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OpenVINO 2025.4 Release Broadens Model Support

OpenVINO 2025.4 is very much an edge-first release: it tightens the loop between perception, language, and action across AI PCs, embedded devices, and near-edge servers. On the model side, Intel is clearly optimizing for “local RAG + agents.” CPUs and GPUs now get first-class support for Qwen3-Embedding-0.6B and Qwen3-Reranker-0.6B, plus Mistral-Small-24B-Instruct-2501, giving developers a compact […]

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AMD Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA Kit Adds Proven Infineon HyperRAM Support for Edge AI Designs

Somewhat eclipsed by last week’s announcement that the AMD Spartan™ UltraScale+™ FPGA SCU35 Evaluation Kit is now available, AMD and Infineon have disclosed successful validation of Infineon’s 64-Mb HYPERRAM™ memory and HYPERRAM controller IP on the platform. This collaboration expands the kit’s value for engineers building edge AI and computer vision systems. The SCU35 kit,

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NVIDIA and Synopsys Announce Strategic Partnership to Revolutionize Engineering and Design

Key Highlights Multiyear collaboration spans NVIDIA CUDA accelerated computing, agentic and physical AI, and Omniverse digital twins to achieve simulation speed and scale previously unattainable through traditional CPU computing — opening new market opportunities across engineering. To further adoption of GPU-accelerated engineering solutions, the companies will collaborate in engineering and marketing activities. NVIDIA invested $2

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Now Available: AMD Spartan UltraScale+ FPGA SCU35 Evaluation Kit–An Affordable Platform for Every Developer

November 25, 2025 The AMD Spartan™ UltraScale+™ FPGA SCU35 Evaluation Kit is now available for order. Built by AMD, this platform offers customers an accelerated path to production with Spartan UltraScale+ FPGAs. The kit features the Spartan UltraScale+ SU35P device that offers I/O expansion and board management capabilities. It also brings several new advances to

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The 8-Series Reimagined: Snapdragon 8 Gen 5 Delivers Premium Performance and Experiences

San Diego, California November 25, 2025 — Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. today announced the Snapdragon® 8 Gen 5 Mobile Platform, a premium offering that combines outstanding performance with cutting-edge technologies, raising the bar for flagship mobile experiences. Key Takeaways: The Snapdragon 8-series continues to expand premium smartphone technologies, fueling many of the world’s leading flagship devices,

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Nota AI Signs Technology Collaboration Agreement with Samsung Electronics for Exynos AI Optimization “Driving the Popularization of On-Device Generative AI”

Nota AI’s optimization technology integrated into Samsung Electronics’ Exynos AI Studio, enhancing efficiency in on-device AI model development   Seoul, South Korea Nov.26, 2025 — Nota AI, a company specializing in AI model compression and optimization, announced today that it has signed a collaboration agreement with Samsung Electronics’ System LSI Business to provide its AI

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WAVE-N v2: Chips&Media’s Custom NPU Retains 16-bit FP for Superior Efficiency at High TOPS

Nov 26, 2025 Seoul, South Korea — Chips&Media is announcing that the next-generation customized NPU, WAVE-N v2, is ready for release, delivering higher computational power along with improved area and power efficiency. WAVE-N v2 is also designed to support a wider range of applications, such as object detection and segmentation, in addition to visual quality enhancement

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Google Announces LiteRT Qualcomm AI Engine Direct Accelerator

Google has announced a new LiteRT Qualcomm AI Engine Direct Accelerator, giving Android and embedded developers a much more direct path to Qualcomm NPUs for on-device AI and vision workloads. Built on top of Qualcomm’s AI Engine Direct (“QNN”) SDK, the new accelerator replaces the older TensorFlow Lite QNN delegate and plugs directly into LiteRT,

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STMicroelectronics introduces the industry’s largest MCU model zoo to accelerate Physical AI time to market

Nov 18, 2025  Geneva, Switzerland — STMicroelectronics (NYSE: STM), a global semiconductor leader serving customers across the spectrum of electronics applications, has unveiled new models and enhanced project support for its STM32 AI Model Zoo to accelerate the prototyping and development of embedded AI applications. This marks a significant expansion for what is already the industry’s largest

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