''If you invent a breakthrough in artificial intelligence, so machines can learn, that is worth 10 Microsofts.'' - Bill Gates
- The Company has established early discussions with vision sensor manufacturers, automobile manufacturers for Advanced Driver Assistance Systems (ADAS) and Autonomous Vehicles (AV).
- It has also commenced discussions with Tier-One module suppliers to the automotive industry in Europe and North America, Vision Guided Robotics, Surveillance Camera, Smart Transducer and Vision Sensor manufacturers.
- Original Equipment Manufacturers (OEMs), Module Manufacturers and Sensor suppliers(some of whom the Company is already in contact with) in these markets include:
- ADAS/AV âValeo, Continental, Aptiv, General Motors, Ford, Micron, Samsung
- Vision Guided Robotics -HiKvision, iRobot, IRIS, Samsung, Micron
- Drones âDJI, Safran, Boeing
- Surveillance cameras âHiKvision, Dauha, Axis
- Smart Transducers and Vision Sensors âSensata, On Semiconductor, Sony, ST Microelectronics, Samsung
- The Company also has ongoing dialogue and potential use cases in laptop computers as well as cell phones that could create intellectual property for integration into their own Application Specific Integrated Circuits (ASICs). These use cases are important because they have the potential to provide additional revenue from Akida IP in parallel with, but separate from revenues from the NSoC release
R-Car Starter Kit uses Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform and Azure IoT to improve development efficiency.
R-Car Starter Kit uses Microsoft Connected Vehicle Platform and Azure IoT to improve development efficiency for cloud-based mobility.
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Bosch, Microsoft join forces to develop vehicle software platform
Bosch will work with Microsoft on a software platform for vehicles, it said on Thursday, as it strives to get a foot in the door to the fast-growing market for electromobility and automated driving technologies.
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Microsoft and Toyota Announce Strategic Partnership To Build Next-Generation Telematics on Windows Azure
We're excited to share with you that the Windows Azure platform is at the center of an announcement today by Microsoft and Toyota Motor Corp. (TMC). The two companies have formed a strategicâŚ
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VW and Microsoft are building an autonomous car platform with Azure at its heart
Volkswagen and Microsoft are collaborating on autonomous vehicles, with the two behemoths planning to work on an Automated Driving Platform. Announced today, the deal willâŚ
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Microsoft and Sony partner to make smart cameras smarter with Azure AI
Azure AI capabilities are set to boost Sony's intelligent vision sensor IMX500 for enterprise scenarios.
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Microsoft to trial Azure IoT platform with Samsung smart home tech
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Daimler selects Microsoft Azure for its global big data platform
Daimler AG is one of the biggest producers of premium cars and the worldâs biggest manufacturer of commercial vehicles. Its business requires processing enormous amounts of confidential, business-critical data. Daimler built its own on-premise data platform to handle the data, but the platform...
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Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi launches Alliance Intelligent Cloud on Microsoft Azure
Alliance Intelligent Cloud built on Microsoft Azure to power the Allianceâs latest connected services Worldâs leading automotive alliance to use Alliance Intelligent Cloud for connected infrastructure in nearly all 200 markets served by Renault, Nissan, and Mitsubishi Alliance Intelligent Cloud...
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Why Microsoft has invested in GM's driverless car unit Cruise
Microsoft has invested heavily in GMâs driverless car unit Cruise and will attempt to use its Azure cloud and computing platform to make it a commercial reality and success
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ZF and PwC Germany will transform processes and workflows using Microsoft Azure
Digital Manufacturing: ZF and PwC Germany will use Microsoft AI to improve planning efficiencies and effectiveness, for maintenance, repair, and operations (MRO) inventory and to present new insights to improve production performance.
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Microsoft Azure Wins Boeing's Cloud Business
Boeing is set to move its extensive portfolio of digital solutions to Microsoft's Azure cloud platform, with an aim to improve the operation and efficiency of its airlines customers.
