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VLSID 2025 returns to Bengaluru to redefine innovation, from 4-8 January 2025

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The World’s Premier VLSI and Semiconductor Conference to focus on the convergence of Silicon and AI Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw and Priyank Kharge to inaugurate the conference Eminent visionaries and leaders to talk about shaping a sustainable and Intelligent technological revolution

BENGALURU, India, Dec. 10, 2024 /PRNewswire/ — The International VLSI Design & Embedded Systems Conference 2025 (VLSID 2025), a premier global event with a legacy spanning over 38 years, will be held from 4-8 January 2025, at The Leela Palace, Bengaluru. Organized by the VLSI Society of India (VSI), this global annual technical conference continues to be a beacon for technological innovation, bringing together over 2,000 engineers, academicians, researchers, policymakers, and industry leaders from around the world. The Conference is the largest and most influential IEEE conference for Semiconductors and VLSI globally.

The prestigious conference will be officially inaugurated by the Honorable Shri Ashwini Vaishnaw, Minister of Railways, Information & Broadcasting, Electronics & Information Technology, Government of India, and Shri Priyank Kharge, Honorable Minister for Information Technology & Biotechnology, Government of Karnataka. With a focused theme of Silicon Meets AI: Sustainable Innovations in Accelerated Computing, Secure Connectivity & Intelligent Mobility”, the 5-days conference this year will convene industry leaders and stakeholders for a 5-day conference including 3-day exhibition. The event will explore VLSI and Embedded Systems’ transformative impact on AI/ML, 5G, IoT, quantum computing, EVs, and emerging technologies.

This technically rich event will have exciting Keynotes, Panel Discussions, Fireside Chats, Paper presentations, Posters, Tutorials, User Design Tracks, Design Contest, Fellowship and 3 forums (Student Research Forum, Startup Forum and Industry Forum). The conference will focus on 11 different tracks including ‘EDA & CAD, AMS & RF Circuits’, ‘Embedded Systems, IoT, Cyber Physical Systems & Automotive Systems’, ‘Test, Verification & Reliability’, ‘Quantum Computing & Neuromorphic Computing’, ‘3DIC, Advanced Packaging, In-Memory & Near-Memory Computing’, ‘Hardware Security’, ‘Hardware for AI/ML’, ‘Logic and Circuit Design’, ‘Reconfigurable Computing and Processor Design’ and ‘Power & Energy Management’.

Key Highlights

15+ Keynotes from leaders showing the future ahead, and 5 panels/fireside-chat covering wide topics of domestic products, fabless ecosystem, manufacturing supply chain, talent pipeline.Industry Forum and User Design Track will highlight the real-world industry practices and opportunities.68 papers and 30 posters were selected from a massive submission of 380 technical papers and posters after a series of rigorous assessments with over 1300 reviews by 256 TPC members, 22 TPC co-chairs, and 2 TPC chair.The public call for tutorial proposals, yielded 70 submissions, of which 32 were accepted and will be showcased at VLSID 25 in 4 parallel tracks arranged in 16 different domains.An intriguing design contest on the theme ‘disruptive innovation in semiconductor arena’ was arranged for students pursuing B.E./B.Tech, M.Tech., M.S./PhD. The best 30 teams were awarded with hardware kits while the top 5 teams in each category will get an opportunity to exchange their ideas at the conference. A prize of INR 50,000 has been announced for one team per category.VLSID Fellowship, a prestigious award for academic researchers and a critical component of VLSID conference attracted 660 applications from all over India this year. This distinguished bursary has been awarded to nearly 250 students and 80 faculty members thus far.VLSID 25 will showcase Startup Forum, a unique platform for top 10 promising startups in VLSI, embedded systems, and semiconductors will get an opportunity to showcase their ideas, connect with investors, and foster collaborations.VLSID 25 will host a distinguished Ph.D. and Student Research Forum to support new scholars and foster collaboration. From a total of 65 Student Research Forum entries, 12 were shortlisted to present posters during the conference. A distinguished jury of academic and commercial specialists will select the top posters.

Hitesh Garg, Vice President and India Managing Director, NXP Semiconductors, and the Executive Chair of the VLSI Design Conference, said, “VLSID 2025 is not just a conference; it’s a mission to catalyse innovation and collaboration in the semiconductor and electronics ecosystem. This platform will inspire sustainable and impactful advancements that redefine technology, both in India and globally, and helps in bringing India closer to self-reliance in cutting-edge technology and systems.”

Sandeep Bharathi, Chief Development Officer, Marvell, and an executive chair of the VLSI Design Conference, said, “As India accelerates its digital push for Self-Reliance, VLSID 2025 emerges as a pivotal platform, uniting global leaders from industry, academia, research, and policymaking to shape the future of technology. Through keynote sessions, panel discussions, and networking opportunities we are hopeful that attendees will gain critical insights into emerging trends, explore innovative solutions, and set a roadmap for India’s leadership in VLSI design and embedded systems.”

