Want more computing power in your processor? Add more silicon. But complexity and cost are starting to erode that maxim. “The absolute die size has been going up relentlessly over time and is trending to bump into” the limit of what chipmaking equipment can produce, Samuel Naffziger of Advanced Micro Devices
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The United States’ bulk-power system provides the electricity that supports our national defense, vital emergency services, critical infrastructure, economy and way of life. It is increasingly a target of foreign adversaries seeking to commit malicious acts, including malicious cyber activities. President Trump’s latest executive order, “Securing the United States Bulk-Power System,” is the fourth executive
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Olga Troyanskaya uses computing power to glean useful insights from an enduring mystery: How can the genome, the vast set of instructions that lies within every cell, be interpreted to understand, prevent, and treat disease? Since the human genome was decoded in 2003, scientists have labored to relate its 3 billion
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Stanford engineers have taken a big step toward making it practical for electric cars to recharge as they speed along futuristic highways built to “refuel” vehicles wirelessly. Although wireless charging pads already exist for smartphones, they only work if the phone is sitting still. For cars, that would be just as
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Robotic process automation (RPA) is a software designed to streamline business processes using automated ‘bots’ that take over repetitive, rules-based tasks from employees. Based on mimicking how humans interact with technology, these bots learn from existing business processes and follow rules to create efficient workflows. RPA is becoming extremely popular in
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Organisations have been rapidly growing their remote-access networks and moving much of their operations into a virtual world. Here's how many are responding to these new challenges in unprecedented times. What’s happening? Almost overnight network traffic has completely changed due to the COVID-19 outbreak. With a significant increase in video conferencing, users taking
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General Electric announced it will cut an additional 10,000 jobs from its aviation sector as the coronavirus pandemic decimates the industry, forcing companies to cancel orders. The cuts will be a mix of voluntary departures and layoffs and come after an initial wave of 2,600 job cuts in March, GE said
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FAR has started the process of selling all or part of its interest in the Sangomar field development offshore Senegal. Under the approved 2020 work program, FAR’s share of costs is $163 million. But following the oil price slump, the company recognizes that it is unlikely to be able to
Read MoreThis policy brief assesses the current draft of the Petroleum Host and Impacted Communities Development Bill (HCB). he purpose of the HCB is to determine how communities which host oil sector operations (‘host communities’) in Nigeria’s oil-producing Niger Delta are compensated for the impact the industry may have on their
Read MoreThis policy brief assesses environmental and other aspects of the Petroleum Industry Governance Bill (PIGB). The PIGB was passed by the Nigerian Senate in May 2017, and House of Representatives in January 2018, as part of a package of legislative reform for the oil and gas sector. However, it was
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