Communications of the ACM
The blog archive provides access to past blog postings from Communications of the ACM and other sources by date.
April 2021
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Ideal divisors: when a division compiles down to just a multiplication
The division instruction is one of the most expensive instruction in your CPU. Thus optimizing compilers often compile divisions by known constants down to a multiplication followed by a shift. However, in some lucky cases, the…
From insideHPC
Open Source Summit + Embedded Linux Conference 2021 Moved from Dublin to Seattle, September 27-30
Open Source + Embedded Linux Conference 2021 has been moved from Dublin, Ireland to Seattle, Washington, USA, due to the current state of COVID-19 vaccination rates in Europe and upon review of past attendee survey results regarding…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Why Regulation Won't Harm Cryptocurrencies?
Though I imagine they could.
Why Regulation Won’t Harm Cryptocurrencies From Knowledge @ Wharton, Apr 27, 2021
MIC LISTEN TO THE PODCAST:
Wharton’s Brian Feinstein speaks with Wharton Business Daily on SiriusXM about the regulation…From insideHPC
insideHPC Guide to How Expert Design Engineering and a Building Block Approach Can Give You a Perfectly Tailored AI, ML or HPC Environment
In this insideHPC technology guide, "How Expert Design Engineering and a Building Block Approach Can Give You a Perfectly Tailored AI, ML or HPC Environment,"we will present things to consider when building a customized supercomputer…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Unlocking Category & Brand Growth with Data Science
Sorry, late to announce this, about to occur, will include some people I know from MIT. I plan to attend. You still may be able to register. I will provide relevant links to any rebroadcast.
Web Event Reminder: Unlocking…From The Eponymous Pickle
AI Agents for Lab Work
Can see this useful for other kinds of 'labs', A lab is a business process with specific goals, and scientific constraints, like those we worked with. Better, faster cheaper, compliantly. Carefully trained.
AI Agent Helps…From insideHPC
Astera Labs and Avery Design Partner on CXL 2.0 Verification for Smart Retimer Portfolio
Tewksbury, MA., April 28, 2021 — Avery Design Systems, a functional verification solutions company, today announced that Astera Labs, a connectivity solutions for intelligent systems specialist, successfully used Avery’s Compute…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Support a Bounty for Prior Art
Was slightly involved with an effort regarding patent trolls. Very long since I touched on this. Push obviousness. Like this approach. Agree its the way to go. PTO needs to be evolved. Which reminded me of: Trolls are…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Navigating Complex Computer Instructions
Technical look at improvements in acceleration by better understanding computer instructions.
A Tool for Navigating Complex Computer Instructions
MIT Computer Science and Artificial Intelligence Laboratory, Rachel Gordon, April…From insideHPC
Excelero Launches NVMesh on Azure, Addressing Public Cloud Storage for IO-Intensive Workloads
SAN JOSE, April 28, 2021 – Excelero, a disruptor in software-defined storage for IO-intensive workloads such as GPU computing for AI/ML/DL, commercial HPC and data analytics, has added public cloud storage support to its flagship…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Pluribus Networks
Brought to my recent attention:
Enhancements within Netvisor ONE and the…From Schneier on Security
Second Click Here to Kill Everybody Sale
For a limited time, I am selling signed copies of Click Here to Kill Everybody in hardcover for just $6, plus shipping.
I have 600 copies of the book available. When they’re gone, the sale is over and the price will revert to…From The Eponymous Pickle
Quantum Sensing
New concept to me, but very much emerging. This explains it.
Quantum Sensing Takes Shape By Samuel Greengard
Commissioned by CACM Staff, April 27, 2021
" ...By measuring movements, rotations, absorption, and numerous other physical…From The Eponymous Pickle
Implementing Insider Defenses
Quite a considerable look at the problem. With video and overview. Hardly all encompassing, but a useful broad look at the problem.
Implementing Insider Defenses By Eric Grosse, Fred B. Schneider, Lynette L. Millett in CACM…From insideHPC
PRACE 22nd Call for Proposals Results in 43 Awards Totaling 1.9B Core Hours
April 27, 2021 — PRACE announced that its 22nd Call for Proposals for PRACE Project Access received 61 eligible proposals, of which 43 were awarded, a total of 1.92 billion core hours. This brings the total number of Project …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Origami Based Tire Design
Had not heard of such a design. Pictures and some stats at the link.
