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Synaptics and Google have joined forces to hasten the development of low-power, AI-driven edge devices—marking a potentially significant milestone for open, efficient, and scalable compute architectures. The collaboration brings together Google Research’s new Coral machine-learning accelerator architecture and Synaptics’ deep expertise in low-power silicon design, resulting in the company’s SL2610 platform.

In a recent announcement, Arm has released its new Lumex advanced compute subsystem (CSS) platform, which the company says is designed for AI experiences on flagship smartphones and next-gen PC.

Intel and AMD have launched an x86 ecosystem advisory group that the companies say will bring together technology leaders to shape the future of the x86 architecture. They want to show that x86 is able to meet the needs of the market better than other architectures through performance and interoperability across hardware and software.

Qualcomm Technologies, Inc. will be bringing a RISC-V based wearable platform to Wear OS by Google. The framework is expected to expand the products compatible within the environment. The platform will leverage low-power high-performance custom computers.  

Welcome to the second installment of Engineering Heroes, sponsored by Wind River, where we take a closer look at the lives of unsung heroes in the world of engineering whose work impacts uncountable lives across the globe.  See the bottom of the article for additional content on Nandini Kappiah and our other heroes.

Watch Nandini discuss her role in an Android-based earthquake early warning system here.