The expansion will pit Google Inc. against Microsoft corp. and Blackberry Inc . which have been focusing on the corporate market for years.
which forged a partnership with IBM last year to build more iphone and ipad applications tailored for businesses and government agencies.
#Technology IBM unveils'breakthrough'computer chip NEW YORK IBM on Thursday unveiled a powerful new chip
The new chips could help meet demands of future cloud computing and Big data systems, cognitive computing, mobile products and other emerging technologies, according to IBM,
The first supercomputers using silicon photonics already under development at companies such as Intel and IBM will use hybrid processors that remain partly electronic.
Menon believes his beamsplitter could be used in those computers in about three years. Data centers that require faster connections between computers also could implement the technology soon,
The first supercomputers using silicon photonics--already under development at companies such as Intel and IBM--will use hybrid processors that remain partly electronic.
Menon believes his beamsplitter could be used in those computers in about three years. Data centers that require faster connections between computers also could implement the technology soon,
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The first supercomputers using silicon photonics--already under development at companies such as Intel and IBM--will use hybrid processors that remain partly electronic.
Menon believes his beamsplitter could be used in those computers in about three years. Data centers that require faster connections between computers also could implement the technology soon,
and their co-authors at IBM T. J. Watson Research center, Hong kong Polytechnic University, and the University of Minnesota.
Phaedon Avouris, a researcher at IBM and co-author of the paper, says, he combination of these two materials provides a unique system that allows the manipulation of optical processes.
a researcher at IBM and the University of Minnesota, says, ur work paves the way for using 2-D material heterostructures for engineering new optical properties on demand.
Based on this definition, computers that play chess, like IBMS Deep Blue, can be defined as intelligent,
and decipher the innumerable quantum interactions that will occur on ridiculously small time scales will require the calculating power of ALCFS IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputer,
the computer industry has used various materials stacked on top of each other in a filigree structure to achieve this effect.
#Scientists present III-V epitaxy and integration to go below 14nm IBM scientists in Zurich and Yorktown Heights,
Researchers from the IBM Materials Integration and Nanoscale Devices group demonstrated a novel, robust and yet versatile approach for integrating III-V compound semiconductor crystals on silicon wafers a novel and an important step
IBM scientist Lukas Czornomaz is presenting a solution for large scale and controlled integration of high quality Ingaas on bulk Silcon (Si)
Both papers are part of IBM $3 billion five year investment to push the limits of silicon technology to 7 nanometers and below.
More specifically, IBM scientists are motivated to integrate III-V materials on silicon for faster and more powerful devices.
IBM is betting that future chips made of these materials will create more energy efficient and powerful cloud data centers and consumer devices d
One such technology comes from Dassault systèmes, a French company that specializes in 3-D software to help engineers who design cars
#Scientists Create Single-Molecule Diode The idea of creating a single-molecule diode a circuit element that directs current flow was suggested first more than 40 years ago, in 1974, by researchers Arieh Aviram of IBM Thomas
"The first supercomputers using silicon photonics-already under development at companies such as Intel and IBM-will use hybrid processors that remain partly electronic,
"the press release explains.""Menon believes his beamsplitter could be used in those computers in about three years.
#Microsoft is building a drone army to catch mosquitoes and stop epidemics One potential use for drones that you might not have thought about is preventing the spread of disease.
Microsoft has launched just an initiative called Project Premonition, with the aim of detecting viruses before they infect a significant number of people using a fleet of Unmanned aerial vehicles (or UAVS).
because it carries so many pathogens,"Microsoft researcher Ethan Jackson, who is leading Project Premonition, told Allison Linn over on the company's blog."
But Microsoft's new plan could greatly speed up this process and make it a lot cheaper, by sending out portable drones that are able to cover far more distance
but Microsoft carried out a feasibility study in Grenada in the Caribbean in March, and presented its findings at the Microsoft Innovation Techfair in WASHINGTON DC last week.
The company now says it's working with academic partners across multiple disciplines to make Project Premonition a reality within the next five years.
