Windows 10: 5G meets AI: NVIDIA CEO details Smart Everything Revolution Mobile

Brink · Oct 22, 2019

The smartphone revolution that’s swept the globe over the past decade is just the start, NVIDIA founder and CEO Jensen Huang declared Monday.

Next up: the “smart everything revolution,” Huang told a crowd of hundreds from telcos, device manufacturers, developers and press at his keynote ahead of the Mobile World Congress gathering in Los Angeles this week.

“The smartphone revolution is the first of what people will realize someday is the IoT revolution, where everything is intelligent, where everything is smart,” Huang said. He squarely positioned NVIDIA to power AI at the edge of enterprise networks and in the virtual radio access networks – or vRANs – powering next-generation 5G wireless services.

Among the dozens of leading companies joining NVIDIA as customers and partners cited during Huang’s 90-minute address are Walmart — which is already building NVIDIA’s latest technologies into its showcase Intelligent Retail Lab — BMW, Ericsson, Microsoft, NTT East, Procter & Gamble, Red Hat and Samsung Electronics.

The smartphone revolution is just the start as more and more of the world around us goes online.

Anchoring NVIDIA’s story: the NVIDIA EGX Edge Supercomputing Platform, a high-performance, cloud-native platform optimized to take advantage of three key revolutions – AI, IoT and 5G – and provide the world’s companies the ability to build next-generation services.

“The smartphone moment for edge computing is here and a new type of computer has to be created to provision these applications,” said Huang speaking at the LA Convention Center. He noted that if the global economy can be made just a little more efficient with such pervasive technology, the opportunity can be measured in “trillions of dollars per year.”

Ericsson Exec Joins on Stage Marking Collaboration

Ericsson’s Fredrik Jejdling, executive vice president and head of business area networks, joined NVIDIA CEO Jensen Huang on stage to announce Ericsson and NVIDIA’s collaboration on 5G radio.

A key highlight: a new collaboration on 5G with Erisson to build high-performance, software-defined radio access networks.

Joining Huang on stage was Ericsson’s Fredrik Jejdling, executive vice president and head of business area networks. The company is a leader in the RAN industry, one of the key building blocks for high-speed wireless networks.

“As an industry we’ve, in all honesty, been struggling to find alternatives that are better and higher performance than our current bespoke environment,” Jejdling said. “Our collaboration is figuring out an efficient way of providing that, combining your GPUs with our heritage.”

The collaboration brings Ericsson’s expertise in RAN technology together with NVIDIA’s leadership in high performance computing to fully virtualize the 5G radio, giving telcos unprecedented flexibility.

Together NVIDIA and Ericsson are innovating to fuse 5G, supercomputing and AI for a revolutionary communications platform that will someday support trillions of always-on devices.

Red Hat, NVIDIA to Create Carrier-Grade Telecommunications Infrastructure

Red Hat, NVIDIA to create carrier-grade telecommunications infrastructure.

Huang also announced a new collaboration with Red Hat to build carrier-grade, cloud-native telecom infrastructure with NVIDIA EGX for AI, 5G RAN and other workloads. The enterprise software provider already serves 120 telcos around the world, powering every member of the Fortune 500.

Together, NVIDIA and Red Hat will bring carrier-grade Kubernetes — which automates the deployment, scaling and management of applications — to telcos so they can orchestrate and manage 5G RAN networks in a truly software-defined mobile edge.

“Red Hat is joining us to integrate everything we’re working on and make it a carrier grade stack,” Huang said. “The rest of the industry has joined us as well — every single data center computer maker, the world’s leading enterprise software makers have all joined us to take this platform to market.”

Introducing the NVIDIA EGX Edge Supercomputing Platform, a high-performance, cloud-native platform optimized to take advantage of three key revolutions – AI, IoT and 5G.

NVIDIA Aerial to Accelerate 5G

For carriers, Huang also announced NVIDIA Aerial, a CUDA-X software developer kit running on top of EGX.

Aerial allows telecommunications companies to build completely virtualized 5G RAN networks that are highly programmable, scalable and energy efficient — enabling telcos to offer new AI services such as smart cities, smart factories, AR/VR and cloud gaming.

Technology for the Enterprise Edge

In addition to telcos, enterprises will increasingly need high-performance edge servers to make decisions from large amounts of data in real time using AI.

EGX combines NVIDIA CUDA-X software, a collection of NVIDIA libraries that provide a flexible and high-performance programming language to developers, with NVIDIA-certified GPU servers and devices.

The result enables companies to harness rapidly streaming data — from factory floors to manufacturing inspection lines to city streets — delivering AI and other next-generation services.

Microsoft, NVIDIA Technology Collaboration

To offer customers an end-to-end solution from edge to cloud, Microsoft and NVIDIA are working together in a new collaboration to more closely integrate Microsoft Azure with EGX. In addition, NVIDIA T4 GPUs are featured in a new form factor of Microsoft’s Azure Data Box edge appliance.