Patrick Johnson, Senior Corporate Vice President, Microchip, and an executive chair of the VLSI Design Conference, said, “VLSID 2025 exemplifies the convergence of cutting-edge research, industry expertise, and innovation. This conference will delve into cutting-edge advancements in Silicon, AI, 5G, IoT, Quantum Computing, and other transformative domains, fostering collaboration and innovation crucial to paving the way for India’s leadership in the global tech landscape.”

The flagship event will have an exhibition area, comprising of 58 exhibition booths representing over 45 companies and additional 24 dedicated start-up booths. The exhibition will showcase key technologies, products, and solutions from the leading ESDM and Semiconductor players along with key startups. The event has attracted top-notch VLSI Design, Semiconductor, Embedded System companies as its sponsors. With this, VLSID 2025 promises to establish new benchmarks in the semiconductor space while aligning with India’s Digital India, Make in India, and Startup India initiatives.

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In the news release, Applied Intuition Collaborates with Heidelberg Materials to Advance Innovation in Quarry Operations with Autonomous Haulage Fleets, issued 30-Apr-2026 by Applied Intuition, Inc. over PR Newswire, we are advised by the company that changes have been made. The complete, corrected release follows, with additional details at the end:

Applied Intuition Collaborates with Heidelberg Materials to Advance Innovation in Quarry Operations with Autonomous Haulage Fleets

Deployment brings intelligent, vehicle-based autonomy to Australia, establishing a new operating model for construction and mining environments.

SUNNYVALE, Calif., April 30, 2026 /CNW/ — Applied Intuition, Inc., a leader in physical AI, today announced its collaboration with Heidelberg Materials, one of the world’s largest integrated manufacturers of building materials and solutions, to deploy autonomous haulage systems for Heidelberg Materials’ quarry operations, starting at a site in Australia.

Applied Intuition will provide its Self-Driving System (SDS) for Construction to support autonomous haulage operations within Heidelberg Materials’ fleet of construction and mining vehicles in Australia. The deployment marks the next real-world application of Applied Intuition’s autonomy platform in industrial environments. Upon successful completion, it will support the expansion of autonomous operations within Heidelberg Materials’ broader Australian network.

The collaboration also challenges the standard industry model. While autonomy solutions traditionally target the largest quarry sites, this system is designed for smaller operations, including those running just two 40-ton trucks, making it deployable across quarry sites of varying size worldwide.

“No two quarry or construction sites operate the same way, with different layouts, constraints and economics,” said Qasar Younis, co-founder and CEO of Applied Intuition. “We’ve built our platform to adapt to that reality. This partnership shows we can take the same core system used in large mining operations and apply it to smaller, infrastructure-constrained quarry sites, scaling it across hundreds of unique locations.”

For Heidelberg Materials, the partnership is aimed at enhancing safety and operational performance. It also reflects the need for an autonomy solution that can operate at large sites and smaller ones too, whereas traditional autonomous haulage systems are often too infrastructure-heavy or costly to scale. For Applied Intuition, it serves as a proof point that its autonomy platform is designed not just for one-off deployments, but for global scale across construction, quarry and mining environments of any size.

Applied Intuition’s system runs directly on the vehicle, with integrated perception, decision-making and safety systems onboard, enabling reliable operation without constant connectivity or heavy site infrastructure.

The collaboration builds on Applied Intuition’s growing presence in construction and mining autonomy and reinforces its broader physical AI strategy. The same core platform has already been deployed in other industries, including trucking and defense, with learnings from each domain contributing to continuous system improvements. Applied Intuition’s SDS platform strategy also enables the company to bring technologies proven in other domains into construction and mining, helping accelerate development and deployment.

Through this project, Applied Intuition demonstrates the range of its autonomy platform, from some of the largest mining trucks in the world to smaller quarry vehicles operating in constrained, lower-infrastructure environments. Together, these deployments highlight the company’s approach to building scalable autonomy for construction and mining from the ground up.

To learn more about how Applied Intuition is building the future of construction autonomy, visit applied.co.

About Applied Intuition
Applied Intuition, Inc. is powering the future of physical AI. Founded in 2017 and now valued at $15 billion, the Silicon Valley company is creating the digital infrastructure needed to bring intelligence to every moving machine on the planet. Applied Intuition services the automotive, defense, trucking, construction, mining and agriculture industries in three core areas: tools and infrastructure, operating systems and autonomy. Eighteen of the top 20 global automakers, as well as the United States military and its allies, trust the company’s solutions to deliver physical intelligence. Applied Intuition is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, with offices in Washington, D.C.; San Diego; Ft. Walton Beach, Florida; Ann Arbor, Michigan; London; Stuttgart; Munich; Stockholm; Gothenburg, Sweden; Bangalore; Seoul; and Tokyo. Learn more at applied.co.

Correction: An earlier version of this release incorrectly stated the location of the site noted in the first paragraph.