Origami based tires can change shape while a vehicle is moving by Bob Yirka , Tech Xplore
A team of researchers affiliated with Seoul National University,Origami…From insideHPC
Hyperion Research Invites Applications to Expand HPC Advisory Panel
ST. PAUL, Minnesota, April 27, 2021 – If you aren’t already one of the more than 1,200 HPC experts worldwide who lend their special expertise by completing brief, anonymous surveys as part of Hyperion Research’s HPC Advisory …
From The Eponymous Pickle
Amazon Opens a Hair Salon
Intriguing leverage of expertise. Also note 'point and learn' concept. Amazon continues to consider other tech links to improved consumer interaction.
Why did Amazon open a hair salon? in Retailwire by Tom Ryan with further…From The Eponymous Pickle
Ramsey Theory and Commercial Cliques
A colleague of mine and I brought this up and how we might potentially use it to understand some kinds of consumer group commercial behavior. Glad to be reminded of this, and thinking of how it might be tested with more data…
From insideHPC
New NEC AI Supercomputer at Technische Universität Dresden
Düsseldorf, 22 April, 2021 – NEC Deutschland GmbH has announced that the Technische Universität Dresden has taken a new High Performance Computing (HPC) cluster into full operation. The new HPC cluster is operated by the Center…
From The Eponymous Pickle
Sample Patterns and Predictions
Like to see examples of this type to show what can be done with emerging tech.
Open Source AI Can Predict Electrical Outages from Storms with 81% Accuracy by Anthony Alford in Infoq
Development Group Manager at Genesys Cloud…From The Eponymous Pickle
Data Monetization / Data as an Asset
A long time area of study for us. Measuring the value of data in context.
Greasing the Wheels for Data Monetization by 7wData
Data is a critical asset to business success.” That’s probably the closest thing to a self-evident…From insideHPC
IBM Launches Storage for Data Management across Hybrid Clouds
IBM has announced innovations across its storage product line designed to improve management of data across complex hybrid cloud environments with the goal of improving data availability and resilience. The company announced
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From insideHPC
Xilinx Announces Shipments of 7nm Versal AI Core and Versal Prime Series Devices
SAN JOSE, April 27, 2021 – Adaptive computing company Xilinx, Inc. (NASDAQ: XLNX) today announced that its Versal AI Core and Versal Prime series devices are now shipping to customers in full production volumes. Additionally,…
From insideHPC
Arm Releases Details on 2 Neoverse Platforms and Mesh Interconnect for HPC, ML
Arm Holdings this morning released information new platforms and an interconnect for HPC, machine learning and other workloads introduced last September: The Arm Neoverse V1 platform is a new computing tier for Arm and the first…
From insideHPC
NTT Research and Tokyo Institute of Technology Target Two Applications for CIM
Sunnyvale, Calif. – April 27, 2021 – NTT Research, Inc., a division of NTT (TYO:9432), today announced that it has entered into joint research agreement with Tokyo Institute of Technology (Tokyo Tech) to develop applications …
From insideHPC
Scality and HPE Launch Object Storage Software for Kubernetes
SAN FRANCISCO – April 27, 2021 – Scality today introduced ARTESCA, a lightweight, enterprise-grade, cloud-native object storage solution designed for the Kubernetes era. Supported on HPE all-flash and hybrid data storage servers…
From Schneier on Security
Security Vulnerabilities in Cellebrite
Moxie Marlinspike has an intriguing blog post about Cellebrite, a tool used by police and others to break into smartphones. Moxie got his hands on one of the devices, which seems to be a pair of Windows software packages and …
From insideHPC
Call for Papers for Nov. 8 OCP Future Technologies Symposium
The Open Compute Project (OCP) Foundation has announce that the fourth Future Technologies Symposium will be located at the 2021 OCP Global Summit, taking place in person on November 8 – 10, 2021 in San Jose, CA, and virtually…
From insideHPC
RMACC Offers Free Tutorial for HPC Newcomers May 18
BOULDER, CO. – Getting started on a high performance computing cluster can be a daunting task for the uninitiated, but a hands-on free-of-charge “beginners’ tutorial” as a lead-in to the Rocky Mountain Advanced Computing Consortium…