Within the last 100 years, a shift in the United States economy has occurred. Previously, the workforce was comprised of predominantly farmers. Today, less than 3 percent of the workforce is in the agricultural sector. To ...
Social Sciences
Jan 26, 2017
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When an individual uses Facebook or searches Google, the information processing happens in a large data center. Short distance optical interconnects can improve the performance of these data centers. Current systems utilize ...
Nanophysics
Jan 24, 2017
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Facebook will build a 56,500 square meter (608,161 square foot) data center in central Denmark, its third such center outside the United States.
Internet
Jan 19, 2017
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For most of its 23 years, Nvidia was best known for building graphics processors that helped computers display high-powered computer games.
Hi Tech & Innovation
Jan 4, 2017
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Cloud computing, the technology-industry joke goes, is a marketing term for "other people's computers." The quip is not far from the truth.
Business
Dec 21, 2016
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When several computers need to work together, as when calculating in parallel on several parts of a single large problem or managing a large database, they need to keep in step. These situations are particularly common in ...
Computer Sciences
Dec 16, 2016
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Google is crossing a milestone in its quest to reduce pollution caused by its digital services that devour massive amounts of electricity.
Energy & Green Tech
Dec 6, 2016
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South Korea rejected a request by Google to use local mapping data in the company's global maps service in a long-awaited ruling Friday that had divided the country for months.
Internet
Nov 18, 2016
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Torrents of information flow through computer data centers, driving the operations of financial markets, communications systems, commerce and just about any complex web-based activity. Much of modern society is built on these ...
Computer Sciences
Nov 3, 2016
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The roar can be deafening. Cooling fans and power supplies whoosh and whine from rows and rows of supercomputers at the main data center of the Texas Advanced Computing Center in Austin. The power bill at TACC can reach over ...
Hardware
Sep 20, 2016
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