The debate over OpenMP versus OpenACC for manycore and heterogeneous computing is starting to heat up. Michael Wong (CEO of OpenMP Corp), Barbara Chapman (Univ. Houston), and Yonghong Yan (Assistant Prof. Univ. Oakland and OpenMP ARB representative) have written a nice, quick read, comparative article on HPCWire: "A Comparison of Heterogeneous and Manycore … [Read more...]
Unlike Oculus – Microsoft HoloLens Lets You Move
By itself, the 3D Microsoft HoloLens is interesting, but the big news is that the device is real-world - you can wear it while standing and walking around! http://youtu.be/aThCr0PsyuA?t=1m40s In comparison, Oculus Rift DK2 is still a closed-world, not-recommended-to-move visor. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Ignn19Ajvs See our summary visor review for more … [Read more...]
Jeremy Howard – A Deep-Learning Education and Why It Can Take Your Job
An excellent TED.com talk by Jeremy Howard teaches how deep-learning can let computers see, hear, and comprehend sentences with human accuracy. He then looks ahead to the implications to jobs in the developed world. http://www.ted.com/talks/jeremy_howard_the_wonderful_and_terrifying_implications_of_computers_that_can_learn … [Read more...]
Intel’s $2.1B 2014 Revenue Shows Internet of Things is Here to Stay
IoT (Internet of Things) is here to stay as demonstrated by Intel's $2.1B revenue from IoT reported in the latest 2014 earnings report. IoT is characterized by a diversity of sensors, wireless radios, and truly miniature processors that enhance what devices around us can sense and do. For example, TechEnablement wrote about the new Curie module, which fits a sensor hub, a Quark … [Read more...]
FieldView Data Center Infrastructure Management Reduces Energy Costs Around the World
Making informed decisions about data center operating costs requires the sharing of accurate, real-time data with those decision makers who are vested with maximizing profitability in both cloud and enterprise environments. The FieldView Data Center Infrastructure Management (DCIM) solution is designed to help customers make effective use of their assets, space and especially … [Read more...]
Seven10 Storage Software Intelligently Manages Seamless Data Migration to the Cloud
TechEnablement caught up with Seven10 Storage Software's CTO Chris Magyar to speak about their enterprise software that claims to "make data migrations painless and cloud access effortless". Enterprise computing is moving to both private and public clouds to realize the benefits of "data everywhere". Seven10 Storage software makes this possible by providing a unified … [Read more...]
Intel Moving Big Into Tiny Wearables – Save Lives, Reduce Insurance Rates
The 2015 CES keynote by Intel CEO Brian Krzanich has been receiving high praise. Spanning a wealth of product innovation, Krzanich discussed towards the end of his keynote the Intel® Curie™ module for wearable devices that has the potential to save lives and even reduce health and auto insurance rates. Specifically, the Intel Curie module is a complete low-power solution … [Read more...]
Implications of OS Jitter on Real-Time Applications for FPGAs, GPUs, and Intel
FPGAs, GPUs, and Intel Xeon Phi coprocessors can all offer superb performance at low watt/flop and high flop/dollar ratios for real-time computing. To promote real-time FPGA development, several Altera Engineers (Chee Nouk Phoon,Chei Siang Ng, Steve Jahnke, plus Findlay Shearer, Linux Marketing Manager) examined the impact of operating system jitter on real-time performance in … [Read more...]
Trend – Web And Big-Box Retailers the Future of Primary Medical Care
To reduce costs, a number of health organizations like Kaiser-Permanente, Bellin Health, PinnicleHealth, QualMed, and others are teaming with big-box retailers like Target, Safeway, Giant and other big-box retailers to create in-store medical clinics for primary care. The model is web-based where nurses and nurse practitioners staff the in-store location to screen patients. If … [Read more...]
Oculus Buys Nimble VR and 13th Lab
Oculus acquired Nimble VR and 13th lab on Thursday. The acquisitions expand the Oculus ecosystem of technology to include the gumpack sized Nimble Sense that captures a 3D point cloud across a 110 degree field of view and the 13th lab real-time 3D reconstruction framework that is claimed to be both accurate and efficient. In addition to data gathering the Nimble Sense also … [Read more...]