Arm’s top CPU architect Mike Filippo has left the company after ten years to join Apple. At Arm he was responsible the development of the Cortex-A76, A72, and A57, and Arm’s Hercules-AE automotive CPU. Before joining Arm, Filippo worked for AMD and Intel. The move is teported to be related to Apple’s plans
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General-purpose language works for computer vision, robotics, statistics, and more A team of MIT researchers is making it easier for novices to get their feet wet with artificial intelligence, while also helping experts advance the field. In a paper presented at the Programming Language Design and Implementation conference this week, the researchers describe
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Saudi Aramco has awarded McDermott International an EPCI contract for the Marjan and Zuluf fields offshore Saudi Arabia. The services concern relocation of control rooms at the Zuluf GOSP-4, Marjan GOSP 2 and 3 platforms. McDermott’s scope includes fabricating new control rooms, boat landings and new jacket members, and upgrades to
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NASA has announced a plan to explore the surface of Saturn’s largest moon, Titan. The space agency made the announcement in a media teleconference Thursday afternoon, detailing its vision of a robotic rotorcraft dubbed Dragonfly that will collect samples and measure soil composition in search for signs of habitability. The enormous, icy
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The EPSRC UK Robotics and Autonomous Systems (RAS) Network today hosted the International Robotics Showcase 2019 in London, highlighting cutting-edge UK developments in robotics. There was a range of presentations, demonstrations and competitions by industry and academic figures, from the work of PipeBots at Sheffield University and space technology by Surrey
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Google Nigeria on Wednesday announced the launch of the Google Digital Skills for Africa programme in Aba and other local communities in Abia State. The Head, Brand and Reputation, Sub-Saharan Africa at Google, Mrs Mojolaoluwa Aderemi-Makinde, made this known at the unveiling of the digital skills in Aba. According to her, the
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By turning molecular structures into sounds, researchers gain insight into protein structures and create new variations. Want to create a brand new type of protein that might have useful properties? No problem. Just hum a few bars. In a surprising marriage of science and art, researchers at MIT have developed a system
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There was once a technology development which many people thought an inevitability. TSMC said it would have the technology in trial production in 2013-4 and in volume in 2015. Nikon said it would have a litho tool by 2013 and be in volume production of it in 2015. Investors put $5.5 billion into
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Prof. Umar Danbatta, executive vice chairman, Nigerian Communications Commission (NCC) has said that it is an offence for any telecommunication operator to disclose data of subscribers on their network. Danbatta, who stated this at the 88th Edition of the Telecom Consumer Parliament with the theme: “Challenges to Cybercrime: The Role of
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A top Russian cybersecurity official claimed on Thursday that Russia has been subjected to a massive campaign of cyberespionage, including attacks on government and financial institutions, and said most of the attacks are emanating from the United States. “First and foremost the attackers focus on Russia’s technologies in the defense and
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