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- TSN – Changing the way Real-Time Industrial Systems are designedBy Anil Kumar Published On November 30, 2020
- Ethernet forms the backbone of the Internet, with incredibly fast 40G and 100G networks leading the way. However, this isn’t always the case in industrial environments, like manufacturing and electrical power grids, that require deterministic communications for distributed control and measurement. Until recently, standard Ethernet was not suitable for deterministic communications needed for applications such...
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- Where AI Falls ShortBy Edward Dixon Published On November 30, 2020
- My colleague Abigail Wen is interviewing some of the greatest minds in artificial intelligence (AI) with her new podcast—Intel on AI. From Ivy-league professors to Fortune 50 executives, I’m pleasantly surprised to hear how many experts in the field are concerned with the potential for AI to impact society in negative ways. Episode 7 address...
read more - How Facebook Uses AIBy Edward Dixon Published On November 20, 2020
- 2.7 billion people—more than one third of all humans on planet Earth—use Facebook. That’s a staggering figure! Despite its ubiquity, the centrality of AI—not just hand-written code—is probably invisible to most users. In a recent episode of the Intel on AI podcast, host Abigail Hing Wen speaks with Jerome Pesenti, Head of AI at Facebook,...
read more - Intel Spotlights Partnerships and Co-innovation at AWS re:Invent 2020By Rose Schooler Published On November 19, 2020
- Intel and AWS will showcase the impact of more than 14 years of co-innovation during AWS re:Invent 2020, starting November 30. Longstanding Intel-AWS collaboration delivers optimized solutions on Intel technologies, mission-critical enterprise applications, and massively scalable analytics, HPC, AI and IoT. Whether running AWS on Intel for in-memory database, hybrid cloud deployment, or scaled multi-node HPC, Intel® Xeon® Scalable processors are the foundation of AWS cloud computing services. Learn...
read more - Why the Network is Foundational for Any Enterprise Multi-Hybrid Cloud StrategyBy IT Peer Network Published On November 18, 2020
- Over the past several years, most organizations agreed that the pace of disruption would accelerate due to technological advancements. McKinsey & Company stated that “industrial sectors will see more disruption within the next five years than in the past 20 years combined” and that was two years before a global pandemic became a profound disruptor...
read more - The Ice Lake Top 10By Trish Damkroger Published On November 17, 2020
- New Intel® Xeon® Scalable processor-based servers are right around the corner. Code named “Ice Lake,” the upcoming 3rd Gen Xeon Scalable processors deliver significant performance and feature improvements for the HPC community. Here are 10 key highlights: 1) Sunny Cove Core Microarchitecture Let’s start with the Sunny Cove core microarchitecture. Ice Lake with Sunny Cove...
read more - Intel and Microsoft Plan to Deliver Next-Generation Advancements in SecurityBy Michael Nordquist Published On November 17, 2020
- Michael Nordquist is the Sr. Director of Strategic Planning and Architecture in the Business Client Group. Building something great requires a strong foundation – and security is no different. Security is not a one time event, it must constantly evolve to stay ahead of cyber-threats. Microsoft has worked with Intel for many years, leveraging our...
read more - Microsoft Azure enables confidential computing with Intel® SGXBy Rebecca Weekly Published On November 12, 2020
- Protecting data and code that’s in use inside a processor’s memory is the new frontier for comprehensive data security in the cloud. Intel and Microsoft are both premier members of the Confidential Computing Consortium, which aims to accelerate the adoption of Trusted Execution Environment (TEE) technologies and standards. Intel Software Guard Extensions (Intel SGX) is...
read more - Accelerating the Convergence of HPC and AI at ExascaleBy Trish Damkroger Published On November 12, 2020
- The convergence of HPC and AI is leading us into an exciting time for accelerating discovery and innovation. As I mentioned in my first blog of the series, Intel recognizes that a critical element of accelerating convergence is to start with a strong foundation. We want to create an infrastructure around a powerful and versatile...
read more - IPAS: Security Advisories for November 2020By Jerry Bryant Published On November 10, 2020
- Hello, It’s the second Tuesday in November and today we are releasing 40 security advisories. If this seems like a large number of advisories for Intel to be releasing, you’re right. However, there are two primary reasons for this. First, as I mentioned in August, we are aligning public disclosures, as much as possible, to...
read more - What the self-healing PC can mean for ITBy Stephanie Hallford Published On November 9, 2020
- The pandemic has disrupted almost every aspect of our lives this year, including the way we work: we are increasingly working outside of the office, and relying on home networks and laptops. For many, this new paradigm is here to stay — 74% of companies are planning to shift some employees to remote work permanently.1...
read more - AI on Google Cloud with Intel TechnologiesBy Rebecca Weekly Published On November 9, 2020
- Compute-intensive workloads—AI, advanced analytics, and HPC-based simulations—are strong workloads for cloud computing. With cloud computing, organizations can throttle computing resources based on application needs. Google Cloud, in collaboration with Intel, delivers infrastructure and resources that can be ideally constructed to efficiently handle compute-intensive applications for extended periods of time. Google has long been at the...
read more - Intel Technologies Teams with IBM to Help Enterprises Manage Hybrid Cloud WorkloadsBy Rebecca Weekly Published On November 5, 2020
- It’s an exciting time for Intel, with the announcement of our work with IBM around its launch of IBM Cloud Satellite. This latest step in our four decades of collaboration with IBM reaches beyond defining enterprise IT to co-innovate optimized, cohesive solutions for managing today’s multifaceted cloud ecosystem. This current phase of our work with...
read more - End of Support for Intel Unite Software versions 3.3 and EarlierBy Brian Cockrell Published On October 29, 2020
- In May 2021, we will be ending support for Intel Unite software versions 3.3 and earlier. End of support means we will no longer be providing security updates or bug fixes. It is recommended that all impacted users transition to the latest version of the Intel Unite software to remain secure prior to the End...
read more - Facing Tough Ethical Questions in AIBy Edward Dixon Published On October 28, 2020
- Chance are you know “the trolley problem”—a famous thought experiment wherein a person must choose between switching the direction of an out-of-control train, thereby selecting whether one or many people die. On its face, the answer seems simply utilitarian: choose the track that harms the least number of people. But the dilemma is in the...
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