Software studio Autodesk and construction firm Heijmans are two of the partners working with MX3D on the eye-catching project
The researchers, from the University of Science and Technology of China and Microsoft Research in Beijing, tried a different tack-they looked at words
#IBM creates the world's most powerful computer chip IBM has built a working version of a new computer chip,
IBM's breakthrough is still a long way from getting into consumer gadgets, but its lab work proves that 7nm transistors are possible.
named after Intel cofounder Gordon Moore. It states that computing power has the potential to double every two years,
But thanks to IBM's work and other projects across the world, it seems there's plenty of life in it yet.
what IBM has done in its research lab into a full-scale manufacturing process. As well as replacing silicon with a silicon-germanium alloy,
A number of partners have been working with IBM on the technology, including Globalfoundries, Samsung, and SUNY (the State university of New york).
"Arvind Krishna of IBM Research told The New york times, adding that the breakthrough"builds on decades of research that has set the pace for the microelectronics industry".
#Intel new memory format is 1, 000 times faster than current flash memory Tech giants Intel and Micron have announced a new class of computer memory called 3d XPOINT,
which the companies say is up to 1, 000 times faster than the conventional NAND flash memory we use in devices today.
said Rob Crooke, Intel SVP of nonvolatile memory solutions, in a statement. his new class of nonvolatile memory achieves this goal
where Intel and Micron say the new technology will improve the efficiency of big data systems.
Intel and Micron haven announced when products with 3d XPOINT will be available, but the technology is going into production this year,
and they have close research collaboration with Microsoft. The research is supported further by the Carlsberg Foundation and the Lundbeck Foundation n
The MIT researchers were joined also by colleagues at IBM and NASA's Jet propulsion laboratory. The researchers'process begins with a silicon optical chip made using conventional manufacturing techniques.
and Microsoft Research's Dan Alistarh a former student of Shavit's relaxed the requirement that each core has to access the first item in the queue.
#NASA Microsoft collaboration will allow scientists to'work on Mars'NASA and Microsoft have teamed up to develop software called Onsight,
a new technology that will enable scientists to work virtually on Mars using wearable technology called Microsoft Hololens.
Developed by NASA's Jet propulsion laboratory in Pasadena, California, Onsight will give scientists a means to plan and,
members of the Curiosity mission team don a Microsoft Hololens device, which surrounds them with images from the rover's Martian field site.
The joint effort to develop Onsight with Microsoft grew from an ongoing partnership to investigate advances in human-robot interaction.
Until now, the computer industry has used various materials stacked on top of each other in a filigree structure to achieve this effect.
Using Mira, the ALCF's 10-petaflops IBM Blue Gene/Q supercomputer, the researchers replicated the experimental conditions with large-scale molecular dynamics simulations aimed at understanding the underlying mechanisms of superlubricity at an atomistic level.
in collaboration with researchers from IBM, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and Sandia National Laboratories, optimized LAMMPS
Paul Coffman from IBM; Hasan Metin Aktulga from Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (now at Michigan State university;
#16 Year Old Girl Develops Groundbreaking $5. 00 HIV Test Sixteen year old Nicole Sabina Ticea has just been named runner-up at the Intel International Science and Engineering Fair,
According to Intel announcement, Ticea eveloped a low-cost, easy-to-use testing device to diagnose HIV infections in low-resource communities. er invention is described as a disposable microfluidic cartridge which costs less than $5
Intel states this makes the device ideal for testing newborn babies. They elaborate: For her work, Ticea has received a $50, 000 scholarship fund reward.
Other exceptional youths from Intel program include grand prize winner Raymond Wang, for his research on curbing the spread of disease in aircraft cabins,
thermometer and Nvidia processors to recognize the raw ingredients and work out how to cook them,
Fove became the first Japanese startup to be invited to Microsoft Ventureslondon accelerator, where Wilson and Kojima relocated from September until December last year.
#IBM-Led Team Pulls Off Major Chip Feat IBM Research on Thursday announced that an alliance it leads has produced the first 7nm node test chips with functioning transistors.
