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On the Current and Future Technology of Drones
From The Eponymous Pickle

On the Current and Future Technology of Drones

Quite an interesting overview of the current technology of Drones.  Below the intro, article at the link.When Drones Fly   By Samuel GreengardCommunications of10...

Vint Cerf on the 50th Anniversary of the Internet
From The Eponymous Pickle

Vint Cerf on the 50th Anniversary of the Internet

Love the History of Science, here Vint Cerf, architect of the Internet, does a good job here of giving some important points its history.  Proud to have been there...

BittWare Unveils 7nm Speedster7t FPGA Accelerator
From insideHPC

BittWare Unveils 7nm Speedster7t FPGA Accelerator

Today BittWare announced its new S7t-VG6 PCIe accelerator product—a feature-rich PCIe card sporting the new Achronix 7nm Speedster7t FPGA. Developed in cooperation...

Podcast: RISC-V CEO Sees Bright Global Future for Open Source CPUs
From insideHPC

Podcast: RISC-V CEO Sees Bright Global Future for Open Source CPUs

In this podcast, the Radio Free HPC team catches up with Calista Redmond, CEO of RISC-V. "RISC-V can be used for light weight tasks such as embedded processingPodcast...

Hyperion Research to host HPC Market Briefing Breakfast at SC19
From insideHPC

Hyperion Research to host HPC Market Briefing Breakfast at SC19

Hyperion Research will host their HPC Market Briefing Breakfast at SC19. The event takes place Tuesday, November 19, 2019, 7:00-9:00 AM Denver time at the Brown...

Agenda Posted: Dell EMC HPC Community Meeting at SC19
From insideHPC

Agenda Posted: Dell EMC HPC Community Meeting at SC19

The speaker agenda is now posted for the Dell EMC HPC Community Meeting at SC19. The meeting takes place Monday, Nov. 18 in Denver. "The Dell EMC HPC CommunityAgenda...

Interview with Alibaba Group Chairman and CEO
From The Eponymous Pickle

Interview with Alibaba Group Chairman and CEO

On innovation in analytics in particular, like the use of the term 'analytics' rather than always lapsing into AI.   AI is only one way to do and deliver analytics...

Video: Large scale industrial simulations using HPC at Rolls-Royce
From insideHPC

Video: Large scale industrial simulations using HPC at Rolls-Royce

Leigh Lapworth from Rolls-Royce gave this talk at m Computing Systems Week Edinburgh 2019. "Simulation and modeling, enabled by high performance computing, have...

Ikea Plans a Smart Button for the Home
From The Eponymous Pickle

Ikea Plans a Smart Button for the Home

Am a fan of the idea of touch as well as voice.   Like in the now defunct Amazon Dash.   Now is nascent smarthome constructor IKEA taking over this channel?Ikea...

Splunk and the Data Problem
From The Eponymous Pickle

Splunk and the Data Problem

Had several interactions with Splunk, in the enterprise,liked it for streaming data problems.  But I would rather say that every problem has an embedded data problem...

Researching the Open Office
From The Eponymous Pickle

Researching the Open Office

Good to see actual research being done in the space.   Depends much on personal habits and previous experience,  have seen it both ways.Why Open Offices Aren’t in...

ICT Supply-Chain Security
From Schneier on Security

ICT Supply-Chain Security

The Carnegie Endowment for Peace published a comprehensive report on ICT (information and communication technologies) supply-chain security and integrity. It's...

Crafting Persuasion
From The Eponymous Pickle

Crafting Persuasion

Written by some of my former colleagues,  looks to be quite good.    There is some useful content at the link, as well as pointers to buying the book.  This isHandbook...

McDonald's Use of Sales AI
From The Eponymous Pickle

McDonald's Use of Sales AI

Note the use of sensor acquisition to drive sales category with AI methods.  Lots of data there, and many different kinds of components.   Have always respected...

Contextual Intelligence: A Next Big Thing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Contextual Intelligence: A Next Big Thing

Good overview piece in DSC.   I add some of our own experience using AI techniques.We struggled with this a number of times.   All assistance exists in some context...

Smart Carts aiding Self-Checkout
From The Eponymous Pickle

Smart Carts aiding Self-Checkout

We spent much time examining and testing the idea of a 'smart cart', but none of them ever became commercially viable.    See my coverage at the tag.  Hand held...

Drones are Filling the Skies
From The Eponymous Pickle

Drones are Filling the Skies

A broad piece in the WSJ on how major players are examining, testing and using drones.  And the methods they are using to make this all work.The Drones Are Coming...

HPE Unveils AI-driven Hyperconverged Infrastructure
From insideHPC

HPE Unveils AI-driven Hyperconverged Infrastructure

Today HPE announced advancements to HPE SimpliVity, the company’s flagship hyperconverged infrastructure (HCI) platform, ushering in a new generation of HCI powered...

Standards for Robotics in Retail
From The Eponymous Pickle

Standards for Robotics in Retail

An interesting document on standards for robotics in retail:via .... Platt Retail Institute (PRI) is an international consulting and research firm that focusesStandards...

NSF funds Tapis Project for Data-intensive Research
From insideHPC

NSF funds Tapis Project for Data-intensive Research

Scientists looking to reduce their complexity to research and add a new computational tool to their tool belt can explore the Tapis Project. Newly funded with a...
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