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Personalized Medicine and Data Science at PLSG
June 2016 – In a discussion with James Jordan of the Pittsburgh Life Sciences Greenhouse (PLSG), we talked about the directions in research and the shifts in university, industry and government roles in the development of medial solutions. The role of the development environment has changed based on the limited number of venture capitalists in…
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The Value of 3-D in Moments of Visual Dominance
April 6, 2016, GPU Technology Conference, San Jose, CA—Tom Curtin from Dimension Technology discussed the value of providing 3-D information to users in situations of visual dominance. Visual computing and glasses-free 3-D displays can help users to improve performance. 3-D content that is displayed to users can help to improve situational awareness and improve real-time…
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Securing Valuable Assets in Microcontroller Designs
November 10, 2015, ARM Techcon, Santa Clara, CA—Sean Newton from ST Microelectronics provided insights into the need for various types of security in designs. The basics of security have to be modified for microcontroller-class devices to be most effective with the limited resources available. The headline events about hacks and breaches into data and devices…
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Building Trust in a Connected World
November 11, 2015, ARM Techcon, Santa Clara, CA—Simon Segars from ARM described the changes in mindset and products that will be necessary for trust and security in a connected world. The advances in technology enable more devices to share data magnifying the conflict between privacy and the use of shared data. The new world needs…
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SMR: The Next Generation of Storage Technology
September 22, 2015, SNIA, Storage Developer Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Jorge Campello from HGST described the latest technologies for magnetic data storage. Shingled magnetic recording (SMR) is the latest incarnation of hard disc drive. The new technology puts data into zones of overlapped tracks to increase track and data density. Zones are independent, but sectors within…
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SNIA Tutorial: NV DIMM-N Primer to Improve Storage Performance
September 22, 2015, SNIA Storage Developer Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Jeff Chang from AgigA Tech and Arthur Sainio from Smart Modular presented a cookbook for NV DIMM use. The learning objectives are to understand what an NVDIMM is, how they can improve system performance, and how to integrate them into your system. The modifications to hardware,…
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System Verification at Scale
September 21, 2015, SNIA Storage Developer Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Christina Lara from IBM explained why system-level verification must include full scale testing. Many installations see peaks of activity that can overload systems and small user base equivalent testing will not stress the system enough to bring out these problems. Most systems are built from a…
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Data Mirroring Integrity
September 21, 2015, SNIA Storage Developer Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Tejas Wanjari from EMC presented concepts on in-memory data mirroring integrity in distributed systems. The intent is to more clearly identify error sources and error mitigation processes. New systems are redefining data changes. Disc checksums are for older data and now undetected corruption is not acceptable…
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Developers’ Dilemma: Do-it-yourself or Surrender Your Data
September 21, 2015, SNIA Storage Developer Conference, Santa Clara, CA—Luke Behnke from Bitcasa surmised that the move to the cloud is a challenge for developers who face the choices of building infrastructure or losing your data in someone’s box. The changing nature of storage is driving the need to store more data in restricted spaces….