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STMicroelectronics is a Microsoft Azure Certified Partner
AZURE Cloud - Ever-expanding set of cloud services, PP-MSOF-AZURECLD, STMicroelectronics
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Avnet and ON Semiconductor Accelerate IoT Innovation with New Development Framework
Avnetâs IoTConnectÂŽ Platform, powered by MicrosoftÂŽ Azure and the associated Avnet IoT Partner Program facilitate this connection
Avnet and ON Semiconductor accelerate IoT innovation with new development framework.
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Microsoft and TSMC announce Joint Innovation Lab to accelerate silicon design on Azure
Right now, every industry and every customer is going through a massive transformation, and cloud computing is often a central enabler of this.
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Microsoft debuts its edge AI service Azure Percept at Ignite - SiliconANGLE
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Microsoft debuts its edge AI service Azure Percept at Ignite
Azure Percept is designed to enable futuristic scenarios
that can be made possible now by combining AI with computing at the network edge. They include elevators that can respond to voice commands and video cameras that can notify store managers when a particular product needs restocking.
These possibilities can be enabled simply by adding AI capabilities such as voice recognition or image classification to standalone edge devices. The new Azure Percept service is set to become Microsoftâs way of doing exactly that.
Azure Percept will connect to Azure AI Cognitive Services and Azure Machine Learning models as well as AI models available from the open-source community that have been designed to run on the edge. In addition,
Microsoft is working with various outside silicon and device makers to create what it says will be an ecosystem of intelligent edge devices that are certified to run on Azure Percept.
Azure Percept is a complete edge computing solution that powers real-time insights through hardware accelerators integrated with Azure AI and ML.
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New Delhi, March 3 (IANS): In order to herald the next generation of innovation in Cloud technology, tech companies need to foundationally transform how Cloud can drive the next level of broad economic growth that everyone can participate in, Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has stressed. Addressing...
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We need to foundationally transform Cloud: Nadella
"As computing becomes embedded everywhere in our world -- transforming how we interact with people, places and things -- and as physical and digital worlds converge, we will require more sovereignty and decentralised control. Cloud and edge computing will evolve to meet all of these real-world needs," he emphasised.
Elevators that respond to voice commands, cameras that notify store managers when to restock shelves and video streams that keep tabs on everything from cash register lines to parking space availability. These are a few of the millions of scenarios becoming possible thanks to a combination of...
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In addition to announcing hardware,
Microsoft says it is working with third-party silicon and equipment manufacturers to build an ecosystem of intelligent edge devices that are certified to run on the Azure Percept platform, Sones said.
âWeâve started with the two most common AI workloads, vision and voice, sight and sound, and weâve given out that blueprint so that manufacturers can take the basics of what weâve started,â she said. âBut they can envision it in any kind of responsible form factor to cover a pattern of the world.â
The tech giant says the deal will enable it to create new customer value through experimentation and deep industry solutions
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Microsoft acquires rapid prototyping firm The Marsden Group
Microsoft has acquired the British and Texas-based rapid prototyping company The Marsden Group for an undisclosed sum.
Omar Abbosh, Microsoftâs corporate vice-president of cross-industry solutions, announced the deal in a blog post, saying the acquisition will help Microsoft to create new customer value through experimentation and deep industry solutions based on the Microsoft cloud, edge and AI products.
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Easily connect ground satellite stations to Azure services and integrations. Azure Orbital allows you to manage your data without building your own infrastructure.
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Azure Space: Powering innovation on Earth and beyond
Microsoft is taking the next giant leap in cloud computing â to space. We are excited to share the work we are doing to make Azure the platform and ecosystem of choice for the mission needs of the space community with Azure Space.
Today, Microsoft is taking the next giant leap in cloud computing â to space. I am excited to share the work we are doing to make Azure the platform and ecosystem of choice for the mission needs of the space community with Azure Space. The space community is growing rapidly and innovation is...
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Azure Space â cloud-powered innovation on and off the planet
A thriving ecosystem of satellite providers is needed to meet the worldâs growing network needs, and we are excited to partner with industry leaders to bring these capabilities to our customers faster.
