitsu Server Primergy and Primequest business model server systems are designed for exceptional workload-specific performance and hardware-enhanced security. Built for trusted data service delivery, the new models represent significant leaps in I/O, memory, storage and network technologies.
NVIDIA and Baidu team up on AI
NVIDIA and Baidu have teamed up to bring artificial intelligence (AI) technology to cloud computing, self-driving vehicles and AI home assistants.
Baidu will deploy NVIDIA HGX architecture with Tesla Volta V100 and Tesla P4 GPU accelerators for AI training and inference in its data centres. Combined with Baidu’s PaddlePaddle deep learning framework and NVIDIA’s TensorRT deep learning inference software, researchers and companies can harness state-of-the-art technology to develop products and services with real-time understanding of images, speech, text and video.
To accelerate AI development, the companies will work together to optimise Baidu’s open-source PaddlePaddle deep learning framework on NVIDIA’s Volta GPU architecture.
Volvo, Autoliv to roll out NVIDIA-based self-driving cars by 2021
Volvo Cars and Autoliv are teaming up with NVIDIA to develop advanced systems and software for AI self-driving cars. The three companies will work together along with Zenuity — a newly-formed automotive software development joint venture equally owned by Volvo Cars and Autoliv — to develop next-generation self-driving car technologies.
Production vehicles built on the NVIDIA DRIVE PX car computing platform are planned for sale by 2021.
“Artificial intelligence (AI) is the essential tool for solving the incredibly demanding challenge of autonomous driving. We are building on our earlier collaboration with Volvo to create production vehicles that will make driving safer, lead to greener cities and reduce congestion on our roads,” said Jensen Huang, Founder and CEO of NVIDIA, at a keynote address at Automobil Elektronik Kongress.
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