Other top technology companies collaborating with NVIDIA on the EGX platform include Cisco, Dell Technologies, Hewlett Packard Enterprise, Mellanox and VMware.

Walmart Adopts EGX to Create Store of the Future

Huang cited Walmart as an example of EGX’s power.

The retail giant is deploying it in its Levittown, New York, Intelligent Retail Lab. It’s a unique, fully operating grocery store where the retail giant explores the ways AI can further improve in-store shopping experiences.

Walmart is deploying EGX in its Levittown, New York, Intelligent Retail Lab.Using EGX’s advanced AI and edge capabilities, Walmart can compute in real time more than 1.6 terabytes of data generated per second. This helps it automatically alert associates to restock shelves, open up new checkout lanes, retrieve shopping carts and ensure product freshness in meat and produce departments.

Just squeezing out a half a percent of efficiencies in the $30 trillion retail market represents an enormous opportunity, Huang noted. “The opportunity for using automation to improve efficiency in retail is extraordinary,” Huang said.

BMW, Procter & Gamble, Samsung, Among Leaders Adopting EGX

That power is already being harnessed for a dizzying array of applications across the world:

Korea’s Samsung Electronics, in another early EGX deployment, is using AI at the edge for highly complex semiconductor design and manufacturing processes.

Germany’s BMW is using intelligent video analytics and EGX edge servers in its South Carolina manufacturing facility to automate inspection.

Japan’s NTT East uses EGX in its data centers to develop new AI-powered services in remote areas through its broadband access network.

The U.S.’s Procter & Gamble, the world’s top consumer goods company, is working with NVIDIA to develop AI-enabled applications on top of the EGX platform for the inspection of products and packaging.

Cities, too, are grasping the opportunity. Las Vegas uses EGX to capture vehicle and pedestrian data to ensure safer streets and expand economic opportunity. And San Francisco’s premier shopping area, the Union Square Business Improvement District, uses EGX to capture real-time pedestrian counts for local retailers.

Stunning New Possibilities

To demonstrate the possibilities, Huang punctuated his keynote with demos showing what AI can unleash in the world around us.

In a flourish that stunned the crowd, Huang made a red McLaren Senna prototype — which carries a price tag a hair under $1 million — materialize on stage in augmented reality. It could be viewed from any angle — including from the inside — on a smartphone streaming data over Verizon’s 5G network from a Verizon data center in Los Angeles.

The technology behind the demo: Autodesk VRED running in a virtual machine on an NVIDIA Quadro RTX 8000 server. On the phone: a 5G client built with NVIDIA’s CloudXR client application software development kit for mobile devices and head-mounted displays.

And, in a video, Huang showed how the Jarvis multi-modal AI was able to to follow queries from two different speakers conversing on different topics — the weather and restaurants — as they drove down the road. Jarvis reacted to what it sees inside their car as well as what is said.

In another video, Jarvis guided a shopper through a purchase in a real-world store.

“In the future these kind of multi-modal AIs will make the conversation and the engagement you have with the AI much, much better,” Huang said.

Cloud Gaming Goes Global

Huang also detailed how NVIDIA is expanding its cloud gaming network through partnerships with global telecommunications companies.

GeForce NOW, NVIDIA’s cloud gaming service, transforms underpowered or incompatible devices into powerful GeForce gaming PCs with access to popular online game stores.

Taiwan Mobile joins industry leaders rolling out GeForce NOW, including Korea’s LG U+, Japan’s SoftBank and Russia’s Rostelecom in partnership with GFN.RU. Additionally, Telefonica will kick off a cloud gaming proof of concept in Spain.

Huang showed what’s now possible with a real-time demo of a gamer playing Assetto Corsa Competizione on GeForce NOW — as a cameraman watched over his shoulder — on a smartphone over a 5G network. The gamer navigated through the demanding racing game’s action with no noticeable lag.

Small screen, big impact: NVIDIA showed Assetto Corsa Competizione, an intense racing game, running over a 5G connection without any noticeable lag.

The mobile version of GeForce NOW for Android devices is available in Korea and will be available widely later this year, with a preview on display at Mobile World Congress Los Angeles.

“These servers are going to be the same servers that run intelligent agriculture and intelligent retail,” Huang said. “The future is software defined and these low-latency services that need to be deployed at the edge can now be provisioned at the edge with these servers.”

A Trillion New Devices

The opportunities for AI, IoT, cloud gaming, augmented reality and 5G network acceleration are huge — with a trillion new IoT devices to be produced between now and 2035, according to industry estimates.

And GPUs are up to the challenge, with GPU computing power growing 300,000x from 2013, driving down the cost per teraflops of computing power, even as gains in CPU performance level off, Huang said.

