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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

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Investor exuberance waned later that week, dropping the chip designer out of the trillion-dollar club in short order, just as former members Meta and Tesla had fallen before it, but it was soon back in the club, and in mid-June, investment bank Morgan Stanley forecast Nvidia’s value could continue to rise another 15% before the year is out.

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Inside Seoul Robotics’s contrarian approach to autonomous vehicle tech

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According to Seoul Robotics CEO Hanbin Lee, the LV5 CTRL TWR uses an automatic transmission and connectivity built into vehicles to maneuver them autonomously without requiring hardware. We now offer three plug-and-play LiDAR development kits that include all the components necessary for any organization to get set up with a 3D system.”

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China’s game engine Cocos raises $50M, goes beyond games

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Investors include CCB Trust, a subsidiary of China Construction Bank, GGV Capital and real-time communication solution provider Agora, a long-time partner of Cocos. Cocos is best known for its cross-platform, open source engine for 2D mobile games, but many have argued it has fallen behind in the 3D era.

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As supply chain issues mount, Fictiv helps companies get from prototype to manufacturing

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Client upload a CAD file or 2D drawings, chooses parts and manufacturing methods (3D printing, injection molding, etc.) The appeal of such a system is clear, particularly for young hardware firms. and the Fictiv system outputs a price, time and other key information. It’s a lot of companies, but $100 million is a lot of dollars.

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LightForce Orthodontics wolfs down $50M to straighten out that crooked smile of yours

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With the snappy slogan “one size fits one”, LightForce Orthodontics creates custom, 3D-printed brackets and placement trays for braces. He has a deep background in 3D printing and hard tech. Meanwhile, Alfred is taking in the knowledge from other areas, such as from simulation and from 3D printing.”

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Automotive simulation platform Morai secures $20.8M Series B to expand its global footprint

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The fresh capital was led by Korea Investment Partners along with KB Investment and Korea Development Bank. Morai’s simulator solution, called Morai SIM, gives users a variety of virtual testing scenarios with its high-definition (HD) map-based 3D simulation environments. Germany, Japan and Singapore. . million (30 billion KRW).

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10 emerging innovations that could redefine IT

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Analog computing The most common paradigm for computation has been digital hardware built of transistors that have two states: on and off. The fascination in the idea comes from the observation that AI models don’t need the same kind of precision as, say, bank ledgers. Only you know when that moment might be for your tech stack.