NVIDIA to Acquire Mellanox for $6.9 Billion

Unites leaders in processing and interconnect for the high performance computing market Builds on the companies’ long history of collaboration and joint innovation Expected to be accretive to NVIDIA’s non-GAAP gross margin, non-GAAP EPS and free cash flow immediately after close NVIDIA and Mellanox today announced that the companies have reached a definitive agreement under… Continue reading NVIDIA to Acquire Mellanox for $6.9 Billion

Shifting Ground: AI Analyzes Volcanoes for Signs of Eruption

Seattle, Naples and Tokyo are separated by thousands of miles, but they share a common neighbor: potentially devastating volcanoes. Around the world, about 800 million people live within 100 kilometers of a volcano, posing a threat to lives and livelihoods. Even eruptions that occur in remote areas can spread ash and disrupt public health, agriculture… Continue reading Shifting Ground: AI Analyzes Volcanoes for Signs of Eruption

Clean Machines: Startup’s Bots Sweep Up Corporate Campuses

Gregg Ratanaphanyarat and Dawei Ding joined the ranks of college dropouts in 2016, leaving Penn State to launch a robotics startup for outdoor cleaning. Today that gamble appears to be paying off. The duo’s startup, ViaBot, is completing a pilot with a major firm to keep a Bay Area parking lot clean with its robots,… Continue reading Clean Machines: Startup’s Bots Sweep Up Corporate Campuses

NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2019

Quarterly revenue of $2.21 billion, down 24 percent from a year ago Record full-year revenue of $11.72 billion, up 21 percent from a year ago Record full-year revenue from Gaming, Datacenter, Professional Visualization and Automotive NVIDIA today reported revenue for the fourth quarter ended Jan. 27, 2019, of $2.21 billion, down 24 percent from $2.91… Continue reading NVIDIA Announces Financial Results for Fourth Quarter and Fiscal 2019

Leveling Up: What Is Level 2 Automated Driving?

The Society of Automotive Engineers has designated six categories of autonomous driving, ranging from Level 0 to Level 5. However, the ongoing development of self-driving cars has produced advanced technologies that can improve vehicle safety now, adding new distinctions to automated and autonomous driving features. Level 2 automated driving is defined as systems that provide… Continue reading Leveling Up: What Is Level 2 Automated Driving?

Get DGX-Ready: New NVIDIA Program Allows Customers to Deploy AI with Ease

We’re making deploying state-of-the-art AI data centers easier than ever with our new NVIDIA DGX-Ready Data Center program and the help of a growing lineup of NVIDIA partners. Accelerated computing powered by NVIDIA DGX systems is taking off. Designed to handle the world’s most complex AI challenges, the systems have been rapidly adopted by a… Continue reading Get DGX-Ready: New NVIDIA Program Allows Customers to Deploy AI with Ease

Taking Deep Learning to Heart: Startup Using AI to Improve Heart Disease Diagnosis

Cars need smog tests. Bridges need quality inspections. And humans need health screenings, especially for the heart. That’s because heart disease is the leading cause of death worldwide. In the United States alone, it’s responsible for about one in four deaths each year. With deep learning, heart disease diagnosis is becoming easier and more accessible… Continue reading Taking Deep Learning to Heart: Startup Using AI to Improve Heart Disease Diagnosis

NVIDIA Updates Financial Guidance for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019

Fourth quarter revenue expected to be $2.20 billion versus previous guidance of $2.70 billion Gaming and Datacenter revenue below company’s expectations Management to discuss reported financial results on Feb. 14 earnings call NVIDIA today updated its financial guidance for the fourth quarter of fiscal year 2019, reflecting weaker than forecasted sales of its Gaming and… Continue reading NVIDIA Updates Financial Guidance for Fourth Quarter of Fiscal Year 2019

Bricks of the Trade: Techie Harnesses AI Skills to Sort Son’s Legos

Francisco “Paco” Garcia is a dad. And being a dad these days means you have Legos. Way too many Legos. But Paco’s no ordinary dad. This is a dad with a GPU, a GPU he put to use doing what every dad dreams of doing: sorting those Legos out once and for all. Our podcast’s… Continue reading Bricks of the Trade: Techie Harnesses AI Skills to Sort Son’s Legos

NVIDIA Tesla T4 Powers Next Generation of Virtual Workstations

The NVIDIA Tesla T4 GPU now supports virtualized workloads with NVIDIA virtual GPU (vGPU) software. The software, including NVIDIA GRID Virtual PC (GRID vPC) and NVIDIA Quadro Virtual Data Center Workstation (Quadro vDWS), provides virtual machines with the same breakthrough performance and versatility that the T4 offers to a physical environment. And it does so… Continue reading NVIDIA Tesla T4 Powers Next Generation of Virtual Workstations