Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
March 2022
From insideHPC
NVIDIA Introduces 144-Core Grace CPU ‘Superchip’ for AI, HPC
NVIDIA dropped its attempt acquire Arm Ltd. earlier this year, but it remains an Arm technology licensee. And today, in a bid to take on the x86 architecture’s long dominance in data center server chips, the company announced…
From insideHPC
HEAVY.AI Introduces Capabilities for Growing Data Sets and Decision-Quality Information
SAN FRANCISCO – March 22, 2022 – Advanced analytics company HEAVY.AI today announced the limited release of HEAVY.AI 6.0, with general availability to follow in April. The new capabilities, such as HeavyConnect, deliver improved…
From insideHPC
At GTC: NVIDIA Launches Hopper Architecture and 80-billion Transistor GPU for AI Data Centers
At GTC today, NVIDIA bolstered its “AI data center” technology with the launch of the Hopper architecture for accelerated computing, delivering what the company said is an order of magnitude performance improvement over its predecessor…
From insideHPC
NVIDIA at GTC: 60+ Updates to CUDA-X Libraries for Accelerated Computing
As NVIDIA kicked off virtual GTC this morning, the company unveiled more than 60 updates to its CUDA-X libraries, tools and technologies for developers building accelerated applications in HPC-related fields such as 6G, quantum…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Evading Sanctions with Crypto?
As was mentioned to me by my DC connections, their concern is that Crypto evade such government attempts? Below the intro to a longer article
Russians are using crypto to evade sanctions — but it’s not just the elite in Thenextweb…From insideHPC
ISC 2022 Joint Keynote to Be Delivered by NVIDIA and BMW on Digital Twins and HPC
Hamburg, Germany, March 22, 2022 – The ISC 2022 HPC conference organizers have announced that the opening keynote, a joint presentation on digital twins simulation technology, will be delivered by Rev Lebaredian, vice president…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Time Mag Releases an Issue as an NFT
Further possibilities for the blockchain enabled non-fungible token (NFT). Besides the demo, not seeing the actual need. But it seems it can be done.
Time Releases Full Magazine Issue as NFT on the Blockchain
Time, MarchTime…From insideHPC
CEA-Leti Scientist Elisa Vianello Receives €3 Million ERC Grant for Nanoscale Memories
GRENOBLE, France – March 22, 2021 – CEA-Leti today announced that Elisa Vianello, senior scientist and Edge AI program coordinator, has received a €3 million grant from the European Research Council (ERC) to build nanoscale memory…
From The Eponymous Pickle
In Need of Dumb-Phones?
I don't think this will become common, too much attention is payed to Apps and upgrades, but the point is made.
Not smart but clever? The return of 'dumbphones'
By Suzanne Bearne, Business reporter in the BBC
Seventeen-year-old…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI-driven Operations Forecasting in Data-light Environments
Integrating accurate forecasting is essential.
AI-driven operations forecasting in data-light environments
For better forecasting in operations management, AI is proving essential. And limited data is no longer the barrier itSent…From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Word Games and Cryptography
My latest discovery, thanks to Doug Peterson, is Crazy Phrase. Crazy Phrase is something of a variation of Wordle except that in Crazy Phrase the player is a phrase to discover. Clues are similar to Wordle with visual clues like…
From insideHPC
Supermicro Launches SuperBlade, Twin and Ultra Server Families Powered by 3rd Gen AMD EPYC
SAN JOSE, March 21, 2022 –Super Micro Computer, Inc. (SMCI), a high-performance computing, storage, networking solutions and green computing technology company, announces breakthrough performance with the 3rd Gen AMD EPYC Processors…
From ACM-W supporting, celebrating and advocating for Women in Computing
ACM-W Chapter News
ACM Student Chapter Excellence Awards – Apply by March 24th It is that time of year again! The ACM Student Chapter Excellence Awards recognize outstanding ACM and ACM-W student chapters. All student chapters in good standing…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Using Synthetic Data
Synthetic data training from real data.
When It Comes to AI, Can We Ditch the Datasets?
MIT News, Adam Zewe, March 15, 2022
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have demonstrated the use of a generative machine…From The Eponymous Pickle
Fast Doglike Robotics
Faster tracking surveillance? Note its training abilities.
Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) researchers have designed a new version of the Mini Cheetah robot that can achieve high running speeds more…From The Eponymous Pickle
Battery Free Device Can Float Sensors Like a Dandelion
Quite interesting Bio Mimicry.
