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How Nvidia became a trillion-dollar company

CIO Business Intelligence

Still, software developers seeking to leverage graphics chips for non-graphical applications had to wrangle their calculations into a form that could be sent to the GPU as a series of instructions for either Microsoft’s DirectX graphics API or the open-source OpenGL (Open Graphics Library).

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Nvidia and Siemens to accelerate digital twins’ development

CIO Business Intelligence

Nvidia made its name designing chips that can dramatically accelerate certain kinds of calculations — those involved in rendering 3D models, for instance — but has recently moved into software development. This will begin with 400 offerings in four domains: real estate, utilities, healthcare, and pharmaceuticals, Koerte said.

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IonQ opens up Forte quantum computing platform for use on Amazon Braket Direct

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(IonQ Illustration) IonQ has opened up its most advanced quantum computing platform for public availability through Amazon’s cloud-based Braket Direct Program , even as the Maryland-based company gears up to produce even more advanced hardware at a Seattle-area manufacturing facility.

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Sandbox AQ is Alphabet’s new bet on the future of quantum cryptography

CIO Business Intelligence

The first is the creation of post-quantum cryptosystems and related privacy-enhancing technologies, in an attempt to keep data secure should quantum computing develop to the point of rendering today’s encryption techniques obsolete. And Microsoft and IBM are also working on quantum hardware. Crypto customers.

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IonQ teams up with Pacific Northwest National Lab on a new supply chain for quantum computing

GeekWire

The public-private partnership could open up a new avenue for developing more resilient, more powerful hardware for trapped-ion quantum computers. In the past, IonQ has relied on industry-standard ytterbium ions — but in December, the company announced that it’s switching to barium ions for its next-generation hardware.

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The 10 highest-paying industries for IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

Every business unit has a stake in the IT services, apps, networks, hardware, and software needed to meet business goals and objectives, and many of them are hiring their own technologists. Healthcare Technology is paramount for the healthcare industry, including the medical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnology industries.

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SpaceX launch gives a big sendoff to Starfish Space’s satellite docking craft

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Redwire’s Argus camera hardware will be used for relative navigation, with guidance provided by Starfish’s Cetacean computer vision system and its Cephalopod trajectory planning software. Honeybee Robotics, a Blue Origin subsidiary, supported development of Starfish’s Nautilus capture mechanism.