NVIDIA is well positioned to help telcos and enterprises make the most of this by helping customers combine AI algorithms, powerful GPUs, smart NICs — or network interface cards — cloud-native technologies, the NVIDIA EGX Edge Supercomputing Platform, and 5G high-speed wireless networks.

Huang compared all these elements to the powerful “infinity stones” featured in Marvel’s movies and comic books.

“What you’re looking at are the six miracles that will make it possible to put 5G at the edge, to virtualize the 5G data center and create a world of smart everything,” Huang said, and that, in turn, will add intelligence to everything in the world around us.

“This will be a pillar, a foundation for the smart everything revolution,” Huang said.
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Source: https://blogs.nvidia.com/blog/2019/1...a-egx-edge-ai/

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btarunr · Oct 22, 2019

Intel to Bring 5G to Mobile PCs by 2019

Today, Intel announced it is collaborating with Dell, HP, Lenovo and Microsoft to bring 5G connectivity to Windows PCs with Intel XMM 8000 series commercial 5G modems. Intel expects the first high-performing 5G-connected PCs to surface in the market in the second half of 2019.

Mobile World Congress (MWC) attendees will get a first sneak peek at a concept 5G-connected PC - a detachable 2 in 1 - connected by an early 5G modem and powered by 8th Generation Intel Core i5 processors. At MWC, Intel will showcase the power of 5G on a PC by livestreaming video over the 5G network. This concept is one of many stepping stones for moving the industry forward in what's possible for 5G-enabled PCs.

5G is not just another generation of wireless connectivity. It promises new opportunities for technology innovation across the computing and connectivity landscape from the cloud to the network and the client.

The PC is a central hub for processing incredible amounts of data. 5G is coming. Not only will it bring a substantial amount of data needing processing but also new experiences for PC owners. Imagine immersing in untethered VR from anywhere in the world, or downloading a 250 megabyte file in seconds from a parking lot. Or imagine being able to continue participating in a multiplayer game as you ride in an autonomous vehicle on the way to class. Radically different. This is just a sampling of the experiences 5G will reimagine for the mobile PC. As this transformation of data continues, it's critical for PCs to be ready with 5G.

In addition to 5G:
At MWC, Intel will also showcase the latest steps it has taken to build toward a more connected future with:

11ax, the next big thing in Wi-Fi. A thin PC with 802.11ax Wi-Fi will be on display at the Intel's booth in Hall 3 at Stand 3E31. 802.11ax builds enhanced levels of manageability and network efficiency, and will be a critical part of the connected future with 5G.

eSIM functionality will be on display at Intel's booth in Hall 3 at Stand 3E31. As of September 2017, all of Intel's modem solutions for PCs support eSIM in enterprise and consumer segments. eSIM is an essential feature for connected PCs, and Intel plans to continue offering it going forward. Intel continues to work across the ecosystem to ensure our end customers enjoy seamless out-of-the-box experiences.

Intel is investing deeply across its wireless portfolio and partners to bring 5G-connected mobile PCs to market, with benefits for users, like high-quality video on-the-go, high-end gaming, and seamless connections as users traverse Wi-Fi and cellular networks. With 5G's critical speeds and capacity, Intel will help to open the door to new experiences hardly imaginable today, and make connecting online from anywhere, anytime the norm.

Brink · Oct 22, 2019

Samsung announces 8nm 5G integrated Exynos 980 mobile processor Mobile

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced its latest mobile processor, the Exynos 980, which combines the best-in-class connectivity with an integrated 5G modem and intelligent processing performance in a single chip.

“With the introduction of our 5G modem last year, Samsung has been driving in the 5G revolution and paved the way towards the next step in mobility,” said Ben Hur, vice president of System LSI marketing at Samsung Electronics. “With the 5G-integrated Exynos 980, Samsung is pushing to make 5G more accessible to a wider range of users and continues to lead innovation in the mobile 5G market.”

Based on advanced 8-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, the Exynos 980 is Samsung’s first artificial intelligence (AI) mobile processor with an integrated 5G modem. Rather than being coupled with a separate 5G modem, the 5G-enabled Exynos 980 not only helps reduce power consumption but also increase the space efficiency within a device. The new mobile processor’s powerful modem supports 5G to 2G networks, providing a fast gigabit downlink speed in 4G LTE and up to 2.55-gigabits per seconds (Gbps) in sub-6-gigahertz (GHz) 5G. The modem also supports E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC), which combines 2CC LTE and 5G connectivity to maximize mobile downlink speed of up to 3.55Gbps. In addition, the processor supports a new Wi-Fi 6 standard, IEEE 802.11ax, that provides faster speed and greater stability for seamless online gaming and smooth high-resolution video streaming over Wi-Fi networks.

