Truphone co-founder James Tagg recently addressed the critical role artificial intelligence (AI) will play in helping smartphones and other technology platforms evolve. Tagg, who authored ‘Are The Androids Dreaming Yet,’ kicked off his presentation in Mountain View, California, by exploring some of the basic differences between humans and machines. “Human brains are fundamentally ‘broken’ in certain ways, especially when it comes to accurately remembering a specific event a few weeks after it occurred. Yet, we can recall more than 1,000 faces – in less than 370ms (each),” he explained. “We also understand hierarchy quite well, although we have difficulty with recalling names. Plus, humans adhere to strong rules of etiquette around face-to-face communication.”
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IoT security spending to hit $348 million in 2016
Gartner analysts have confirmed that global spending on Internet of Things (IoT) security will reach $348 million in 2016 – marking a 23.7 percent increase from $281.5 million in 2015. Although overall spending is expected to be moderate, at least initially, Gartner analysts say IoT security market spending will increase at a faster rate after 2020, as improved skills, organizational change and more scalable service options improve execution.
Rambus’ K. Krishna Moorthy appointed IESA Chairman
K. Krishna Moorthy, Corporate VP and Managing Director at the Rambus India Design Center, has been appointed chairman of the India Electronics and Semiconductor Association (IESA).
Exploring 2.5D packaging and beyond
Frank Ferro, a Senior Director of Product Marketing at Rambus, recently participated in a Semiconductor Engineering roundtable discussion about 2.5D and advanced packaging. According to Ferro, 2.5D can succeed if customer demand overcomes the additional engineering costs associated with the packaging process.
Smart homes can’t always depend on the Internet
Jared Newman of FastCompany recently noted that buying into a smart home ecosystem is somewhat analogous to selecting a holy grail in the Temple of the Sun. Choose poorly, he says, and everything crumbles. “Maybe it’s time to devise a better way, one that doesn’t involve a round-trip to the Internet just to turn on your connected light bulbs,” he opined.
The system bottlenecks of Moore’s Law
Ed Sperling of Semiconductor Engineering recently noted that rightsizing chip architecture has become more complex in recent years. Essentially, rightsizing is a method of targeting chips to specific application needs – ensuring sufficient performance, while minimizing power and cost. “[Rightsizing] has been a topic of conversation across the semiconductor industry for years because as power becomes a bigger issue, improving the efficiency of designs by limiting the compute resources is a big opportunity,” he explained.
