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How the “Frontier” Became the Slogan of Uncontrolled AI
Artificial intelligence (AI) has been billed as the next frontier of humanity: the newly available expanse whose exploration …
From insideHPC
Nvidia AI Foundry for Custom Llama 3.1 Generative AI Models
Nvidia today announced its AI Foundry service and NIM inference microservices for generative AI with Meta's Llama 3.1 collection of models, also introduced today...
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Micron Introduces PCIe Gen5 Data Center SSD
BOISE, Idaho, July 23, 2024 — Micron Technology, Inc. today announced availability of the Micron 9550 NVMe SSD – which Micros said is the fastest data center SSD...
From Schneier on Security
2017 ODNI Memo on Kaspersky Labs
It’s heavily redacted, but still interesting. Many more ODNI documents here.
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Does C++ allow template specialization by concepts?
Recent versions of C++ (C++20) have a new feature: concepts. A concept in C++ is a named set of requirements that a type must satisfy. E.g., ‘act like a string’...
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Q&A: A High Performance Computing Researcher Explains Sustainable AI
CCC spoke with one of its council members, Michela Taufer about her work in high performance computing (HPC) and her contributions to sustainable AI. Taufer has...
From Putting People First
July/August 2024 edition of Interactions magazine is out
The latest issue of Interactions magazine, published by ACM, contains five feature stories, four of which are about AI and interaction design.
From Schneier on Security
Snake Mimics a Spider
This is a fantastic video. It’s an Iranian spider-tailed horned viper (Pseudocerastes urarachnoides). Its tail looks like a spider, which the snake uses to fool...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
Post CSTA 2024 Thoughts
The 2024 CSTA conference was the best one ever for me. It was wonderful to catchup with old friends and to talk to many people I had never met before. CSTA is about...
From Computational Complexity
FLT solution annouement had its 31's anniv was about a month ago. Some poems about FLT NOT from ChatGPT
On June 21, 1993, at the Issac Newton Institute for Mathematical Science, Andrew Wiles announced that he had proven Fermat's Last Theorem. That wasn't quite right...
From Daniel Lemire's Blog
Scan HTML even faster with SIMD instructions (C++ and C#)
Earlier this year, both major Web engines (WebKit/Safari and Chromium/Chrome/Edge/Brave) accelerated HTML parsing using SIMD instructions. These ‘SIMD’ instructions...
From Schneier on Security
Friday Squid Blogging: Peru Trying to Protect its Squid Fisheries
Peru is trying to protect its territorial waters from Chinese squid-fishing boats. Blog moderation policy.
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA Day Four
Last day of the conference and I woke up to news of a global network outage that was causing delays in thousands of flights. Including my trip home. Oh well. IGUI4Sher...
From Schneier on Security
Brett Solomon on Digital Rights
Brett Solomon is retiring from AccessNow after fifteen years as its Executive Director. He’s written a blog post about what he’s learned and what comes next.
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog
CCC Weekly Computing News: NERVE Center Summer Camp Welcomes Middle School Students to the Field of Robotics
In this installment of CCC’s Weekly Computing News, we are sharing an exciting opportunity for middle school students to explore the diverse field of robotics....
From insideHPC
CoreWeave and Bloom Energy Partner on AI Data Center Power
SAN JOSE, July 19, 2024 — Solid oxide fuel cell technology company Bloom Energy Corporation (NYSE: BE) and GPU cloud services company CoreWeave have formed a partnership...
From insideHPC
WHPC Announces 20th International Women in HPC Workshop: Lightning Talk Submissions Aug. 16 Deadline
Bicester, England, July, 2024 – The WHPC Executive Committee and Volunteers for SC24 have announced the launch of the 20th International Women in HPC Workshop:WHPC...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA Day Three
Before I start on my day three report, I want to suggest people look at Mike Zamansky’s Day Two report on his blog. We attended mostly different sessions and he...
From Computer Science Teacher - Thoughts and Information From Alfred Thompson
CSTA 2024 Exhibit Hall
The exhibit hall was impressive this year. I believe three are something like 80 exhibitors. Below is a snapshot of s few of them that caught my eye. The usualFuture...
From insideHPC
TSMC Reports Second Quarter YoY Revenue Jump of 40%, Income up 36%
HSINCHU, Taiwan, R.O.C., Jul. 18, 2024 — TSMC (TWSE: 2330, NYSE: TSM) today announced consolidated revenue of NT$673.51 billion, net income of NT$247.85 billion...
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