Ambiq Propels Remote Healthcare Monitoring Sector Growth with New Ultra-Low Power Processors

The Apollo4 Lite and Apollo4 Blue Lite System-on-Chips (SoCs) Help Enhance Devices’ Functionalities and Battery Life to Accelerate the Adoption of Remote Monitoring

Apollo4 Lite and Apollo4 Blue Lite: Anyone, Anytime, Anywhere

Ambiq introduces Apollo4 Lite and Apollo4 Blue Lite

News Highlights:

  • The new Apollo4 Lite and Blue Lite SoCs offer feature-rich capability, optimized memory, powerful graphics performance, and secureSPOT® for robust security in a lightweight solution
  • Ideal for digital health applications, such as digital stethoscopes, patient monitoring, and continuous glucose and blood pressure monitoring
  • The Apollo4 Blue Lite offers secure Bluetooth® Low Energy connectivity for communication to handheld devices, host equipment, and the Cloud

AUSTIN, Texas, July 10, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Ambiq®, a technology leader in ultra-low power semiconductor products and solutions, introduces the Apollo4 Lite and Apollo4 Blue Lite SoC to its expanding portfolio of SoCs for IoT endpoint devices, especially the remote monitoring products of the healthcare sector. This announcement follows Ambiq’s release of its Heart Kit™, an optimized open-source AI model utilizing multi-head neural networks (MH-NNs) to enable a variety of real-time heart-monitoring applications.

The Apollo4 Lite and Blue Lite product line is the latest generation system processor solutions built upon Ambiq’s proprietary Subthreshold Power-Optimized Technology (SPOT®) platform, enabling new features while reducing devices’ overall system power consumption to extend their battery life. Both SoCs are embedded with an ultra-low power Cortex-M4 core that can operate at up to 192 MHz with turboSPOT, an audio subsystem, GPU, and ample MRAM and SRAM. They are also conveniently pin-compatible with Ambiq’s Apollo4 Plus and Blue Plus¹, providing developers with optimum flexibility for innovation.

“Today’s patients are more empowered to monitor and advocate for their own health, and healthcare providers require more data analytics to prescribe holistic treatment,” said David Priscak, VP of Technical Solutions at Ambiq. “With bold graphics and long battery life, state-of-the-art health tracking is now more affordable and accessible thanks to these new additions to our Apollo4 SoC family.”

Apollo4 Lite / Blue Lite Chart

Apollo4 Lite / Blue Lite Chart

“The global remote patient market in terms of revenue was estimated to be worth $53.6 billion in 2022 and is poised to reach $175.2 billion by 2027, growing at a CAGR of 26.7% from 2022 to 2027,” said Ms. Anu Dhiman – Lead Healthcare Analyst – MarketsandMarkets Research Pvt. Ltd. “The predominant factors influencing the growth of the market include the benefits of remote patient monitoring to reduce the burden on medical resources, the monitoring benefits of telehealth and remote patient monitoring services, advancements in telecommunications, as increasing geriatric population, and the growing need to expand healthcare access.”

The Apollo4 Lite and the Apollo4 Blue Lite are designed for extended battery life, advanced security, and powerful graphics in small form factors, which are critical for the continued adoption of these devices. Both are now in mass production, targeting digital health products, smartwatches, fitness bands, animal trackers, voice-activated remotes, industrial maintenance, and smart home IoT devices. For more product information, visit www.ambiq.com/apollo4-lite and www.ambiq.com/apollo4-blue-lite.

¹ – Apollo4 Lite is pin-compatible with Apollo4 Plus (AMAP42KP-KBR); Apollo4 Blue Lite is pin-compatible with Apollo4 Blue Plus (AMA4B2KP-KXR.)

About Ambiq

Ambiq’s mission is to develop the lowest-power semiconductor solutions to enable intelligent devices everywhere by developing the lowest-power semiconductor solutions to drive a more energy-efficient, sustainable, and data-driven world. Ambiq has helped leading manufacturers worldwide develop products that last weeks on a single charge (rather than days) while delivering a maximum feature set in compact industrial designs. Ambiq’s goal is to take Artificial Intelligence (AI) where it has never gone before in mobile and portable devices, using Ambiq’s advanced ultra-low power system on chip (SoC) solutions. Ambiq has shipped more than 200 million units as of March 2023. For more information, visit www.ambiq.com.

