Kontron Industrial AI Platform for easy integration of Artificial Intelligence

Products | November 24, 2020

The Kontron Industrial AI Platform accelerates the use of AI algorithms for inference in industrial environments, such as quality control or predictive maintenance.

This is a product release announcement by Kontron. The issuer is solely responsible for its content.

Kontron, a leading global provider of IoT/Embedded Computing Technology (ECT), is now supporting companies with a compact platform for Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning and Deep Learning. It integrates all Google TensorFlow Lite applications and enables rapid development of custom AI-applications. The Google Coral Edge TPU (Tensor Processing Acceleration Unit) with up to 4TOPS (trillion operations per second) ensures higher speed in image and video data processing. Compared to an application with simple USB-cameras without TPU at approx. 6 frames/s, the TPU accelerates to a speed of 30 frames/s, so five times faster.

Artificial Intelligence in the Intelligent Edge is gaining more and more importance in industrial automation. The new compact Kontron AI platform consists of an M.2 module with the Google Coral accelerator chip for the software ecosystem TensorFlow Lite on a 2.5″ pITX SBC from Kontron with an NXP i.MX8M processor. The TPU supports small and low power applications and requires only 1 Watt for 2 TOPS, so 2 Watt for 4 TOPS.
All current applications of TensorFlow Lite as well as pre-trained models can be downloaded free of charge. This allows a fast and uncomplicated development of own neural networks with AI/ML/DL applications, and thus a significantly reduced time-to-market.

In the context of Industry 4.0 applications, topics such as object recognition and classification as well as quality inspection of objects and predictive maintenance, which are based on AI-algorithms, are increasingly being addressed. Artificial Intelligence is also playing an increasingly important role in point-of-sales applications in order to place advertising and relevant information in a more targeted manner. Kontron’s solution can also be flexibly customized to meet specific application needs. The platform is suitable for use in harsh environments with extended temperatures ranging from -40° to + 85° Celsius and supports Yocto Linux with the latest kernel. The platform will also be available on other Kontron systems within the first quarter of 2021.

Published at Tue, 24 Nov 2020 10:03:15 +0000

Aurora Mobile Partners with 17zuoye to Power User Operations with AI Technologies

SHENZHEN, China, Nov. 24, 2020 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Aurora Mobile Limited (NASDAQ: JG) (“Aurora Mobile” or the “Company”), a leading mobile developer service provider in China, today announced that it has entered into a partnership with Shanghai Yiqi Zuoye Information Technology Co., Ltd. (“17zuoye”), a leading K12 education technology company in China, to improve user experience and enhance user engagement and stickiness.

The partnership will leverage Aurora Mobile’s industry-leading AI-driven push technical capabilities, one-key authentication (JVerification product) services and machine learning-based intelligent operational data analytics to help 17zuoye more accurately understand its users’ needs, increase user conversion, improve user experience and retention. This cooperation demonstrates the industry-wide acclaim and trust that Aurora Mobile commands for the robust technical capabilities and services it offers to leading educational learning platforms.

As a leading K12 education technology platform, 17zuoye is committed to the mission of “making learning beautiful” and strives to bring together through technology, K-12 in-school education and after-school supplementary education to create a more efficient, effective, and engaging personalized education experience for teachers, students and parents, opening up a new era of smart education solutions. 17zuoye’s in-school classroom solution delivers data-driven smart teaching, learning, exercise and assessment products to teachers, students and parents. It leverages big data and artificial intelligence (“AI”) education technologies to lift some of the burden off teachers and increase their teaching efficiency, helping students to develop and maintain learning curiosity and enthusiasm and keeping parents updated with the progress of their kids, making learning a wonderful experience.

Aurora Mobile is a leading mobile developer service provider in China with deep expertise in the mobile development sector and proven experience accumulated over almost a decade. Aurora Mobile continues to leverage its “APP developer-centric” strategy to help mobile APP developers increase demand for mobile operations, business growth and monetization through iterative technology and product improvements. A series of services including push notifications, one-key authentication, instant messaging, statistics, analytics and APP traffic monetization (JG Alliance) have been successively launched. In addition, Aurora Mobile also leverages its artificial intelligence (“AI”)-driven data processing platform to provide customers with one-stop diversified big data service solutions, helping customers across various industries to improve operational efficiency and conduct data-led decision making.

Going forward, Aurora Mobile will continue to embrace innovative development, expand cooperation, and empower APP developers with strong capabilities in product development, operations, and technology iteration. With more intelligent developer services and superior machine learning data analysis capabilities, Aurora Mobile will continue to explore other strategic partnerships to help them incorporate digital operations, optimize decision-making, and improve operational efficiency.

About Aurora Mobile Limited

Founded in 2011, Aurora Mobile is a leading mobile developer service provider in China. Aurora Mobile is committed to providing efficient and stable push notification, one-click verification, and APP traffic monetization services to help developers improve operational efficiency, grow and monetize. Meanwhile, Aurora Mobile’s vertical applications have expanded to market intelligence, financial risk management, and location-based intelligence, empowering various industries to improve productivity and optimize decision-making.

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Aurora Mobile Limited
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Published at Tue, 24 Nov 2020 09:56:15 +0000