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Maix4-HAT is a compact AI inference module developed by Sipeed for edge-side deployment of large models. According to Sipeed, it is powered by AXera’s AX650 vision chip, integrating an NPU capable of up to 72 TOPS at INT4 or 18 TOPS at INT8 precision. The module is designed to handle vision, speech, and language tasks in compact edge environments.

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Calibre 8.7 Adds Support for Generating Page Number Files on MTP-Based Kindles

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Today in Techrights

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Dec 05, 2024

Sunny Winter Day

Updated This Past Day

  1. Techrights is Officially an Adult
    this site's eighteenth anniversary
  2. Technology: rights or responsibilities? - Part IX
    By Dr. Andy Farnell
  3. Many Geeks' Achilles Heel: They Don't Take Computer Breaks
    Life can get longer if you stay healthy
  4. In Asia, Microsoft's Bing Became Smaller Than Yandex and It Shrinks Every Month
    How long before Microsoft pulls the plug on Bing?

    New

  5. Links 04/12/2024: Social Control Media Thoughts, Enrons of 2024, and More
    Links for the day
  6. Gemini Links 04/12/2024: Soviet Esotericism, Mikrotik is Awesome, and More
    Links for the day
  7. [Meme] Silicon Valley's "Successful Businessmen"
    Debt is not a currency
  8. Visualising About 0.7 Trillion Dollars of Debt in Supposedly "Successful" Tech Companies
    If they're doing so well, how come they borrow so much money (which some would struggle to pay back or never manage to pay back)?
  9. Single-Digit Microsoft: Windows Finally Falls Below 10% in Angola
    it's only a matter of time before Windows is down to 5%
  10. Coming Up With Topics to Cover and Issues to Comment on
    Socialising is a big part of it
  11. [Meme] Far From What Was Originally Intended
    Makes site about RMS; Deletes his own 'site'
  12. Over at Tux Machines...
    GNU/Linux news for the past day
  13. IRC Proceedings: Tuesday, December 03, 2024
    IRC logs for Tuesday, December 03, 2024
  14. Illuminating Microsoft's Dirty Tactics
    Criticising illegal things that Microsoft does can be classified as "Microsoft bashing" or "hatred"
  15. Proof That Drew DeVault Vanished From Mastodon After the RMS Attack Site Was Linked to Him (and People Pointed Out DeVault's Fascination With Animated CP, Drawings of Naked Kids)
    We assume he just wanted to vanish from Mastodon
  16. Maybe Bill Gates is Getting Demented Like His Late Father (He Says Things That Are True But He's Not Supposed to Say in Public)
    It happened in a podcast with Reid Hoffman
  17. We've Clearly Struck a Nerve
    Microsofters and Microsoft proxies have meanwhile lost their temper

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