Category: Alan Weissberger
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Rapidly Deployable WiFi Played Key Role in Thai Cave Rescue
A U.S. based company’s outdoor WiFi gear played an important role in the recent Thailand cave rescue. In a saga that gripped the world, 12 young Thai boys and their soccer coach were trapped for two weeks, before being rescued by Thai Navy Seals. Cambium Networks, a global provider of wireless networking solutions, provided networking equipment…
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Microsoft requests FCC to use TV White Spaces for Restoration of wireless communications in Puerto Rico and U.S. Virgin Islands
Last week Microsoft asked the FCC for Special Temporary Authority to use TV white spaces (TVWS) to restore communications in areas of Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands affected by hurricanes Irma and Maria. (See Backgrounder below for more information). The desktop software and cloud computing giant filed an amendment to add the U.S.…
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JEDEC Forum: Artificial Intelligence/ML/DL & IT Requirements for Edge Computing
Introduction: Several new ideas, concepts and forecasts were made at JEDEC’s Mobile & IOT Forum on March 26, 2018 in Santa Clara, CA. Those related To Artificial Intelligence/ Machine Learning/ Deep Learning and New IT Requirements for Edge Computing are summarized in this article. In particular, three presentations are detailed while some thoughts on AI/ML for…
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Non-Board OCP Equipment Purchases Top $1.2B in 2017; 5 year CAGR forecast of 59%
Executive Summary: The OCP (Open Compute Project) commissioned IHS Markit to do a market study of who, besides OCP Board members, were using OCP specified hardware and to estimate/forecast the resulting revenue. Also, to identify concerns and barriers to successful deployments. Cliff Grossner, Ph.D. Sr. Research Director & Advisor Cloud & Data Center Research Practice…
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Alexa Lost Her Voice on Friday and Isn’t Learning as Advertised
Amazon’s digital assistant Alexa went down on Friday while speaking the wrong error messages to customers. During a ½ hour span Friday morning, I heard the following from Alexa on my Echo device, Amazon Fire Tablet and Fire TV stick: “I’m having trouble understanding right now… try again later.” “Your echo device lost its WiFi…
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2017 Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) Award Winners Span the Globe
The Global Semiconductor Alliance (GSA) announced its 2017 award recipients on December 7th after a late dinner in Santa Clara, California attended by over 1500 semiconductor industry executives. The GSA awards program has recognized the achievements of semiconductor companies in several categories ranging from outstanding leadership to financial accomplishments, as well as overall respect within…