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Fujitsu Limited has announced that, working with RIKEN, it has completed the design of Post-K, the successor to the K supercomputer.
The Japanese Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology (MEXT) is aiming to start the public service of Post-K around 2021 or 2022.
Fujitsu has now concluded an official contract with RIKEN to manufacture, ship, and install hardware for Post-K.
[Read more…] about Fujitsu begins production of post-K supercomputerSuper Micro Computer, one of the world’s largest server manufacturers, has decided to avoid using components manufactured in China, according to a report on Nikkei.
Nikkei reports that Super Micro has instructed its suppliers to move production out of China.
Super Micro says the move is a consequence of the trade dispute between the US and China, in which security concerns raised by the US have also affected other Chinese companies such as Huawei.
[Read more…] about Super Micro to avoid Chinese components amid US-China trade warCanonical has launched a new version of the Ubuntu computer operating system, which is increasingly popular in industrial devices and networks.
The company says the updated version, Ubuntu 19.04, provides the necessary tools for open infrastructure applications, includes a developer desktop, internet of things functionality, and cloud to edge software distribution.
Mark Shuttleworth, CEO of Canonical, says: “The open-source-first on Ubuntu movement in telco, finance, and media has spread to other sectors.
“From the public cloud to the private data center to the edge appliance or cluster, open source has become the reference for efficiency and innovation.
“Ubuntu 19.04 includes the leading projects to underpin that transition, and the developer tooling to accelerate the applications for those domains.”
Nvidia and Arrow Electronics, Inc. are bringing Nvidia Jetson Xavier, a first-of-its-kind computer designed for AI, robotics and edge computing, to companies worldwide to create next-generation autonomous machines.
The collaboration combines Nvidia’s AI capabilities with Arrow’s global industrial customers and its support network of engineers and designers.
This opens the door to the development and deployment of AI solutions for manufacturing, logistics, smart cities, healthcare and more.
[Read more…] about Nvidia and Arrow Electronics launch new Jetson Xavier AI computer
WinSystems, a provider of industrial embedded solutions, has launched a new single-board computer.
The company says the new PPM-C412 series is designed for demanding environments and applications, and offers a broad spectrum of I/O features and the ability to expand functionality in a densely populated, standalone SBC solution.
The new computer is also PC/104-Plus-compatible, and delivers greater performance and a clear upgrade path for current PPM-LX800 users while providing full ISA-compatible PC/104-Plus expansion, says WinSystems. [Read more…] about WinSystems launches new single-board computer for industrial applications
By Sachin Garg, associate director, electronics and semiconductors practice, MarketsandMarkets Research
Binary computers helped us to get connected with an entirely new realm of opportunities and possibilities. It took a lot of effort and time to build a computer which can execute multiple tasks and handle massive calculations at the same time.
But despite many innovations and developments, the computing systems currently available are not fast enough in handling complex problems and calculations.
To address this problem, various tech companies and organisations have been developing computing systems which can use quantum concepts to execute complex tasks and solve any problems. [Read more…] about Connecting the dots of quantum computing
By Abdul Montaqim
A company called Atos has built and released what it claims is the world’s first commercially available quantum computer emulator.
In terms of hardware, it uses Intel chips and what might be considered classical computing technology.
But it’s programmed to simulate a quantum computer. Atos has named it the Quantum Learning Machine, and has even invented a new language for programming it. [Read more…] about Atos launches quantum computer emulator and associated programming language
The demand for advanced driver assistance systems is surging, according to Bosch, which says it pocketed almost $4 billion last year from supplying the technology.
The company is developing a range of hardware and software solutions for what it calls automated driving, and one of them is an onboard artificial intelligence-driven computer, which will go into production within the next few years.
ADAS is often seen as autonomous – or driverless – car technology, except it’s integrated into cars already being purchased in large numbers today. [Read more…] about Growing market for advanced driver assistance systems brings big bucks for Bosch
Exclusive interview with JC Ramirez, director of engineering, ADL Embedded Solutions
If there’s one problem most companies would be happy to have is the one related to having too many orders to deal with.
This is the situation ADL Embedded Solutions finds itself in, according to JC Ramirez, the company’s director of engineering and product manager.
In an exclusive interview with Robotics and Automation News, Ramirez says the company is experiencing “serious growing pains”, especially in Germany, where there is “too much work” going on.
ADL has generally been highly regarded and known as a “board company”, specialising in supplying technology for military and defence applications.
But the company has been going higher, into the upper levels of integration with its products in the past few years. [Read more…] about Growing pains at ADL as it launches ‘industry’s smallest’ Intel-based embedded PC
One of the challenges in robotics development is the fact that the computer processing required is just massive, often too much for a complex machine to handle onboard without packing very large pieces of hardware.
One way around it has been to connect the robots up to cloud computing systems which run such things as neural networks and can remotely process data – but this is inefficient and slow.
Even if takes a few seconds to process massive quantities of data, those seconds are just too much time wasted for a machine such, for example, an autonomous car on the move – these things need to be instantaneous. [Read more…] about Tiny chip capable of running deep neural networks could accelerate robotics development
