Computer server redundancy, including backup power supplies, RAID storage devices and applications that automatically fail-over, keeps critical systems up and running longer than non-redundant systems. Similarly, effective system monitoring can provide early warning of failures and allow system managers to remotely manage these systems, further improving application uptime. While the concepts of computer system redundancy and system management are well-established in all levels of computing, from the personal computer to the largest hyperscale datacenters, the unique challenges of placing datacenter-class computing elements performing AI applications in mobile edge environments, like aircraft, ships, and land vehicles, brings unique challenges to system redundancy and management.
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In today's world, many industries are striving to increase their productivity and efficiency in order to remain competitive. One industry that has made tremendous strides in this area is the oil and gas industry. In recent years, the industry has made extensive use of artificial intelligence (AI) on oil production platforms to increase efficiency and reduce costs.
As the world is on the brink of a tech refresh, scale-out solutions will get a significant boost in both TDP and PCIe transfer speeds. Our CPUs jump from 250w up to 400w in Gen5. Our PCIe lane architecture increases from ~32 GB/s to ~64 GB/s - in each direction. The extra watts will push the boundary of I/O solutions and speeds. Scale out I/O is expanding capacity of new hardware resources instead of increased capacity of old hardware.
In my last post I wrote about the true value of an AS-9100 system, and as part of that document, I touched on “customers”. In this blog I would like to expound on the topic of customers. Companies are in business to achieve one thing for their shareholders, and that is VALUE. Let us look at that sentence ……there is no mention of “customer”, it is not even implied. But if customers are required, why don’t we have the word customer in it. Customers are the “How” we create value, where the sentence above is “WHY” we are in business. Subtle differences but very important.
In the last few decades, the United States Navy has opened the door to upgrades and advancements in Artificial Intelligence (AI) technology for its ship systems, command and control infrastructure and decision-making capabilities. The Naval Research Laboratory established the Navy Center for Applied Research in Artificial Intelligence in 1981, and has been in the forefront of emerging technologies for Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning (AI/ML) applications for the United States Navy. These AI technologies are particularly found in two main areas: autonomous/unmanned systems and decision sciences.
The beginning of the year at a public company is inundated with a myriad of tasks which require a significant amount of time. The first task is writing annual performance reviews for each employee. This includes a review and assessment of achievement of goals from the previous year, and the establishing of goals for the new year. These are required to be written in SMART goal format; Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time based.
The most powerful artificial intelligence computing hardware is designed to thrive in a datacenter environment where there is uncapped clean power, near limitless cooling capacity, and a vibration-free environment. The growth of AI use cases in vehicles including automated crop management, autonomous long-haul freight, and military ISR aircraft necessitates the use of datacenter-oriented hardware in vehicles – particularly for initial developments while more customized size, weight, and power (SWaP) optimized embedded platforms are developed.
In this video, Jaan Mannik, Director of Commercial Sales at OSS, does a quick walkthrough of Centauri Storage Expansion. Centauri offers rugged high-speed storage in a compact chassis. Built as a modular storage expansion to the OSS 3U SDS, Centauri can store up to 256 TB of NVMe storage in its 8-drive canister. These canisters allow for tool-less bulk or individual drive removal and can be hot-swapped for ease of use in fast-paced environments. The system is compatible with 2.5" NVMe drives, and its PCIe Gen4 hardware facilitates high-speed storage throughput.
Driver Assistance, Partial Driving Automation, Conditional Driving Automation, High Driving Automation, Full Driving Automation: These terms describe the five stages or levels on the way to an autonomous vehicle. This is what they mean.
With so many uncertainties and changes in the business world today, verses 2 years ago, it is tough to figure out which direction to head to make meaningful collaborations. COVID has turned the business world upside-down. Primarily, it has taken away the personalized touch from everyday business interactions. In the new world of working remotely, where no one is available to meet face-to-face, they often are not accepting or returning phone calls, and emails are routinely disregarded. This has made business development and consultative sales a challenge. The casual days of dropping off brochures and meeting people in company lobbies are long gone.
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