
Kontron takes over Fujitsu's industrial mainboards
As part of an asset deal with Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Kontron S&T acquires Fujitsu's industrial mainboard business based in Augsburg.

As part of an asset deal with Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Kontron S&T acquires Fujitsu's industrial mainboard business based in Augsburg.

Janz Tec offers the MDE:connect hardware-software solution package for flexible machine data acquisition in digitalized production.

Adlink is launching a controller with an IoT gateway onto the market. The computing power of the MXE-210 is provided by an Intel Atom x7-E3950/x5-E3930 processor (codenamed Apollo Lake-I).

With the DNP/AISS1, SSV is presenting an evaluation board with various sensors and pre-installed machine learning algorithms for industrial applications.

The Jetson TX2i modules from Nvidia are used in the new AI embedded computer from Syslogic. According to the provider, the GPU is characterized by an economical but powerful quad-core processor platform.

The Raspberry Pi 4 comes with new computing cores and improvements, especially to the peripherals. The new features in detail in a picture gallery.
With end-to-end communication, cloud computing is also moving into production. A distributed cloud computing approach (edge computing) will play a major role in this context.

Germany's best young researchers in the 54th national 'Jugend forscht' competition have been chosen. Artificial intelligence (AI) is playing an increasingly important role in the young talents' projects. The winners from the specialist areas and the special prize winners in a picture gallery.
Hardware that mimics the behavior of neurons and synapses - researchers from the Universities of Münster, Oxford and Exeter have succeeded in developing such a system. The system works with light - not electrons - and can therefore process data many times faster.
According to many experts, the potential of artificial intelligence in the manufacturing environment is enormous. Preconfigured or AI-adapted computer solutions make it easier to get started with the new technology.

Kontron is expanding its rackmount server product portfolio with the Kiss 4U V3 SKW in 4U format. It offers high performance, more storage capacity for high-performance image processing, compute-intensive AI and machine learning applications and SCADA/MES applications.

The emPC-A/RPI3+ embedded PC and the 7-inch emView-7/RPI3+ panel PC from Janz Tec are equipped with the new long-term available 'Raspberry Pi 3 B+ module'. The most important innovation for professional use is the production guarantee of the 3B+ modules until 2023.
Due to their great flexibility, industrial PCs in 19-inch format continue to enjoy great popularity - for example as the basis for pioneering testing technology applications.

The Raspberry Pi is appreciated by makers and professionals alike - and not just because of its low price. There is a second reason.

The second-highest number of visitors in the history of embedded world, more exhibitors, more exhibition space, the new Start-up Area, numerous expert discussions in the forums, the 10th Student Day and around 2000 participants at the two accompanying conferences.
The 17th edition of embedded world set new records in terms of exhibitors and exhibition space. At around 31,000, there were slightly fewer visitors than in 2018 - but this is the second-best visitor result in the event's history. The hype topic of AI was omnipresent at the trade fair.
Takeover in the semiconductor industry
Nvidia is taking over Mellanox for around 6.9 billion dollars. According to the news agency Reuters, Nvidia has thus outbid Intel, which would apparently also have been interested in a takeover.

More exhibitors, more space and the second-best visitor result: this is how embedded world 2019 can be summarized in figures. WEKA Fachmedien has collected impressions of the trade fair in a series of pictures.

Congatec has announced its results for the 2018 financial year and set new records. With its sights set on new markets, the company intends to continue its growth trajectory.

embedded world 2019, the world's most important trade fair and congress event for the embedded industry, has been running since Tuesday. Also on site with their camera: the reporters from WEKA FACHMEDIEN. Here are their impressions from Nuremberg.