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British AI Firm, Quantexa, Commits to Over £200M in AI Research and Development Investment by 2027

AI in Context

How Quantexa Augments and Automates Decision Intelligence with AI

Quantexa CEO outlines vision for investment in support of UK Government’s plan to make UK an AI Hub, which includes:

  • £125M in new global investments aimed at accelerating enterprise and government agency’s ability to use trusted AI-enabled Decision Intelligence solutions
  • £85M in dedicated UK investment will create over 170 new jobs in London AI Innovation Centre team
  • Preview of Generative AI assistant shows how world-leading institutions will unlock the full potential of data to investigate risk and identify opportunity

LONDON and NEW YORK, July 09, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Quantexa, a global leader in Decision Intelligence (DI) solutions for the public and private sectors, announced today that it will invest an additional £125M in the global artificial intelligence (AI) industry over the next three years to help clients advance the use of AI to protect, optimise, and grow their organisations. By 2027, Quantexa’s total global investment in AI will reach more than £200M.

The investment marks Quantexa’s continued advancements in AI with the preview of its Generative AI technology, Q Assist. Quantexa also furthered its commitment to advancing the company’s existing AI Stack to enable its growing global ecosystem of clients and partners to unlock new industry-specific use cases for financial services, insurance, telecommunications, healthcare, and in the public sector. Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence platform and suite of solutions for data management, customer intelligence, KYC, risk, fraud, and financial crime have been deployed in over 70 countries.

Analysis from University of Washington suggests this investment will boost the global AI industry by £600M as the multiplier effect is realised.

AI in Context: How Quantexa Augments and Automates Decision Intelligence with AI

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Preview of Generative AI Assistant Breaks New Ground
Built on Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence Platform, the technology preview of Q Assist, a generative AI assistant, demonstrates the potential of using LLM’s to create an intuitive and conversational interface bringing new efficiencies for analysts working with data to identify risks as part of investigations. For organisations, the potential benefit is significant – as the AI assistant allows all analyst staff to become as effective as the most experienced investigators.

Q Assist is LLM agnostic and will allow clients to use their own proprietary, open source, or commercially available models including ChatGPTTM, a leading LLM from OpenAI. Quantexa’s market-leading entity resolution, graph analytics, and scoring capabilities become turbo-charged when they can be queried with natural language questions and prompts in Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence Platform.

Today, in a video showcase, Quantexa demonstrated one of what could become many potential use cases for Q Assist. The financial crime investigation scenario was chosen to show the potential in using natural language to query vast amounts of structured and unstructured data at scale, allowing even junior analysts to understand the complex data behind graph analytics and alerts. The preview also showed the ability to automate the generation of Suspicious Activity Reports (SARs) and investigative summaries – possible in close to 100 languages – driving further efficiency in what is typically a manually intensive process and allowing more time to be redirected to strategic activities.

AI Throughout Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence Platform Delivers Business Value
Enterprises and government agencies are using Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence to become more effective and efficient at organising siloed, messy data to obtain 360-degree views of customers and suppliers to identify fraud, qualify eligibility for services, stop dangerous goods at borders, or optimise supply chains.

Quantexa is using three core principles to responsibly build out its AI Stack:

  • Context-Based Learning: Just as humans require full context to make informed decisions, so does AI. Without context, even the smartest machine learning or deep learning algorithms lack accuracy to be deployed reliably. For example, it’s impossible for a person or AI model to know if a single bank transaction in isolation is money laundering. Quantexa builds true context by using data to create single views of people, organisations, places, and other entities and assembles them visually to show complex interactions between entities. This context is what enables a person or AI to make an accurate decision.
  • Composite AI: Quantexa’s Composite AI Stack aggregates the outputs of many different techniques, including machine learning, natural language processing and deep learning. Combining these with input from subject matter experts, organisations can continually use analytics to improve decisioning to protect, optimise, and grow. Quantexa uses exclusive access to huge volumes of structured and unstructured industry data to train its AI and provides out-of-the-box open models, giving clients the ability to modify or create their own.
  • Explainability and Trust: In the highly regulated environments that organisations work in, it is crucial that decisions are transparent and explainable with no suggestion of bias. Quantexa’s technology and governance uses context-based techniques and composite AI to drive adoption of explainable outcomes without privacy concerns. Quantexa publicly maintains its AI ethics and safety guidelines here.

Rishi Sunak, Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, said:
“We want to ensure the UK remains the best place in the world to build, test, and use safe AI technology. Quantexa’s new £85M London AI Innovation Centre will help cement this reality. It will create over 170 jobs, harness the extraordinary potential of AI as we grow our economy, and lead the way on responsible AI development around the world.”

Chloe Smith, Technology Secretary, said:
“The Government is serious about AI, which is why we’ve invested £2.5B in AI infrastructure and skills since 2014 and this year set out our plan for AI regulation to drive innovation and build trust. Quantexa’s investment is a huge vote of confidence in those plans and will unlock new opportunities for growth and job creation, enabling us to continue to pave the way as a global leader in the development of AI.”