The 7nm chips are the result of the first program out of IBM's 2014 US$3 billion investment in research--a five-year investment that aims to push the limits of chip technology to meet the needs of cloud computing
said Mukesh Khare, vice president of IBM Semiconductor Technology Research.""We intend to incorporate 7nm into the road maps for IBM systems in the future,
"he told Technewsworld.""This milestone is the first step towards a silicon-based proof point with all elements demonstrated in our 300nm research facility at Albany."
"The History of Sige Technology IBM introduced Sige technology into mainstream manufacturing in 1989. It currently is collaborating with AMD on program to develop Sige stressed-silicon 65nm technology.
Intel apparently expects to be able to build 5nm transistors at some point.""The higher the density of transistors, the more cores you can put in a given space,"noted Rob Enderle, principal analyst at the Enderle Group."
and Intel are also chasing it, "he told Technewsworld. Challenges IBM Will Face The IBM alliance has to ensure that it develops technology that will let it manufacture Sige transistor channels in high volumes,
Enderle cautioned.""This is where most of the really promising technology fails, "he pointed out.""They can get it to work in the lab,
The first supercomputers using silicon photonics already under development at companies such as Intel and IBM will use hybrid processors that remain partly electronic.
Menon believes his beamsplitter could be used in those computers in about three years. Data centers that require faster connections between computers also could implement the technology soon,
and their co-authors at IBM T. J. Watson Research center, Hong kong Polytechnic University, and the University of Minnesota.
Phaedon Avouris, a researcher at IBM and co-author of the paper, says, he combination of these two materials provides a unique system that allows the manipulation of optical processes.
a researcher at IBM and the University of Minnesota, says, ur work paves the way for using 2-D material heterostructures for engineering new optical properties on demand.
#New Technique to Synthesize Nanostructured Nanowires IBM scientist Frances Ross (left) with Brookhaven Lab scientists Dong Su (center) and Eric Stach in the Center for Functional Nanomaterials.
and IBM, opens opportunities to tailor properties and functionalities of materials for a wide range of semiconductor device applications.
The technique that Hofmann and his colleagues from Cambridge and IBM developed can be thought of as an expansion of the concept that underlies conventional VLS growth.
the research team used two customised electron microscopes, one at IBM TJ Watson Research center and a second at Brookhaven National Laboratory.
#Microsoft Hololens Will Put Realistic, 3-D People in Your Living room Demonstrations of augmented-reality displays typically involve tricking you into seeing animated content such as monsters
Microsoft wants its forthcoming Hololens headset to mess with reality more believably. It has developed a way to make you see photorealistic,
because Microsoft has built a kind of holographic TV studio at its headquarters in Redmond, Washington. Roughly 100 cameras capture a performance from many different angles.
The more traditional approach of using computer animation can compare, according to Steve Sullivan, who works on the project at Microsoft.
what Microsoft calls ideo hologramsat the LDV Vision Summit, an event about image-processing technology, in New york on Tuesday.
Microsoft has recorded also catwalk models using its system. That could help Internet shoppers by showing them how an item of clothing looks
is developing its own wearable augmented-reality device based on display technology that similar to Microsoft (see 0 Breakthrough Technologies 2015:
Electronics giant Toshiba and chip makers Marvell and Nvidia are among those already showing interest;
Nvidia Demos a Car Computer Trained with Deep Learning Many cars now include cameras or other sensors that record the passing world and trigger intelligent behavior,
This week at the International Consumer electronics Show in Las vegas, Nvidia, a leading marking of computer graphics chips, unveiled a vehicle computer called the Drive PX that could help cars interpret
Nvidia already supplies chips to many car makers but engineers at those companies usually have to write software to collect
The computer uses Nvidia new graphics microprocessor, the Tegra X1. It is capable of processing information from up to 12 cameras simultaneously,
Another computer from Nvidia, called the Drive CX, is designed to generate realistic 3-D maps
The new Nvidia hardware can also be updated remotely, so that car manufacturers can fix bugs or add new functionality.
