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On Editing Your Own Self Image
From The Eponymous Pickle

On Editing Your Own Self Image

This came to my attention recently when I was asked for a simple self image to use on a startup web site.  How much should we edit? We have the tools now.  At very...

ORNL researchers identify most promising tech to advance edge computing
From insideHPC

ORNL researchers identify most promising tech to advance edge computing

"ORNL researchers Ali Passian and Neena Imam have surveyed the edge computing landscape, as well as novel nanoscale technologies, to better understand how to simultaneously...

Verne Global’s hpcDIRECT to power RenderNation’s high-performance compute
From insideHPC

Verne Global’s hpcDIRECT to power RenderNation’s high-performance compute

Today Verne Global announced it is partnering with RenderNation, the render farm specialist renowned for computer generated imagery (CGI) and visual effects (VFX)...

New Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx SmartNICs Transform Cloud and Data Center Security
From insideHPC

New Mellanox ConnectX-6 Dx SmartNICs Transform Cloud and Data Center Security

Today Mellanox announced the immediate general availability of ConnectX-6 Dx SmartNICs, in addition to the soon-to-be-released BlueField-2 I/O Processing UnitsNew...

GigaIO Rolls Out Industry’s Highest Performance Top of Rack Switch and Network
From insideHPC

GigaIO Rolls Out Industry’s Highest Performance Top of Rack Switch and Network

Today GigaIO announced the launch of FabreX Gen4. As the industry's first networking platform to be fully compatible with Peripheral Component Interconnect Express...

Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS
From Schneier on Security

Firefox Enables DNS over HTTPS

This is good news: Whenever you visit a website -- even if it's HTTPS enabled -- the DNS query that converts the web address into an IP address that computers can...

Video: Exploring the Dark Universe
From insideHPC

Video: Exploring the Dark Universe

"Heitmann discusses an ambitious end-to-end simulation project that attempts to provide a faithful view of the Universe as seen through the Large Synoptic Survey...

Framework to Predict Success of Big Data
From The Eponymous Pickle

Framework to Predict Success of Big Data

In the HBR,  thoughts on predicting the success of Big Data.Use This Framework to Predict the Success of Your Big Data ProjectBy Carsten Lund Pedersen, Thomas Ritter...

Simulation Systems for Manufacturing
From The Eponymous Pickle

Simulation Systems for Manufacturing

 We broadly did simulations for many applications in manufacturing and beyond, see many posts here at tag below.More Manufacturers Bet on Simulation SoftwareThe...

From Gödel's Lost Letter and P=NP

Should We Teach Coding in High School?

Robert Sedgewick and Larry Cuban faced off today in the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) on the issue: Should everyone be taught coding in high school? Today we will discuss...

Algorithm Predicts Corn Yields
From The Eponymous Pickle

Algorithm Predicts Corn Yields

What seems to be some direct uses of CNN for yield prediction.AI Algorithm Better Predicts Corn YieldBy Illinois ACESFebruary 24, 2020  An interdisciplinary research...

Catalyzing Computing Podcast Episode 19 – Intro to Artificial Consciousness with Natesh Ganesh
From The Computing Community Consortium Blog

Catalyzing Computing Podcast Episode 19 – Intro to Artificial Consciousness with Natesh Ganesh

A new episode of the Computing Community Consortium‘s (CCC) podcast, Catalyzing Computing, is now available. Khari Douglas interviews Natesh Ganesh, a recent PhD...

Chess Grandmaster Says AI will Destroy Most Jobs
From The Eponymous Pickle

Chess Grandmaster Says AI will Destroy Most Jobs

Kasparov is hardly an expert at jobs,  but  major changes are likely to occur.The chess grandmaster who was beaten by a computer predicts that AI will 'destroy'...

TYAN adds 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors
From insideHPC

TYAN adds 2nd Generation Intel Xeon Scalable Processors

Today TYAN announced support for the extended 2nd generation Intel Xeon Scalable processors lineup (Cascade Lake-SP Refresh). TYAN’s full line of HPC, cloud computing...

MLPerf-HPC Working Group seeks participation
From insideHPC

MLPerf-HPC Working Group seeks participation

In this special guest feature, Murali Emani from Argonne writes that a team of scientists from DoE labs have formed a working group called MLPerf-HPC to focus on...

Are the Category Captains Still in Charge?
From The Eponymous Pickle

Are the Category Captains Still in Charge?

I remember the term as used in early days in CPG.  But is the decision  intelligence now migrating elsewhere?   I see it every day in my local Kroger.Should grocers...

Nor-Tech steps up with Intel Cascade Lake Refresh Processors
From insideHPC

Nor-Tech steps up with Intel Cascade Lake Refresh Processors

Today Nor-Tech announced that the company is now integrating HPC clusters and workstations with Intel’s groundbreaking Cascade Lake Refresh (CLX R) processor. Recently...

AMD to Power Cray Shasta Supercomputer at Navy DSRC
From insideHPC

AMD to Power Cray Shasta Supercomputer at Navy DSRC

The Department of Defense High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) is upgrading its supercomputing capabilities with a new Cray Shasta system powered...

Drones for Disaster Relief
From The Eponymous Pickle

Drones for Disaster Relief

Here looking at how drones can react and recover from disaster disruptions to provide ongoing support.Could Nearly Invincible Drone Be the Future of Disaster Relief...

MS Azure Sphere Aims to Secure IOT
From The Eponymous Pickle

MS Azure Sphere Aims to Secure IOT

The security of many more IOT devices is of increasing concern.     Microsoft advances its solution.Microsoft Azure Sphere launches in general availability  By ...
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