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We invite you to develop
solutions that will have a
real-world impact based
on Intel’s Edge-centric
FPGAs.
Team projects will focus
on the sustainability-themed and deliver
benefits to environmental
issues such as water
conservation, optimizing
energy usage, limiting
waste, and making
intelligent use of the
planet’s resources.
If this seems interesting to
you, and maybe you’ve
got a great idea, go to
now to enter the competition.
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In this issue
Page1: 2021 Contest Theme
Page2: Sustainability
Page3: Sustainability (continued)
Page4: Key Dates & Support
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Contest Theme: Connecting the Edge for a Sustainable Future
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Our world is facing challenges unlike any we
have seen before. We are in the era
of distributed intelligence, where computing is
pervasive. With all these connected devices
and the resulting increase in data, there will be
global implications to energy and resource
use, as well environmental impact.
The InnovateFPGA design contest was
developed to inspire engineers to design,
create, and innovate with FPGAs. This edition
of the design contest will invite teams to
develop solutions that will have a real-world
environmental impact.
Intel is raising the bar for itself and evolving its
corporate responsibility strategy to increase
the scale of our work with others. We are
creating a more responsible, inclusive, and
sustainable world, enabled through
technology and our collective actions. Today,
we are applying our resources to deliver on
our bold goals. And we’re not doing it alone;
Microsoft and Analog Devices have joined
forces with Intel and Terasic to create a
complete contest platform that can connect
sensors and other devices via the flexibility of
an Intel® Cyclone® V SoC FPGA to Microsoft
Azure IoT and AI services.
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Teams from across the world will compete for
a spot in the Grand Final, where they will be
able to demonstrate their creativity with
ingenious solutions to some of the world’s
most challenging problems. This contest is
an opportunity for Intel, Microsoft, Analog
Devices and Terasic to invest in the design
community from students in University, to
makers, and professional engineers. Each
team chosen will receive a no-cost
development kit and design tools to help
them showcase their creativity and ingenuity.
- Register your team and submit your
project ideas by October 1st, 2021 to
claim your free development kit from
Intel, Microsoft, and Analog Devices.
- Cash prizes will be awarded to the
regional and grand final contest winners.
- Winners of the Regional Finals (March
2022) will have their travel, meals, and
lodging expenses paid to attend the
Grand Final event on June 23, 2022 in
San Jose, California.
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Here at Intel, we are inspired
to drive innovation that
enriches the lives of every
person on earth, and we are
excited to collaborate with
Terasic, Microsoft, ADI and
other companies to enable
solutions that address global
challenges using FPGA
technology. I am excited to
see the innovation that will
come forth through the
InnovateFPGA Design
Contest.
- Patrick Dorsey, VP and GM
of FPGA Product Group, Intel
Programmable Solutions
Group
Microsoft Azure is thrilled to
be a key supporter of this
unique, global development
competition. With edge and
cloud computing coming
closer together connecting
the physical and digital
worlds, and when combined
with AI and machine learning,
the possibilities are
endless! We can't wait to see
what innovative solutions the
competitor teams come up
with to help reduce climate
impact, drive sustainability,
and enable others to do the
same around the world.
Welcome and best of luck!
- Justin Slade, Director,
Azure IoT Marketing
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Imagining a Sustainable Future
How key players in the electronics industry are changing their businesses
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Dialogue versus Action. Talking versus
Doing. We aren’t referring to a movie or
television script. Instead, we are referring
to how businesses are transforming in
order to infuse corporate responsibility
into the very structure of their companies.
This year’s InnovateFPGA Design
Contest will allow a direct connection
between corporate sustainability
initiatives and real-world Edge and Cloud
connected solutions. Sustainability covers
a broad range of markets and use-cases.
Some of the areas for sustainability-themed solution development are Smart
City, Food or Water related, Autonomous
Vehicles, Transportation, Data
management, Health, Industrial, and
Marine related (see page 3 for actual Intel
FPGA-based solution in action). To help
prospective teams think about potential
contest ideas, here are some examples of
sustainable solutions.
Smart City: The City of Chicago has
implemented a system which allows them
to save approximately $10 million per year
by reducing their overall use of electricity
and maintenance costs using smart public
lighting systems.
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Food related: From farm to kitchen, IoT applications can help reduce food waste across the food chain. Sensors used to monitor the cold chain, from field to supermarket, can ensure that food maintains a certain temperature, thus guaranteeing that products remain food safe and fresh longer, reducing food waste.
Water Related: Many homes and commercial building landscapes are still watered manually or on a set schedule. This is an inexact method of watering, which does not consider weather, soil moistness, or the water levels needed by the plant. Using a smart IoT water management solution, landscape irrigation can be reduced, saving water, and improving landscape health.
Autonomous Vehicles: Edge computing architecture makes it possible for autonomous vehicles to collect, process, and share data between vehicles and to broader networks in real time with almost no latency. Combined with a network of edge data centers geographically (continued on Page3)
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ADI and Intel share a vision
for how technology can
enrich the lives of every
person on the planet, and
we're proud to support the
engineers of the future via
InnovateFPGA.
- Anelise Sacks, Senior VP,
Chief Customer Officer of
Analog Devices.
Terasic is dedicated in providing engineers of the future the opportunities to share their visions and innovations and demonstrate their FPGA development skills on an international stage.
Continued from the success we had with previous InnovateAsia design contests, where we see many innovative inventions, there should be no doubt that we will see more brilliant works from 2021 InnovateFPGA Design Contest.
- Sean Peng, CEO of Terasic |
Imagining a Sustainable Future
(continued from page 2)
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positioned to collect and relay critical data to municipalities, emergency response services, and auto manufacturers, edge-enabled vehicles will offer higher reliability without crippling network infrastructures.
Transportation: Having a connected public mass transit system can significantly reduce wait time and accelerate city-wide travel. Some examples of improved public bus services: fleet tracking, fare collection, live video monitoring, vehicle telematics, video analytics and facial recognition.
Other (reducing energy consumption): Moving computing to the edge could help optimize energy usage by reducing the amount of data traversing the network. By running the applications at the user edge, data can be stored and processed close to the end user and their devices instead of relying on centralized data centers that are often hundreds of miles away. This will lead to lower latency for the end user and could lead to a significant reduction in energy consumption.
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Professional Support
Contest organizer Terasic will answer questions and provide technical support for contestants / developers. Stay tuned for more ‘how to’ details in upcoming newsletters. Go to URL to submit questions:
www.InnovateFPGA.com
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Key Dates
Contest Launch: July 1, 2021
The Design Contest launches on July 1. Register as a developer. Each entry will receive a
confirmation email and a unique team ID upon registration.
Proposal Submission: Aug. 1 – Sept. 30, 2021
Registered developers can start to submit project proposal during this period. Final
proposals need to be received by September 30.
Proposal Selection: October 15, 2021
The InnovateFPGA Judging Committee and community will select regional teams based
on the submitted design proposals. These teams will each receive an Intel FPGA Cloud
Connectivity Kit to begin developing the proposed project, turning them into real designs.
Shipping will start on October 16.
Develop Designs Oct. 16, 2021 – Feb. 7, 2022
Teams develop the projects using provided resources and upload completed design paper
and project video before the deadline.
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