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New global weather forecasting system can crowdsource data from millions of previously untapped sources and will provide accurate, rapidly updated local forecasts worldwide LAS VEGAS, Jan. 8, 2019 /PRNewswire/ -- CES 2019 -- IBM (NYSE: IBM) and its subsidiary The Weather Company today unveiled a powerful new global weather forecasting system that will provide the most accurate … [Read more...] about CES 2019: New IBM Weather System to Provide Vastly Improved Forecasting Around the World

Roku, Inc. (Nasdaq: ROKU) and TCL®, America’s fastest-growing TV brand, today announced that the two companies are working together to make 8K TCL Roku TVs expected to be available to consumers in late 2019. TCL will leverage its latest Gen 11 LCD panel factory and Roku® is developing an 8K hardware reference design that TCL will be the first to license. Additionally, Roku is … [Read more...] about Roku and TCL Announce Plan to Make 8K TCL Roku TVs and Built-in Voice Controls

The HDMI 2.1 Specification was released in November 2017 and manufacturers of several products including semiconductors, TVs, AVRs, soundbars, and game consoles have made announcements on upcoming releases supporting the specification. HDMI® Licensing Administrator, Inc. (HDMI LA) reports that CES 2019 will see many more announcements covering a broad range of product … [Read more...] about CES 2019: Products Enabled with the HDMI 2.1 Specification Continue to Grow, Annual Shipments of Products with HDMI Interface Projected to Reach Almost 1 Billion Devices in 2019

Humatics Corporation, the pioneer in microlocation products and software, has raised $28 Million in a Series A1 financing. Tenfore Holdings, an investment management firm that provides operational value-added resources to growth-stage companies, led the round. Blackhorn Ventures and JCI Ventures (the corporate venture arm of Johnson Controls) also participated in the round, as … [Read more...] about Humatics Raises $28 Million in Series A1 Financing to Meet Growing Demand for Microlocation

This week at CES® 2019, Toshiba Memory America, Inc. (TMA), the U.S.-based subsidiary of Toshiba Memory Corporation, will be on hand to highlight its BiCS FLASH™ 3D technology – and the role it plays in the company’s latest flash memory, UFS, solid state drive (SSD), and KumoScale™ software products. TMA will also leverage CES as a stage to debut the fourth … [Read more...] about CES 2019: Toshiba Memory America Points to the Future of Technology Fueled by BiCS FLASH 3D Flash Memory

Aquantia, a leader in Multi-Gig Ethernet connectivity, today announced it is closely working with Qualcomm Technologies, Inc., a subsidiary of Qualcomm Incorporated, to support the design and implementation of next generation Wi-Fi 6 routers, access points and gateways based on the forthcoming 802.11ax standard and which integrate Aquantia’s Ethernet connectivity technology. … [Read more...] about Aquantia to Deliver Multi-Gig Ethernet to Next Generation Wi-Fi 6 Networking Devices Utilizing Qualcomm Technologies Solutions

The New 5000-Node, 24 PetaFLOPs Performance Supercomputer Will Advance High-Performance Computing (HPC) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) Research and Development in the Areas of Energy, Climate, Health and More -Mellanox Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: MLNX), a leading supplier of high-performance, end-to-end smart interconnect solutions for data center servers and storage … [Read more...] about Mellanox 200 Gigabit HDR InfiniBand to Accelerate a World-Leading Supercomputer at the High-Performance Computing Center of the University of Stuttgart (HLRS)

Silicon Valley startup Grabango announced today that it has raised $12 million in an oversubscribed Series A financing round. Propel Venture Partners led the investment with participation from Ridge Ventures, Abstract Ventures, Commerce Ventures, and Founders Fund. Ryan Gilbert, a General Partner at Propel, will join Grabango’s Board of Directors. This round brings Grabango’s … [Read more...] about Grabango Secures $12 Million in Series A Financing: Unveils the only enterprise class, checkout-free technology for existing stores

New business model for open source pays creators to maintain and secure thousands of projects vital to professional software development teams Tidelift today announced $25 million in Series B funding to accelerate the adoption of its new business model for open source. General Catalyst, Foundry Group, and former Red Hat Chairman and CEO Matthew Szulik co-led the funding … [Read more...] about Tidelift raises $25 million in Series B funding to support open source creators and users at scale

At CES® 2019, LITE-ON Storage, an established leader in the rapidly expanding solid-state drive (SSD) industry, will preview its first storage device series built around emerging Quad-Level Cell (QLC) technology. The new QLC SATA SSD series is expected to deliver dramatically higher levels of speed, performance and cost effectiveness than current NAND technology and compete … [Read more...] about CES 2019: LITE-ON to Preview Its First QLC Solid State Drive