Stop scaling cloud chips, Axelera AI warns: purpose-built AI wins

The edge AI market is booming, but deployments stall in "pilot purgatory." Axelera AI's CEO Fabrizio Del Maffeo explains how purpose-built Digital In-Memory Computing architecture eliminates the data bottleneck, making AI deployments at the edge economically viable.

Tamalika Banerjee: Pioneering energy-efficient AI

The University of Groningen professor and IMChip founder is developing neuromorphic chips inspired by the human brain that are up to 200 times more energy-efficient than conventional processors. Her message: interdisciplinary collaboration isn't optional—it's essential.

Green myths and platform power: How AI reshapes a climate debate

Big Tech's promises of "green AI" mask an uncomfortable reality: massive energy demands, growing carbon emissions, and a shifting narrative that sidelines sustainability. Dr. Rianne Riemens unpacks how Silicon Valley is shaping our environmental futures.

AI’s energy wall – and imec’s plan to break through

At a Leuven briefing, imec's leadership warned that AI's hunger for compute is on a collision course with planetary limits. Their answer: squeeze far more performance per watt by pushing Moore's Law, going 3D, and lighting up chips with photonics.