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[JOONGANG PHOTO] AI chips are the key to future semiconductor market dominance for Korean companies, academics and others argue. Despite the country's strong position in memory chips and its growing presence in custom non-memory chips, they say that tomorrow belongs to companies that are best at designing and manufacturing high-performance processors, commonly called AI chips. "Global chip companies are going full throttle on developing AI semiconductors," said Kim Hyung-jun, head of the Post-Silicon Semiconductor Institute under the Korea Institute of Science and Technology. "AI chips will play a crucial role in chip competitiveness in future." AI chips are purposely built to perform very specific calculations as fast as possible. They are distinct from general-purpose processors, which are designed for a wider variety of functions, and are better suited for very specific, predetermined tasks that require impressive calculation capabilities and low energy consumption, such as … [Read more...] about Korea bets tomorrow belongs to AI chip leaders

(CNN) In mid-February, privacy and digital rights activists were buzzing about a recent victory: Earlier in the month, the Internal Revenue Service said it would back away from a controversial plan to force taxpayers to use facial-recognition software before they could log in to its website. "This has definitely been a major team effort — the hook, right, left uppercut," Joy Buolamwini, the founder and executive director of the Algorithmic Justice League, said excitedly during a Twitter Spaces session. "So many people coming together for this win." In addition to the Algorithmic Justice League, which raises awareness of the consequences of artificial intelligence, these people came from groups such as Fight for the Future, the Electronic Privacy Information Center and the American Civil Liberties Union. All have been vociferous critics of the IRS in recent months, contacting reporters and urging individuals, legislators, and the IRS itself to halt a plan that, starting this … [Read more...] about Activists pushed the IRS to drop facial recognition. They won, but they’re not done yet

Samsung Electronics Vice Chairman Lee Jae-yong steps up to the podium on May 20 after he accompanied President Yoon Suk-yeol and U.S. President Joe Biden on a tour of the company's chip manufacturing complex in Pyeongtaek. [YONHAP] Samsung Electronics and related companies will invest 450 trillion won ($356 billion) over the course of the next five years on chips, biopharmaceuticals, advanced networks and artificial intelligence. The investment total is up 30 percent from the previous five years, while 80 percent of the total will be committed to investments within Korea. Suwon, Gyeonggi-based Samsung Electronics, which is Korea's largest company, did not break down where exactly the funds would be going, though based on the announcement and statements by the company, much of it will be going to Samsung Electronics itself. The company is related by various levels of shareholding to dozens of other companies active in a wide range of businesses. Samsung Electronics did say that … [Read more...] about Samsung commits to $356 billion of investment over 5 years

Photo by Shahril Basri/The Edge - A + A KUALA LUMPUR (May 24): Dagang NeXchange Bhd (DNeX) inked a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Accenture Solutions Sdn Bhd on Tuesday (May 24) to accelerate digital transformation for Malaysia's public services. Under the MoU, the parties will create joint offerings with products, services and solutions that drive data-led transformation in Malaysia's public services and government-linked companies. "The collaboration allows joint development of products and services by leveraging technologies and capabilities in the space of analytics, big data, artificial intelligence and enterprise resource planning," DNeX said in a statement. In a bourse filing on Tuesday, the parties including DNeX's entity Innovation Associates Consulting Sdn Bhd (iAC) said the collaboration intends to drive Malaysia's economic growth in high value areas such as digital, cloud, and Industry 4.0. The MoU is valid for 36 months from Tuesday and … [Read more...] about DNeX inks MoU with Accenture to speed digital transformation in public sector

Share to Twitter Share to Linkedin Close to 1,000 Americans from across the spectrum of politics, business, journalism, entertainment, faith and advocacy have been permanently banned from entering Russia , a largely symbolic move that has generated a lot of buzz about those included, and excluded. The 963 citizens, including president Joe Biden and vice president Kamala Harris—and her husband, Doug Emhoff —were named by Russia’s Foreign Affairs Ministry Saturday to Russian president Vladimir Putin’s “blacklist,” or what one translation called a “stop list.” It’s all in response to the United States’ historic sanctions and its humanitarian and military support of Ukraine, nearly three months into Moscow’s invasion. “In the context of response to the constantly imposed anti-Russian sanctions by the United States and in connection with incoming requests about the personal composition of our national ‘stop list,’ the Russian Foreign Ministry … [Read more...] about Who’s On Vladimir Putin’s ‘Blacklist’? Not Donald Trump Or Fox News