Ten Exaflop European Supercomputer in 2021

The European supercomputer Leonardo, managed by Cineca, that will be installed at the end of 2021 in the new data center located in Bologna, will be based on Atos BullSequana XH2000 technology, and feature nearly 14,000 NVIDIA Ampere architecture-based GPUs and NVIDIA Mellanox HDR InfiniBand. It will deliver 10 exaflops of FP16 AI performance. It …

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Science of Honeywell Trapped Ion Quantum Computers

Tony Uttley, President of Honeywell Quantum Solutions, described the science and technology of Honeywells Trapped Ion quantum computers at the Q2B 2019 (Quantum to Business) conference. Today, Honeywell revealed their roadmap to creating high capacity error corrected quantum computers. In an interview with Nextbigfuture, Tony indicated that they already have the H2 racetrack prototype functioning …

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Nextbigfuture Interviews Honeywell on Scaling Trapped Ion Quantum Computers

Nextbigfuture interviewed Tony Uttley, President of Honeywell Quantum Solutions and Brian Neyenhuis, Commercial Operations Leader, Honeywell Quantum Solutions. Honeywell has a 10 fully connected qubit system with a proven quantum volume of 128. This is the highest quantum performance for any publicly known quantum computer. In the Nextbigfuture interview, Tony Uttley and Brian Neyenhuis described …

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Taiwan Semiconductor Will Have Volume Production of 3 Nanometer Chips in 2022

Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) plans to expand extreme ultraviolet (EUV) lithography tools for its next-generation 3 nm (N3) node process. TSMC was the first company to use ASML’s EUV lithography machines for high-volume production and now has at least three processes that use EUV for select layers. They use EUV lithography for its N7+, …

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SpaceX Starlink Targets Near Global Service by 2021

SpaceX Starlink is initially providing service to the northern United States and southern Canada. SpaceX states that by 2021 the company will provide service to the populated world. Customers receive internet from the satellites in space via a user dish terminal and Wi-Fi router device. SpaceX sent and email to some potential beta customer describing …

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SpaceX Starlink Beta Customer Offer is 20-40 ms Latency and Up To 150 Mbps

SpaceX is offering Starlink as a service to beta customers. An email was sent to some of the people who signed up for SpaceX Starlink notifications. The Starlink network has about 888 satellites in low Earth orbit out of over 4,000 SpaceX satellites in the first phase deployment. Expect to see data speeds vary from …

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Semi-Truck AI Enhanced Cruise Control Will Improve Fuel Efficiency by 10% in 2021

Traxen, an AI startup founded in metro Detroit in 2018, has a production-ready intelligent adaptive cruise control system – iQ-Cruise. This will help semi-trucks save 10% of their fuel usage. Traxen smart cruise will be commercially available in the first quarter of 2021 for fleets with traditional and electric commercial vehicles. iQ-Cruise for OE truck …

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Is the Real Estate Industry Crossing a Privacy Line With Biometrics?

Biometric data is derived from measuring and calculating unique human characteristics like fingerprints and palm prints. For decades, these basic forms of biometric data have been used to grant access to secure areas. For example, employees are often required to scan their face, eyes, palm, or thumb to gain access to high-security areas. Similar to …

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Star Trek, Intel and Boeing Lost Their Engineering Mojo

Intel was the dominant computer hardware leader for decades. However, they are now a generation or two behind in computer chips compared to competitors like Taiwan Semiconductor. Intel is having trouble with their 10 nanometer and 7 nanometer chips. Nvidia and AMD are utilizing TSMC’s state of the art technical abilities at 7nm and 5nm …

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