Graphcore was the Office in Bristol, they came out of stealth mode by announcing a $50 million investment from Sequoia and then a $200 million funding round from Microsoft, BMW et al. The GOOG was the "lab in Shenzhen": AI: "Google moves into Shenzhen in latest China expansion" (GOOG; NVDA)
and.....unfortunately for my hope of joining the prognosticating pantheon, the Moscow AI chip effort seems to have withered on the vine and our spies appear to have joined the mafiya and were last seen zipping along Tverskaya Street in an armored Mercedes full of Ukrainian hookers and crypto hackers.
However! We do have this from Tass to offer until I figure out what the heck happened to the AI chip project:
September 17
Introducing sixth generation communication networks requires solving such technological tasks as deployment of relatively more base stations closer to the subscriber, according to the presidential representative on digital and technological developmentRussian specialists created a new type of chip that accelerates the development of the sixth generation communications networks, presidential representative on digital and technological development, Dmitry Peskov said at an online conference, organized by TASS Thursday.
"I can't tell you where exactly, but one Russian lab has made a breakthrough in 6G just recently, creating a new type of chip that did not exist in the world before. What I’m saying is that the 6G is already in sight," Peskov said, adding that the lab in question was a civilian one.
Introducing sixth generation communication networks requires solving such technological tasks as deployment of relatively more base stations closer to the subscriber, he added.
"In several years, we will receive mass Internet from space, it will become very close to us. It must be perceived as a basic infrastructure," the presidential representative said, outlining the technological prospects for the coming years.....MORE
Previously:
"It’s Never Too Early to Think About 6G"
One way to sidestep the whole Huawei-has-the-lead-in-5G issue....
"Ready for 6G? How AI will shape the network of the future"
Tired Of All the 5G Hype? Here's 6G
Meanwhile the cable industry appears to have attended the Nigel Tufnel school of marketing:
Ready for 10G? As wireless carriers push 5G, cable industry makes a case to keep broadband
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