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MOREH Demonstrates Production-Ready LLM Inference on Tenstorrent Galaxy, Achieving DGX A100-Class Performance with Improved Cost Efficiency

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Reduces HBM Costs with GPU–Tenstorrent Heterogeneous Distributed Serving
First unveiled at Tenstorrent’s launch event, TT-Deploy, in San Francisco on May 1

SANTA CLARA, Calif., May 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Moreh, an AI infrastructure software company, led by CEO Gangwon Jo, announced that it has successfully validated LLM inference performance on the Tenstorrent Galaxy Wormhole system using its proprietary ‘MoAI Inference Framework.’

Based on tests across leading Mixture-of-Experts (MoE) models—including GPT-OSS, Qwen, GLM, and DeepSeek—Moreh achieved LLM inference performance on Tenstorrent Galaxy Wormhole matching or surpassing NVIDIA DGX A100-class systems, demonstrating a compelling alternative to conventional GPU-centric AI infrastructure.

Moreh also improved cost efficiency by implementing a disaggregated serving architecture that combines GPUs with Tenstorrent Wormhole chips. By utilizing Tenstorrent processors as dedicated prefill accelerators, the company reduced reliance on high-cost HBM and lowered overall infrastructure costs.

The results were first unveiled at Tenstorrent’s launch event, TT-Deploy, held on May 1 in San Francisco.

As a strategic partner of Tenstorrent and a major external contributor to Metalium, Moreh showcased a live LLM inference demo at the event. Building on its experience operating AMD GPU-based production environments in real-world data centers, the company presented its latest technical achievements in ‘Production-Ready LLM Inference on Tenstorrent Galaxy.’

MoAI Inference Framework is a disaggregated inference solution that enables unified operation of heterogeneous GPUs and NPUs—including NVIDIA, AMD, and Tenstorrent—within a single cluster. This allows enterprises to build flexible AI infrastructure strategies without vendor lock-in.

Moreh CEO Gangwon Jo stated, “Achieving production-grade LLM inference performance and stability on Tenstorrent-based systems marks a significant milestone,” and added, “We will continue to enhance performance through deeper optimization across heterogeneous architectures and closer integration with Tenstorrent NPUs.”

Moreh is developing its own core AI infrastructure engine and, through its foundation LLM subsidiary Motif Technologies, is building end-to-end capabilities spanning both infrastructure and model domains. Simultaneously, the company is making its mark in the global market through collaborations with key partners such as AMD, Tenstorrent, and SGLang.

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US Startup PerZeption Inc. Announces Collaboration with Alcon Research

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BOSTON, MA, May. 1, 2026 /PRNewswire/ — Advancements in vision correction evaluation require methods that offer both precision and efficiency in detecting clinically meaningful visual differences. Addressing this need, PerZeption is set to present new data validating its AIM+ CSF modeling technology at the Association of Research in Vision and Ophthalmology (ARVO) annual meeting.

Attendees are invited to learn more about this innovative approach during the poster session on May 4, 2026, from 11:15 AM to 1:00 PM, at posterboard #0941.

“We are very excited to collaborate with Alcon, one of the largest companies within the Ophthalmology sector worldwide. “, Dr. Jan Skerswetat said. “The results, presented by Dr Derek Nankivil, indicate that our technology enables rapid, repeatable, and highly sensitive assessment of contrast vision.”

The abstract, titled ‘AIM+ CSF modeling enables efficient detection of clinically meaningful visual differences,’ outlines how PerZeption’s technology supports sensitive, low-burden visual assessment for vision correction evaluation. Data indicates that with approximately six adaptive displays of stimuli and two repeats, studies show around 20 subjects can achieve 90% power to detect a 1 JND (Just Noticeable Difference) change in AULCSF (Area Under the Log Contrast Sensitivity Function). This research also demonstrates AIM+ CSF’s stable repeatability in less than 3 minutes, absence of bias, and robust performance, validating its role as an effective tool for objective visual performance evaluation.

This joint effort highlights a shared dedication to advancing ophthalmology research and developing precise tools for visual assessment. The ARVO annual meeting serves as the world’s foremost event for ophthalmology research, offering a vital platform for sharing scientific breakthroughs and fostering dialogue within the global vision science community.

“In addition to all the exciting research presentations that leverage PerZeption technology at this years’ ARVO meeting, we are also proud to be showcasing PerZeption’s battery of functional tests at our booth, #4027.” Dr. Skerswetat added and noted that there will be opportunities to try out our technology.

This presentation at ARVO represents a significant step in the validation and recognition of PerZeption’s contributions to advanced visual assessment technologies.

About PerZeption Inc
PerZeption delivers vision testing with a rapid, self-administered, and adaptive psychophysical platform delivered via cloud-based software on standard tablets or all-in-one computers. Our flagship platform, Angular Indication Measurement (AIM), enables testing of over 20 visual functions. Our novel approach equips researchers and clinicians with a comprehensive range of visual functions and introduces new tests for which there are no currently available devices. We reduce chairtime. Self-administered tests on a single device in combination with proprietary methods that rapidly assess vision, reduce user’s burden and require minimal training or space, unlike bulky, specialized single-use devices. Finally, cloud-based delivery supports secure in-clinic and remote testing, ensuring consistent, trackable results for clinicians and pharmaceutical companies. 

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