What Is an FPGA and Why Is It a Big Deal?
FPGA stands for field-programmable gate array. That’s quite a mouthful, so let’s start with a basic definition. Essentially, an FPGA is a hardware circuit that a user can program to carry out one or more logical operations. Taken a step further, FPGAs are integrated...
HPC and Intel Optane SSDs: Better Together
The end is nigh for “Moore’s law,” and it’s hardly a secret. Processor speeds are no longer improving at the rate they once were, with chip manufacturers now beginning to run up against theoretical limits in silicon transistor sizes. At the same time, businesses and...
What’s the Difference Between Artificial Intelligence (AI), Machine Learning, and Deep Learning?
Artificial intelligence (AI) is turning up everywhere these days. We hear about Google using AI for image recognition, Apple using AI for self-driving cars, and even healthcare companies using AI for diagnosing patients or treating diseases. But what does AI really...
Transforming How Your Garden Grows
We wrote about the digital transformation of farming in the past—transformation on a large scale for farming enterprises worldwide. In the same article, we touched briefly on precision farming at home. Smart technologies for the home garden took off rapidly a few...