That, too, included Nvidia chips. The introduction of Nvidia product is a landmark moment for deep learning,
a technology that processes sensory information efficiently by loosely mimicking the way the brain works.
At CES, Nvidia showed that its software can detect objects such as cars, people, bicycles and signs, even when they are hidden partly.
Yoshua Bengio, a deep-learning researcher at the University of Montreal, says the Nvidia chipset is an important commercial milestone. would not call it a breakthrough,
At a press event Sunday, Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia CEO, said the devices will provide ore computing horsepower inside a car than anything you have today. e
"With Nvidia working on next-generation graphics technology of its own, battle between the two graphics giants will be renewed in earnest in the very near future-HBM is slated to appear in AMD's flagship graphics cards later this year.
The other announcement that dovetails nicely with it is that Toshiba has committed finally to deploying SMR technology, well after WD and Seagate.
When we interviewed Seagate's Joe Fagan in March, he hinted that his company may
if WD (or rather its subsidiary HGST) and Seagate do the same as Toshiba's move seems to be motivated by customer demand.
Interior Minister Bernard Cazeneuve said he will travel to the U s. to seek help from the heads of Twitter, Microsoft, Google, and Facebook.
#Semiconductor crystals could be key to extending Moore Law IBM researchers have developed a process for growing crystals made from semiconductor materials,
an observation made by Intel cofounder Graham Moore in 1965 that the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits doubled every year.
a researcher with IBM Research Gmbh at Zurich Research Laboratory in Switzerland and the lead author of the paper. e need better performing transistors as we continue down-scaling,
as recently revealed by IBM. For comparison a strand of human hair, at 100, 000nm thick, is about 600,000 times wider than the atoms surrounding the new transistor.
Today, United will announce a $30 million investment in Fulcrum Bioenergy, one of the largest makers of aviation biofuels.
and Sierra supercomputers, built by IBM for the Department of energy and expected to handle 100 petaflops each
One name missing from the list was Microsoft, which plans to integrate Windows 10 and FIDO once the next version of the specification is released.
Microsoft has taken an active role in managing the spec this year, with Microsoft executive Dustin Ingalls taking on duties as President of the FIDO alliance in January n
#Intel's new storage chip is 1, 000 times faster than flash memory Intel and Micron have a new way to store data that they say is denser, tougher,
and faster than the competition, and it's already starting production. In a live keynote today, the companies announced 3d Xpoint, a new category of nonvolatile memory that claims to be 1,
memory cells are layered in an intricate three-dimensional checkerboard pattern that Intel researchers say is 10 times denser than conventional memory."
"said Intel VP Rob Crooke in a statement.""This new class of nonvolatile memory achieves this goal
Intel singled out fraud detection and disease tracking as likely early applications, but said the chip could also be used to power more immersive gaming experiences
#Nvidia recalls all Shield Tablets due to battery fire hazard Nvidia promised spectacular, unprecedented gaming performance from its 8-inch Shield Tablet last year,
though Nvidia is being extra cautious and"asking consumers to stop using the recalled tablet,
Nvidia made a big deal out of the extra thermal dissipation of its design, claiming it was double
Nvidia has set up a replacement program and a dedicated website to help owners of Shield Tablets purchased between July of last year
#Nvidia's Tegra X1 Powers Smart cars At the Consumer electronics Show (CES) last week, Nvidia released demos of two computing platforms, Drive CX and Drive PX
These computing platforms are part of the venture called Nvidia Drive and are powered by the Tegra X1 mobile chip.
Nvidia Drive PX is for the actual driving side of the smart car equation, while Drive CX deals with digital systems on the dashboard and elsewhere in the vehicle.
Nvidia also released a recording of a demo drive of a car with Drive PX that was able to find a space in a parking garage traveling at a speed of 8 kmph.
Nvidia senior manager for CUDA Libraries and Algorithms Jonathan Cohen, said, ecause this is a neural network,
and has worked with HTC, Microsoft, Nike, etc. Horace said, ur products and business model will impact a variety of consumer areas to create a metropolitan ecosystem with better connectivity, easier access to energy,
#Nvidia Unveils Tegrax1 Soc Drive CX And Drive PX Nvidia has unveiled a chip that can pump out the quality of a high gaming console on your smartphones.
