An enterprising “alternate reality” company called Del Complex is taking advantage of international maritime law to deliver GPU-powered services to its customers from platforms floating in international waters to avoid falling foul of land-based regulatory and tax rules. Government entities around the globe are scrambling to implement AI laws and best practices as the technology […]
Ray tracing is being recognised as a significant leap in the world of game engine technology because it makes light in real-time virtual environments behave like it does in real life. Employed in movie VFX for years and requiring significant amounts of compute power, it uses an algorithm to trace the path that a beam […]
Gartner estimates that 37% of all organisations are using AI in anger today and predicts that that number will double to 75% by 2024. To maintain its competitive edge using detailed analysis of every aspect of its operations, one large US supermarket chain alone currently generates 2.5 petabytes of data A DAY! AI processes require […]
In an article for Forbes about the march of AI, machine learning and the technology that underpins both, author Stephen McBride refers to NVIDIA as “America’s most important company”. But why? Speed is key to training machine learning models cost effectively, and CPUs process slowly, so GPUs made by NVIDIA and companies like it are […]
NVIDIA’s inception programme hit a record total of 7,000 members in 2020, up 25% on last year, and most of these new early-stage and seed-stage startups are involved in AI, machine learning and data science for IT services, health care, and media and entertainment. More than 100 companies attained Premier level, which unlocks marketing and […]
We all know NVIDIA for its GPUs, for professional applications as well as for gaming. But what other sectors of the computer industry has it invested in, through acquisition? Mellanox Technologies Ltd. – bought in March 2019 for $6.9 Billion The purchase of the Israeli network and cloud computing company was a clear sign that […]