Vishal Marria, CEO and Founder, Quantexa, said:
“While many companies are talking about AI and machine learning, we have been investing in it since our inception. We are investing our time, money, and resources into the biggest technological breakthrough for generations as it will transform how organizations make decisions. We’re proud to invest in London-based innovation but the impact will be felt by the global economy and will start a ripple effect that will unlock decision intelligence capabilities for our clients and their respective industries.” 

Dr Oren Etzioni, Professor at the University of Washington’s Computer Science and founding CEO of the Allen Institute for AI, said: “An investment of 100 AI jobs will drive economic growth not just in London but around the world. The places most likely to benefit are AI innovation hubs like New York City, Seattle, and San Francisco. Based on my research into the impact of AI on employment and economic growth, the long-term monetary benefits of this announcement will increase significantly because of the multiplier effect from job creation and innovation. An initial investment of £200M is likely to benefit the wider AI industry by £600M globally within three years.” 

To learn more about how your organisation can benefit from Quantexa’s AI investment, innovation, and ethical practices, please visit here.

About Quantexa
Quantexa is a global data and analytics software company pioneering Decision Intelligence that empowers organisations to make trusted operational decisions by making data meaningful. Using the latest advancements in big data and AI, Quantexa’s Decision Intelligence platform uncovers hidden risk and new opportunities by providing a contextual, connected view of internal and external data in a single place. It solves major challenges across data management, KYC, customer intelligence, financial crime, risk, fraud, and security, throughout the customer lifecycle.

The Quantexa Decision Intelligence Platform enhances operational performance with over 90% more accuracy and 60 times faster analytical model resolution than traditional approaches. Founded in 2016, Quantexa now has more than 650 employees and thousands of users working with billions of transactions and data points across the world. The company has offices in London, New York, Boston, Toronto, Malaga, Brussels, Amsterdam, Ireland, Luxemburg, Singapore, Melbourne, Sydney, and the UAE. For more information, please visit www.quantexa.com or follow us on LinkedIn.

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Al-Shifa joins World Association of Eye Hospitals as full member

Rawalpindi, July 10, 2023 (PPI-OT): Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital has become a member of the prestigious World Association of Eye Hospitals (WAEH), a worldwide network of eye hospitals. Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital takes great pride in announcing its extraordinary achievement as the only eye hospital from Pakistan to become a member of the WAEH, the hospital announced on Tuesday.

The credit for this breakthrough goes to the leadership and dedicated team of doctors committed to serving the community, said Maj. Gen. (Retd) Rehmat Khan, President of Al-Shifa Trust. The remarkable recognition is evidence of our dedication and expertise to serve humanity, he said while sharing the information with journalists.

He said that we extend our heartfelt gratitude to all our supporters, partners, and patients who have believed in our mission and contributed to our success. Together, we will continue to strive for excellence and witness the positive influence we will have on the world of eye care, he added.

Maj. Gen. (Retd) Rehmat Khan informed that Al-Shifa Trust was established in 1985. It is a non-governmental, non-political, charitable organisation. The board of trustees comprises retired servicemen, businessmen, bureaucrats, and professionals.

The aims and objectives of the trust are to prevent and control blindness by providing standard and sustainable eye care services that are accessible and affordable. It also focuses on human resource development through the training of doctors, nurses, and paramedics; creating awareness about eye diseases; and establishing facilities for research in ophthalmology.

He informed that WAEH strives to continuously improve the experience, care, and outcomes of patients with eye disorders. It facilitates and promotes the exchange of knowledge between eye hospitals worldwide and our facility will be benefitting for their guidance which will help us provide better service to the masses.

The association is also exchanging best practices in the planning, organisation, and delivery of eye care services throughout the world, he said. The global umbrella body for regional associations of eye hospitals is focused on delivering the highest quality and safest ophthalmic care. It shares all kinds of information and knowledge in a very open and transparent way, via teleconferences, personal meetings, and exchanges.

For more information, contact:

Al-Shifa Trust Eye Hospital

Jhelum Road, Rawalpindi, Pakistan

Tel: +92-51-5487821-5

Email: info@alshifaeye.org

Website: https://alshifaeye.org/

39% Pakistanis ‘never read nutritional information of the product before buying/consuming it’: Gallup and Gilani Pakistan

Islamabad, July 10, 2023 (PPI-OT): According to a survey conducted by Gallup and Gilani Pakistan, 39% Pakistanis ‘never read nutritional information of the product before buying/consuming it’.

A nationally representative sample of adult men and women from across the country, was asked the question “Most food packages contain nutritional information about their nutrients and properties of the product. To what extent do you pay attention to this information when buying?”