With powerful CPU and GPU on board, the Exynos 980 can run multiple apps, intricate UX designs and high-resolution graphic games effortlessly. Packing two of the latest high-performance Cortex-A77 CPU cores and six efficient Cortex-A55 cores, the Exynos 980 can deliver the fast and complex computing power required in the 5G era. For realistic gaming and immersive mixed-reality experiences, the processor also comes with the top-of-the-line Mali-G76 GPU.

The neural processing unit (NPU) features elevated performances of up to 2.7 times compared to its predecessor and is built into the Exynos 980 to provide new levels of on-device intelligence. With the NPU readily available on-chip, AI tasks are processed right from the device rather than off-loaded to a server, thereby providing better data privacy and security. The NPU adds enhancements to applications such as secure user authentication, content filtering, mixed reality, intelligent camera, and more.

For advanced photography, the Exynos 980 delivers compelling camera performances with resolution support for up to 108-megapixels (Mp). The advanced image signal processor (ISP) supports up to five individual sensors and is able to process three concurrently for richer multi-camera experiences. Along with the NPU, the AI-powered camera is able to detect and understand scenes or objects, according to which the camera will then make optimal adjustments to its settings.

For an immersive multimedia experience, the Exynos 980’s multi-format codec (MFC) supports encoding and decoding of 4K UHD video at 120 frames per second (fps). HDR10+ support with dynamic mapping also offers more detailed and illuminant colors in video content.

The Exynos 980 is expected to begin mass production by the end of this year.

For more information about Samsung’s Exynos products, please visit Exynos Mobile Processor for Faster Speed | Samsung

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Brink · Oct 22, 2019

Samsung announces 8nm 5G integrated Exynos 980 mobile processor

Samsung Electronics, a world leader in advanced semiconductor technology, today announced its latest mobile processor, the Exynos 980, which combines the best-in-class connectivity with an integrated 5G modem and intelligent processing performance in a single chip.

“With the introduction of our 5G modem last year, Samsung has been driving in the 5G revolution and paved the way towards the next step in mobility,” said Ben Hur, vice president of System LSI marketing at Samsung Electronics. “With the 5G-integrated Exynos 980, Samsung is pushing to make 5G more accessible to a wider range of users and continues to lead innovation in the mobile 5G market.”

Based on advanced 8-nanometer (nm) FinFET process technology, the Exynos 980 is Samsung’s first artificial intelligence (AI) mobile processor with an integrated 5G modem. Rather than being coupled with a separate 5G modem, the 5G-enabled Exynos 980 not only helps reduce power consumption but also increase the space efficiency within a device. The new mobile processor’s powerful modem supports 5G to 2G networks, providing a fast gigabit downlink speed in 4G LTE and up to 2.55-gigabits per seconds (Gbps) in sub-6-gigahertz (GHz) 5G. The modem also supports E-UTRA-NR Dual Connectivity (EN-DC), which combines 2CC LTE and 5G connectivity to maximize mobile downlink speed of up to 3.55Gbps. In addition, the processor supports a new Wi-Fi 6 standard, IEEE 802.11ax, that provides faster speed and greater stability for seamless online gaming and smooth high-resolution video streaming over Wi-Fi networks.

With powerful CPU and GPU on board, the Exynos 980 can run multiple apps, intricate UX designs and high-resolution graphic games effortlessly. Packing two of the latest high-performance Cortex-A77 CPU cores and six efficient Cortex-A55 cores, the Exynos 980 can deliver the fast and complex computing power required in the 5G era. For realistic gaming and immersive mixed-reality experiences, the processor also comes with the top-of-the-line Mali-G76 GPU.

The neural processing unit (NPU) features elevated performances of up to 2.7 times compared to its predecessor and is built into the Exynos 980 to provide new levels of on-device intelligence. With the NPU readily available on-chip, AI tasks are processed right from the device rather than off-loaded to a server, thereby providing better data privacy and security. The NPU adds enhancements to applications such as secure user authentication, content filtering, mixed reality, intelligent camera, and more.

For advanced photography, the Exynos 980 delivers compelling camera performances with resolution support for up to 108-megapixels (Mp). The advanced image signal processor (ISP) supports up to five individual sensors and is able to process three concurrently for richer multi-camera experiences. Along with the NPU, the AI-powered camera is able to detect and understand scenes or objects, according to which the camera will then make optimal adjustments to its settings.

For an immersive multimedia experience, the Exynos 980’s multi-format codec (MFC) supports encoding and decoding of 4K UHD video at 120 frames per second (fps). HDR10+ support with dynamic mapping also offers more detailed and illuminant colors in video content.

The Exynos 980 is expected to begin mass production by the end of this year.

For more information about Samsung’s Exynos products, please visit Exynos Mobile Processor for Faster Speed | Samsung

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