Our new partnership with SpaceX Starlink will provide high-speed, low-latency satellite broadband for the new Azure Modular Datacenter (MDC)
Building on our existing Azure Orbital partnership with SES, we will support its O3B Medium Earth Orbit (MEO) constellation O3b MEO, to extend connectivity between our cloud datacenter regions and cloud edge devices.
Microsoft has teamed up with SpaceX and SES to launch support the tech giant's new cloud computing business for space.
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Microsoft teams up with SpaceX to launch Azure Space to bring cloud computing into the final frontier
Azure Space, Microsoft's cloud computing platform Azure, aims to offer mobile cloud computing data centers that can deploy anywhere. For the emerging business, Microsoft has called upon SpaceX's Starlink internet satellites and expanded its agreement with satellite company SES for Azure Space.
Azure is heading out into space, but why?
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Microsoft Launches Azure Into Space With HPE's Spaceborne Computer-2
Astronauts and space explorers deserve access to the best cloud computing technologies and advanced processing at the ultimate edge. Sometimes analysis needs to be done immediately at the edge where every passing moment counts, and other times the analysis is so massively complex that it can only be performed with the power of the hyperscale cloud.
Elon Musk's SpaceX is preparing to further expand testing of its Starlink satellite internet in a test for the U.S. Air Force, an FCC request revealed.
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SpaceX prepares for Air Force test connecting an aircraft to its Starlink satellite internet
The Starlink test is under the Air Force Research Laboratory's Defense Experimentation Using Commercial Space Internet (DEUCSI) program, for which Ball was awarded a contract in August.
Space represents the next frontier for cloud computing, and Microsoftâs unique approach to partnerships with pioneering companies in the space industry means together we can build platforms and tools that foster significant leaps forward, helping us gain deeper insights from the data gleaned...
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Analyzing data from space â the ultimate intelligent edge scenario
DIU chooses Microsoft and Ball Aerospace for space analyticsTo help with these challenges, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) just selected Microsoft and Ball Aerospace to build a solution demonstrating agile cloud processing capabilities in support of the U.S. Air Forceâs Commercially Augmented Space Inter Networked Operations (CASINO) project.
Azure is going to the moon.
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A Microsoft Azure Space director becomes executive secretary of the National Space Council
In case you didn't know, Microsoft has Azure Space, which is, as the title would imply, a series of space-focused services and products all utilizing the power of Azure. There's Azure Orbital, Azure Modular Datacenter, Azure Orbital Emulator, and more. Microsoft works with partners such as SpaceX to put these tools to use.
Chirag Parikh is one of the people who led Microsoft's Azure Space initiatives, becoming its senior director in January 2020. Now, he's going to be the executive secretary of the United States National Space Council. The White House said the council's first meeting will be this fall, lead by council chair and U.S. VP Kamala Harris.
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WO2021206800 - DISTRIBUTED NEUROMORPHIC INFRASTRUCTURE
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In non-limiting examples of the present disclosure, systems, methods and devices for synchronizing neuromorphic models are presented. A sensor input may be received by a first neuromorphic model implemented on a neuromorphic architecture of a first computing device. The neuromorphic model may comprise a plurality of neurons, with each of the plurality of neurons associated with a threshold value, a weight value, and a refractory period value. The first sensor input may be processed by the first model. A first output value may be determined based on the processing. The model may be modified via modification of one or more threshold values, weight values, and/or refractory period values. A modified version of the first neuromorphic model may be saved to the first computing device based on the modification. An update comprising the modification may be sent to a second computing device hosting the model.
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[0021] A âneuromorphic modelâ as described herein is a spiking neuron model comprised of a plurality of neurons that are connected via synapses. Each neuron is associated with a threshold value, a weight value, and a refractory period value. A threshold value associated with a neuron is a charge value that must be met or exceeded via input synapses for the neuron to fire. A weight value associated with a neuron is a charge weight that is passed via firing of a first neuron to a second neuron via a connecting synapse. A refractory period value is a duration of time that a neuron may accumulate charge without firing. In neuromorphic models, there is an explicit time component, and rather than holding values, neurons hold charge. Synapses transmit charge over time, and when a synapseâs charge arrives at a neuron, it is added to the neuronâs charge value. If a neuronâs charge exceeds a threshold, the neuron fires, resetting its charge value to some base value and sending charge out along its outgoing synapses. In a neuromorphic model, threshold values, weight values, and refractory period values are configurable. The goal of training a neuromorphic model is to define connections, thresholds, weights and delays so that the model can âsolveâ a task. With a classification task, the values of the datapoints must be converted into spikes, and output spikes must be converted into classifications.