In response, 31% said ‘I always read carefully all the nutritional information of the product before buying/consuming it’, 24% said ‘I sometimes read most nutritional information of the product before buying/consuming it’, 39% said ‘I never read nutritional information of the product before buying/consuming it’, and 6% said they do not know or gave no response.

Question: “Most food packages contain nutritional information about their nutrients and properties of the product. To what extent do you pay attention to this information when buying?”

For more information, contact:

Head Office,

Gallup Pakistan

Islamabad, Pakistan

Tel: +92-51-8445080

Email: isb@gallup.com.pk, caf@gallup.com.pk

Website: www.gallup.com.pk

Alkhidmat Launches Nationwide Expansion of Bano Qabil Program: Empowering Women and Youth

Lahore, July 10, 2023 (PPI-OT): Alkhidmat Foundation, a leading non-profit organization, has announced the nationwide launch of its highly successful Bano Qabil Program. This program aims to uplift women and youth across Pakistan by providing comprehensive support in skill development, IT education, vocational training, and entrepreneurial guidance. Discover how Alkhidmat Foundation is transforming lives and contributing to Pakistan’s digital transformation through this empowering initiative. The Bano Qabil Program, recognized as a symbol of hope and empowerment, is designed to uplift deserving individuals. Its core objectives include empowering women and youth through skill development, IT education, vocational training, and entrepreneurial guidance. Explore how this program has achieved remarkable success and positively impacted lives, particularly in Karachi.

Nationwide Launch and Visionary Leadership with the aim of reaching more regions in Pakistan, Alkhidmat Foundation has initiated the nationwide expansion of the Bano Qabil Program. Secretary General Syed Waqas Jafri emphasized the need for nationwide implementation during a momentous meeting at Alkhidmat Complex in Lahore. Naveed Ali Baig, the National Chairman of the Bano Qabil Program, has been entrusted with the responsibility of overseeing the expansion efforts, leveraging his experience and passion for youth empowerment.

Advancing IT Education for a Digital Pakistan the Bano Qabil Program boasts the distinction of being the largest IT scholarship program in Karachi, offering a range of advanced IT courses. These courses include the IT Professional Certificate Program, IT Training Program, Web Development and Design, Mobile App Development, and Free Launching Training Program. By equipping youth with the necessary IT skills, the program aims to foster a generation of competent professionals who can contribute to Pakistan’s digital transformation.

Collaborative Efforts and Call to Action Alkhidmat Foundation, in collaboration with stakeholders, is committed to mobilizing resources, establishing partnerships, and engaging with local communities to ensure the successful implementation of the Bano Qabil Program nationwide. To support this noble cause, the foundation appeals to individuals, organizations, and philanthropists to join hands. Visit the Alkhidmat Foundation website at Alkhidmat.org for further information, inquiries, or to contribute to the Bano Qabil Program.

The nationwide expansion of the Bano Qabil Program by Alkhidmat Foundation marks a significant milestone in empowering women and youth across Pakistan. By providing comprehensive support in skill development, IT education, vocational training, and entrepreneurial guidance, this program is transforming lives and contributing to Pakistan’s digital transformation. Join Alkhidmat Foundation in their noble mission and help deserving individuals unlock their true potential, paving the way for a more inclusive society.

For more information, contact:

Al-Khidmat Foundation Pakistan

711, Block J-2 Johar Town, Lahore, Pakistan

Tel: +92-42 35957260

Fax: +92-42 35957261

Email: info@al-khidmatfoundation.org

Website: http://al-khidmatfoundation.org/

25th Asian Athletics Championships 2023

Lahore, July 10, 2023 (PPI-OT): It is informed that Pakistan Athletics Team will depart today (09/07/2023) for Bangkok, Thailand via Thai Airways Flight No. TG0346 for participation in 25th Asian Athletics Championships scheduled from 12-16 July 2023.

The following talented athletes will represent Pakistan in this prestigious sporting event and compete against top athletes from across the continent:

1. Shajar Abbas – 100m and 200m

2. Abdul Mueed – 200m and 400m

3. Muhammad Yasir – Javelin Throw

4. Esha Imran – 200m and 400m

Coach of Mr. Shajar Abbas will be accompanying the team to provide guidance and support, ensuring that the athletes perform their best.

It is worth mentioning that the President and Secretary General of the Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP) will also be present in Bangkok to attend the 25th Congress of the Asian Athletics Association scheduled on 11th July 2023.

The Team will return to Lahore on 18 July 2023 via Thai Airways Flight No. TG0345.

For more information, contact:

Athletics Federation of Pakistan (AFP)

Website: http://www.afp.com.pk/welcome.php