Additionally, the famous graphics card manufacturer also released demos of two computing platforms, Drive CX and Drive PX, for cars.
The smartphone chip, Nvidia Tegra X1 Soc has an 8-core 64-bit CPU and a 256ore Maxwell-based GPU.
Nvidia claims that it is the first mobile chip that will provide a teraflop of processing power.
Nvidia showed a demo of the Unreal Engine Elemental sequence to display the power and efficiency of the Tegra X1.
Jen-Hsun Huang, cofounder of Nvidia, said, ast year, when next generation game consoles were released,
Nvidia believes that the first beneficiaries of the Soc will be cars. The Nvidia Drive CX is based on a single Tegra X1 platform
whereas the Driver PX is based on the dual Tegra X1s. Nvidia Drive CX will act as the digital cockpit computer,
and it will be the lifeline of a car infotainment system. It will also be able to power four full-HD screens simultaneously or even two 4k screens.
Nvidia also released a recording of a demo drive of a car with Drive PX that was able to find a space in a parking garage traveling at a speed of 8 km h.
With these two platforms Nvidia hopes to revolutionize the dashboard and give a boost to the concept of driverless cars s
which let people communicate using Gmail on apps like the Apple iphone Mail and Microsoft Outlook.
which acquired Mysql when it bought Sun microsystems for $7. 4bn in 2010, Mysql Cluster 7. 4 has faster in-memory processing
#Intel theory on opening software During December last year, Intel showcased a special project we worked on for renowned English theoretical physicist, cosmologist, author,
Intel was able to demonstrate for the first time with Professor Hawking an Intel-created open-source communications platform to replace his decades-old system,
and the very specific relationship between this man and his machine, Intel has delivered a tailored solution--called ACAT (Assistive Context Aware Toolkit)--resulting in improved communication for Hawking with the world.
A multidisciplinary team of researchers from Intel Labs has been working for three years with Hawking to replace his current communications system with modern technology.
providing ongoing feedback to help Intel improve the system with every iteration. Similar to the parts of an engine interacting smoothly to run a car,
the Intel-created software user interface enables existing and new technologies to efficiently work with each other.
The value Intel sees in using open software extends to the cloud. This is why it has been proactive in making sure open-source solutions for the cloud,
Intel has a long history of using open-source software for its Design Grid and now it can add to that list creating open-software as well l
Computer giant Hewlett-packard has announced that it will put an ultra-fast 3d printer on the market by 2016.
#Apple, Google urge Obama to reject smartphone backdoor proposals Symantec Apple, Google and other technology companies are petitioning US President Obama to stop new regulations
For one, Amazon's energy timeline is a lot blurrier than those outlined by Apple, Google and IBM.
#Intel, Micron unveil 3d XPOINT as first new class of memory tech in decades Building off a partnership forged over the last decade,
Intel and Micron jointly debuted a new memory storage technology on Tuesday. Dubbed 3d XPOINT,
and many people gave up trying to accomplish,"reflected Rob Crooke, senior vice president and general manager of Intel's Nonvolatile Memory Solutions Group, during a media presentation on Tuesday morning.
Intel and Micron executives shared a forecast that the world will generate roughly 44 zettabytes in the next five years.
Intel and Micron said they are already developing products based on 3d XPOINT with samples scheduled to start rolling out to select customers later this year.
Showing no signs of a summer slowdown, Intel has had already quite a big month--most notably a solid second quarter earnings report two weeks ago.
Intel CEO Brian Krzanich credited the results to growth in three departments--memory, data centers and the Internet of things--altogether
More Intel news can be expected soon as the tech giant's annual conference Intel Developer Forum (IDF), is taking place in San francisco a bit earlier this year from August 18 to 20.
Skylake, the code name for Intel's sixth-generation Core processor aimed at PCS, is slated also to drop during the second half of 2015.
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