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The tech giant also announced a new cloud agreement with GDIT.
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Microsoft Partnership Will Bring New Cloud Service to DOD Microelectronics Project
Microsoft is working with ten companies on a technology solution for the secure design of microelectronics using a new service in the Azure Government cloud region in support of a Defense Department program, according to a blog post. DOD announced Microsoft and IBM as the winners of a $24.5 million other transaction authority contract in October for a program called the Rapid Assured Microelectronics Prototype (RAMP) using Advanced Commercial Capabilities Project. The contract is part of a Defense Department effort to catalyze the U.S. microelectronics manufacturing base in order to undergird Pentagon emerging technology priorities like artificial intelligence, 5G communications, quantum computing and driverless vehicles, according to an October DOD press release.
US military wants to leverage the latest industry innovations
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Microsoft to build custom chips for the US military
As part of its role in the second phase of the RAMP project, Microsoft has engaged several microelectronics partners across the commercial and defense industrial base, including BAE Systems, Cadence Design Systems, Global Foundries, Siemens EDA, Raytheon Intelligence and Space, and others
Without sharing any details about the chips thatâll be designed in this phase, Microsoft says the objective with the new designs is to help lower power consumption, improve performance, reduce physical size, and improve their reliability for use in DoD systems.
âThe RAMP solution will provide an advanced microelectronics development platform for mission-critical applications, with cloud, AI [artificial intelligence], and machine learning-enabled automation, security, and quantifiable assurance,â shared Microsoft, adding that it will host the solution in Azure Government.
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Microsoft Has Been Chosen To Build Advanced Chips For The U.S Military
"It was further stated that the Navy and Air Force both desire to leverage commercial capabilities to develop a RAMP prototype methodology. This means that the government is going to be one of the major users of these new futuristic chips."
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The company Microsoft and DoD have collaborated earlier as well, and it has been going on for the past 40 years. their combined efforts were directed towards bringing commercial innovation to the national security community.
A group of companies was headed by Microsoft previously to develop the design capabilities that could achieve the DoDâs mission priorities. This step was the first component of their new collaborative project.
In the second phase, they will develop custom integrated chips and System on a Chip (SoC) with âlower power consumption, improved performance, reduced physical size, and improved reliability for application in DoD systems.â
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the chips will comprise mission-critical applications, with cloud, AI, and machine learning-enabled automation, security, and quantifiable assurance."
Keeping up with the rapid pace of technology innovation today requires equal advances in the pace of development of new microelectronics.
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Microsoft is leading a coalition of industry leaders focused on developing capabilities to support RAMP including Applied Materials, Inc., BAE Systems, Battelle Memorial Institute, Cadence Design Systems, GlobalFoundries, Intel Corporation, Nimbis Services, Inc., Northrop Grumman, Siemens EDA, Synopsys, Inc., and Zero ASIC Corporation.
Semiconductors and microelectronics are one of the most important components in building cutting edge capabilities for our national security and defense technologies, from satellites and radar to vehicles and communications equipment.
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Microsoft has engaged microelectronics industry leaders across the commercial and defense industrial base (DIB) to develop this phase of the RAMP project, collaborators include Ansys, Applied Materials, Inc., BAE Systems, Battelle Memorial Institute, Cadence Design Systems, Cliosoft, Inc., Flex Logix, GlobalFoundries, Intel Federal, Raytheon Intelligence and Space, Siemens EDA, Synopsys, Inc., Tortuga Logic, and Zero ASIC Corporation.
excellent summary of references and fantastic to see the significant resources Microsoft is investing into edge AI!
