GPU's may soon rule, but the models still need to be built correctly.
Nvidia Steps Up AI Data Center Push
By Jon Markman , Contributor in Forbes
Analyzing tech stocks through the prism of cultural change.
Recently, Nivida unveiled Volta, the most advanced data-center graphics-processing unit ever built. With 21.1 billion transistors and a massive 815 mm2 footprint, it will facilitate the next generation of artificial intelligence.
Nvidia is still pushing the envelope, leading from way out in front.
Jen-Hsun Huang, Nvidia’s CEO, boasts that Volta is “pushing the limits of photolithography”. He also understands, ultimately, this is only the beginning of what is possible for AI. ... "
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Thursday, June 08, 2017
Thursday, December 08, 2016
Crowdsourcing Infrastructure Architecture
Crowdsourcing infrastructure Data. Impressive. But a big security issue here?
Infrastructure data for everyone
05.12.2016, Research news
How much electricity flows through the grid? When and where? Where are the bottlenecks? What happens when wind turbines and solar cells feed in additional energy? The answer to these questions are essential for the global energy turnaround. However, for a valid planning, one first needs a solid understanding of the infrastructure. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are now collecting information via an open source platform accessible to everyone.
Hundreds of volunteers are already underway, and their numbers are growing every day. Armed with the OpenGridMap app on their smart phones, they meander through Munich, Berlin, Tokyo and even Teheran. Just another cell phone game? “No, we aren’t chasing Pokémons,” reassures Jose Rivera, director of the OpenGridMap project. “What we are interested in is the electrical infrastructure: High-voltage and low-voltage power lines, transformer sub-stations, wind turbines and solar power plants.” .... '
Infrastructure data for everyone
05.12.2016, Research news
How much electricity flows through the grid? When and where? Where are the bottlenecks? What happens when wind turbines and solar cells feed in additional energy? The answer to these questions are essential for the global energy turnaround. However, for a valid planning, one first needs a solid understanding of the infrastructure. Researchers at the Technical University of Munich (TUM) are now collecting information via an open source platform accessible to everyone.
Hundreds of volunteers are already underway, and their numbers are growing every day. Armed with the OpenGridMap app on their smart phones, they meander through Munich, Berlin, Tokyo and even Teheran. Just another cell phone game? “No, we aren’t chasing Pokémons,” reassures Jose Rivera, director of the OpenGridMap project. “What we are interested in is the electrical infrastructure: High-voltage and low-voltage power lines, transformer sub-stations, wind turbines and solar power plants.” .... '
Sunday, August 21, 2016
More Smart Dust
More on Neural Dust. More IOT nodes in more places? Heard this called 'motes' before, but this takes it smaller yet. The passive use of power generation is very interesting. Applications, especially in medical applications, at the link.
Is smart dust the IoT vector of the future? by Cate Lawrence
The notion of smart dust sounds like a work of science fiction but scientists at University of California Berkeley have developed a “neural dust” that can be implanted into the body, to monitor internal nerves, muscles or organs in real time.
The sensors are about the size of a large grain of sand contain a piezoelectric crystal that converts ultrasound vibrations from outside the body into electricity to power a tiny, on-board transistor that is in contact with a nerve or muscle fiber. A voltage spike in the fiber alters the circuit and the vibration of the crystal, which changes the echo detected by the ultrasound receiver, typically the same device that generates the vibrations. The slight change, called backscatter, allows them to determine the voltage. .... "
Is smart dust the IoT vector of the future? by Cate Lawrence
The notion of smart dust sounds like a work of science fiction but scientists at University of California Berkeley have developed a “neural dust” that can be implanted into the body, to monitor internal nerves, muscles or organs in real time.
The sensors are about the size of a large grain of sand contain a piezoelectric crystal that converts ultrasound vibrations from outside the body into electricity to power a tiny, on-board transistor that is in contact with a nerve or muscle fiber. A voltage spike in the fiber alters the circuit and the vibration of the crystal, which changes the echo detected by the ultrasound receiver, typically the same device that generates the vibrations. The slight change, called backscatter, allows them to determine the voltage. .... "
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