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3 ways to advance sustainability in high performance computing

CIO Business Intelligence

There are three ways to do this: Maximize hardware energy efficiency Consolidate infrastructure Use renewable energy sources Deploying Energy-Efficient Hardware The Hyperion Research study found three geo-specific motivations for the heightened prioritization of sustainability in HPC deployments.

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Future of farming? Carbon Robotics raises $70M for AI robots that blast weeds with lasers

GeekWire

The company has also developed patented hardware mechanisms. Investors laud the leadership and vision of Mikesell, who also founded database startup Clustrix in 2006 (acquired by MariaDB) and was a manager at Seattle-based RealNetworks from 1998 to 2001. “There are a lot of jobs,” he said, noting the farming labor shortage.

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Zonar Systems lays off 57 employees as parent company Continental considers restructuring

GeekWire

The company, founded in 2001, provides GPS and telematics hardware and software solutions for fleets across a variety of industries such as construction, transportation and the utility industry. The idea is to use hardware and software to help fleet operators save money on fuel, improve maintenance, and increase safety.

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F5 reports $747M in quarterly revenue as stock surges 10%; company names new CFO

GeekWire

“In a relatively short period of time, we have substantially reshaped F5 from a hardware-centric, single-product company into a security and software leader in today’s hybrid multicloud world,” F5 President and CEO François Locoh-Donou said in a statement. The company’s stock is up more than 20% this year.

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Continental sells Seattle-based fleet management software company Zonar Systems

GeekWire

Zonar, founded in 2001, provides GPS and telematics hardware and software solutions for fleets across a variety of industries such as construction, transportation and the utility industry. The idea is to use hardware and software to help fleet operators save money on fuel, improve maintenance, and increase safety.

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Xbox and Windows NT 3.5 source code leaks online

The Verge

Microsoft developed the first Xbox with x86 hardware in mind, but the Xbox kernel was based on a custom and stripped down version of Windows 2000 with DirectX 8 support. support ended in December 2001, the operating system is only used in a small number of systems worldwide so a source code leak isn’t a significant security issue.

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A new era for Windows: Can Microsoft’s longtime engine power another tech revolution?

GeekWire

Microsoft co-founders Bill Gates and Paul Allen chose to produce software for a range of PCs, rather than making hardware of their own. This lasting presence is the outcome of a 50-year-old decision. That was the defining strategy of those early years , and its still playing out today.

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