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Logic Supply has released a new rugged and compact fanless industrial computer, the Karbon 300.
The company says the new machine combines the latest vision processing, security protocols, wireless communication technologies, and cloud architectures.
Logic Supply says the Karbon 300 has been “engineered to help innovators overcome the limitations of deploying reliable computer hardware in challenging environments”. [Read more…] about Logic Supply unveils new rugged industrial computer
Tech giant Apple says its new iPad Air and iPad mini tablet computers “deliver dramatic power and capability”.
Apple has introduced the “all-new” iPad Air in an ultra-thin 10.5-inch design, offering the latest innovations including Apple Pencil support and high-end performance at a “breakthrough price”.
With the A12 Bionic chip with Apple’s Neural Engine, the new iPad Air delivers a 70 percent boost in performance and twice the graphics capability, and the advanced Retina display with True Tone technology is nearly 20 percent larger with over half a million more pixels. [Read more…] about New iPad Air and iPad mini ‘deliver dramatic power and capability’
By Eric Jensen, head of IoT product management at Canonical
2019 will be a big year for robotics, as we begin to see the expansion of automation technologies into new markets.
But with IoT security still a weak spot, one major attack within robotics could have a domino effect on the entire industry.
Add to this the verticals that robots are beginning to infiltrate – healthcare and agriculture for example – and the threat becomes immediate and very real. [Read more…] about Could an IoT security domino effect derail robotics before it ever goes mainstream?
Nvidia and Mellanox have reached a definitive agreement under which Nvidia will acquire Mellanox.
Nvidia will acquire all of the issued and outstanding common shares of Mellanox for $125 per share in cash, representing a total enterprise value of approximately $6.9 billion.
The acquisition will unite two of the world’s leading companies in high-performance computing. [Read more…] about Nvidia to acquire Mellanox for $7 billion
Chip giant Intel and high-performance computing specialist Cray are both working with the US government’s Department of Energy to develop what is claimed to be the world’s first exascale supercomputer.
The word “exascale” in this context refers to computing systems capable of at least one billion billion – or one quintillion – floating-point operations, or FLOPs.
That’s 1,000,000,000,000,000,000 computer calculations per second and represents a thousandfold increase over petascale supercomputers, which is the de facto standard today. [Read more…] about Intel and Cray contracted by US government to develop ‘first exascale supercomputer’
Nvidia has launched the “Jetson Nano” computer, saying it is designed to deal with artificial intelligence and makes it possible to create “millions of intelligent systems”.
The small but powerful CUDA-X AI computer delivers 472 gigaflops of compute performance for running modern AI workloads and is highly power-efficient, consuming as little as 5 watts.
Unveiled at the GPU Technology Conference by Nvidia founder and CEO Jensen Huang, Jetson Nano comes in two versions – the $99 devkit for developers, makers and enthusiasts and the $129 production-ready module for companies looking to create mass-market edge systems. [Read more…] about Nvidia launches $99 ‘Nano’ computer for robotics development
Apple has updated its iMac line with up to 8-core Intel 9th-generation processors for the first time and powerful Vega graphics options, delivering dramatic increases in both compute and graphics performance.
The company says that both consumer and professional users will notice their iMac is faster for everyday tasks all the way up to the most demanding pro workloads.
This boost in performance, combined with its Retina display, sleek all-in-one design, quiet operation, fast storage and memory, modern connectivity and macOS Mojave, makes iMac “the world’s best desktop”, says Apple. [Read more…] about Apple releases new version of iMac with twice as much power
Seventy percent of US businesses are engaged in Agile projects
Finding a way to successfully manage a large scale software development project can be extremely difficult.
If you fail to provide your team with the latest tools and technology on the market, it is only a matter of time before problems start to occur.
Instead of letting outdated tools and methodologies affect your software development business, you need to embrace the Agile way of doing things. [Read more…] about Making Agile More Successful: 3 Tips for Selecting the Best Automated Test Tools
NXP Semiconductors, one of the world’s largest suppliers of automotive semiconductors, has launched a new automotive power control reference platform for an electric vehicle traction motor inverter.
NXP’s new power inverter reference design platform combines its portfolio of automotive microcontrollers, robust power management system basis chips, and new isolated high-voltage IGBT gate drivers with application-specific system enablement software.
The company says this will help carmakers deliver the next generation of hybrid and electric vehicles with “greater speed and less development risk”. [Read more…] about NXP develops new platform to ‘speed up electric vehicle development’
Credit Suisse has recruited a virtual robot to help its employees with day-to-day issues.
The investment bank partnered with IPsoft, the developer of the artificially intelligent robot, to customize it to advise on a wide range of issues.
After purchasing access to the “Amelia” platform from IPsoft, Credit Suisse set about teaching the robot how to understand common words the staff might use. [Read more…] about Credit Suisse employs virtual robot to help staff with day-to-day issues
