Microsoft’s Experimental Optical Computer Could Run AI Workloads With Less Energy

Researchers Jiaqi Chu, Francesca Parmigiani, and James Clegg with the current model of Microsoft Research’s analog optical computer in Cambridge, UK. Image: Chris Welsch for Microsoft A Microsoft Research team…

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Do You Hear What I Hear? Amazon Removes Echo Privacy Setting — What You Should Know

Image: crosathorian/Flickr/Creative Commons Last week, Amazon sent an email to select Echo users, warning they must now consent to having their Alexa voice recordings sent to the company’s cloud for…

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Gartner: Samsung Was the Top Semiconductor Vendor Globally in 2024

Samsung regained the top of the leaderboard of semiconductor companies by revenue, Gartner said on Feb. 3 in its yearly worldwide semiconductor vendor statistics report. Global semiconductor revenue hit $626…

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IBM’s Co-Packaged Optics Prototype Packs More Bandwidth Into a Single Connector

On Dec. 9, IBM unveiled a breakthrough in co-packaging optics that could reduce GPU downtime and accelerate AI training. IBM’s working prototype significantly increases the number of optical fibers connecting…

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What is Google Cloud Platform (GCP): All You Need To Know

Google Cloud Platform is a leading global cloud computing service provided by Google. From business-critical digital infrastructures to artificial intelligence and machine learning, compute, storage, databases, analytics, networking, and developers…

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