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Author Archives: George Leopold
George Leopold
George Leopold has written about science and technology for more than 30 years, focusing on electronics and aerospace technology. He previously served as executive editor of Electronic Engineering Times. Leopold is the author of "Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom" (Purdue University Press, 2016).AI Used to Convert Brain Signals to Speech
May 3rd, 2019 Comments Off on AI Used to Convert Brain Signals to Speech
A deep learning framework developed by university researchers aims to convert brain signals recorded by an implant into synthesized speech, aiding those who have lost the ability to speak due to neurological disorders. Investigators at the University of California ...
Docker Tightens its Embrace of Kubernetes
May 1st, 2019 Comments Off on Docker Tightens its Embrace of Kubernetes
The rise of application containers has touched off a debate about whether containers will eventually replace virtual machines. For a number of reasons, most notably security, probably not. At least not anytime soon. What’s striking is how similar the ...
Google Cloud Goes Global with Nvidia T4 GPUs
April 30th, 2019 Comments Off on Google Cloud Goes Global with Nvidia T4 GPUs
Nvidia’s T4 GPUs unveiled earlier this year for accelerating workloads such as AI inference and training are making their “global” debut as cloud instances on Google Cloud. Google (NASDAQ: GOOGL) claimed Monday (April 29) it would be the first ...
Dell Extends VMware Cloud
April 29th, 2019 Comments Off on Dell Extends VMware Cloud
Dell Technologies unveiled what amounts to a one-stop shop for cloud datacenter services built upon a VMware cloud running on hyperconverged Dell EMC infrastructure and aimed at edge computing as well as datacenters. The company (NYSE: DELL) also this ...
Alexa Gets a Filter
April 26th, 2019 Comments Off on Alexa Gets a Filter
Amazon’s ubiquitous voice-controlled Alexa home assistant has been re-trained by researchers using Nvidia GPUs designed for AI training and inference. The overhaul resulted in what company and university researchers report is a statistically significant improvement in Alexa’s speech recognition ...
IBM’s Watson Retreat Highlights AI Shortcomings for Medical Research
April 24th, 2019 Comments Off on IBM’s Watson Retreat Highlights AI Shortcomings for Medical Research
Amid reports of declining sales and growing skepticism about the utility of machine learning for complex medical research, IBM will reportedly end sales of its Watson AI software used by pharmaceutical firms for new drug discovery. The health care ...
Arm, Docker Partner on Cloud-to-Edge Development
April 24th, 2019 Comments Off on Arm, Docker Partner on Cloud-to-Edge Development
Arm has over the last 18 months been rolling out a steady stream of cloud-to-edge computing and Internet of Things platforms. The IP core vendor has now moved to forge a delivery mechanism for integrating embedded devices based on its ...
Cloud Spending Grows Despite Unused Capacity
April 24th, 2019 Comments Off on Cloud Spending Grows Despite Unused Capacity
AI and machine learning workloads along with Internet of Things and edge computing initiatives are prompting companies to add workload processing capacity. Still, according to a new survey, that new capacity is offset by the fact that new servers ...
Enterprise Embrace of Open Source Quickens
April 19th, 2019 Comments Off on Enterprise Embrace of Open Source Quickens
There’s been much fretting among open-source developers over the past year as software giants like IBM and Microsoft have snapped up key pieces of that vibrant community. Widely seen as operating from the premise of enlightened self-interest while tapping sources ...
‘Secret’ Azure Cloud Advances as JEDI Looms
April 18th, 2019 Comments Off on ‘Secret’ Azure Cloud Advances as JEDI Looms
Just in time to take on cloud rival Amazon Web Services for a huge Pentagon cloud contract, Microsoft announced new Azure cloud regions and expanded DoD certifications that would allow it to handle government data classified as secret. Microsoft ...