Battery-free Devices Float on the Wind like Dandelion Seeds
By University of Washington News, March 18, 2022
University of Washington (UW) researchers have developed a tiny battery-free device that…From The Eponymous Pickle
Hovermap for liDAR Innovation
Mapping with Lidar
LiDAR News by Gene Roe
February 8, 2022 Leave a comment
Hovermap Wins Geo Week’s LiDAR Leader Outstanding Innovation Award
Emesent is proud to have their Hovermap LiDAR mapping and autonomy payload announced…From insideHPC
IonQ Aria Coming to Microsoft’s Azure Quantum Platform
COLLEGE PARK, Md. – March 21, 2022 – Quantum computing company IonQ today announced it has signed an agreement with Microsoft to bring IonQ Aria, the company’s latest quantum system, to the Azure Quantum cloud platform. IonQ …
From insideHPC
Ansys Collaborates with Microsoft on Chips, Simulation and Cloud Computing for HPC
PITTSBURGH, March 21, 2022 – Ansys (NASDAQ: ANSS) today said its customers will have automatic cloud access to new 3rd Gen AMD EPYC processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology, available on Microsoft Azure HBv3 VMs. Ansys Cloud…
From insideHPC
GIGABYTE Announces Servers with AMD EPYC Processors for the Data Center
March 21st 2022 – GIGABYTE Technology, (TWSE: 2376), a maker of high-performance servers and workstations, today announced enterprise products to support the launch of AMD EPYC 7003 Series processors with AMD 3D V-Cache technology…
From insideHPC
TYAN Announces Servers with 3rd Gen AMD EPYC Chips
Newark, Calif. – March 21, 2022 – TYAN, server platform design manufacturer and a MiTAC Computing Technology Corporation subsidiary, today announced availability of high-performance server platforms supporting new 3rd Gen AMD…
From insideHPC
AMD Announces GA of 3rd Gen AMD EPYCs with 3D V-Cache for Technical Computing
Seeking to continue on its market share eating roll in the data center server chips sector, AMD announced GA of what the company said is the world’s first data center CPU using 3D die stacking, the 3rdGen AMD EPYC with AMD 3D…
From The Noisy Channel
Content Similarity
Content classification and annotation offer useful approaches for content understanding, recognizing whether a piece of content is about a particular topic or mentions a particular entity. But most content exists in a space that…
From Computational Complexity
Do you want to be the SIGACT NEWS book review editor?
I ran the SIGACT Book Review Column from 1997-2015 (18 years). You can find all of my columns, plus reviews I did for Fred, here.
When I handed it off to Fred Green I gave him this sage advice:
Nobody shouldHe…From The Eponymous Pickle
Ransomware Helping Putin?
Conti Ransomware Gang Helping Putin? Become more aware of software as a governmental weapon. Some indications hints and here.
Leaked Ransomware Docs Show Conti Helping Putin From the Shadows By Wired, March 18, 2022
While evidence…From The Eponymous Pickle
Microsoft and PeopleLens
Fascinating direction, and natural for Msoft's work in AR capabilities.
Microsoft Research Blog
PeopleLens: Using AI to support social interaction between children who are blind and their peers
Published March 14, 2022
By Cecily…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Needs to Selectively Forget too
We discovered his early on as we had to effectively maintain models.
Can AI Learn to Forget? By Samuel Greengard in the CACM
Communications of the ACM, April 2022, Vol. 65 No. 4, Pages 9-11 10.1145/3516514
Machine learning…From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Gets more Biometric Capabilities,
Interesting, don't consider this as ominous as is being implied here. Scare quotes alerting you. If it works to make people safer, expect this to happen.
In the Future, Amazon's Ring Doorbell Might Use Biometric Data toThe…From The Eponymous Pickle
On 3D Chip Tech: Stacking Chips
Intro to the tech and how it is evolving.
3 Ways 3D Chip Tech Is Upending Computing AMD, Graphcore, and Intel show why the industry’s leading edge is going vertical SAMUEL K. MOORE16 MAR 2022 in IEEE Spectrum
A crop of high…From The Eponymous Pickle
Robot Arm Advances for Human Proximity Tasks
Fraunhofer at the Hannover Messe Preview 2022
Safe and powerful robotics for near-human tasks
Research News / March 16, 2022
Robots mowing lawns is a form of robotic assistance to which society has gotten used. But there are currently…