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Exafunction aims to reduce AI dev costs by abstracting away hardware

TechCrunch

But they share a common bottleneck: hardware. New techniques and chips designed to accelerate certain aspects of AI system development promise to (and, indeed, already have) cut hardware requirements. Emerging from stealth today, Exafunction is developing a platform to abstract away the complexity of using hardware to train AI systems.

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Difference between Software Engineering and Computer Science

The Crazy Programmer

Both software engineers and computer scientists are concerned with computer programs and software improvement and various related fields. What is Software Engineering? The final result of software engineering is an effective and reliable software program. Key Skills to Be a Software Engineer.

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Invoking IT to help revitalize Indigenous languages at risk of extinction

CIO

Data collection on tribal languages has been undertaken for decades, but in 2012, those working at the Myaamia Center and the National Breath of Life Archival Institute for Indigenous Languages realized that technology had advanced in a way that could better move the process along. They have different programs; they have different goals.

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Software Maintenance – All You Need to Know

Openxcell

Client Requirements: With time, customers may ask for new functions or features in the software. Host Modifications: If any of the hardware or platform of the target host changes, software changes are required to keep adaptability. then the need to modify the original software may arise.

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DIY: The Hidden Risks of Open Source Network Flow Analyzers

Kentik

From hardware to software, people have been grappling with the buy vs. build dilemma for years. For DIY NetFlow analyzer projects, that boils down to identifying an open source big data backend for NetFlow data analysis that meets the most critical big data requirements: High-volume NetFlow collector ingest scalability.

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Why Go Interoperable? 5 Concrete Reasons to Make the Switch

PowerSchool

Integrated K-12 software improves data connectivity. A successful district relies on accurate data. But what good is accurate data if it’s inaccessible? Interoperable edtech solutions can make it possible to access multiple types of data much faster. Department of Education, among other institutions.