International Business Machines Corp., the world’s biggest computer-services provider, is building a cloud-computing system for NATO in the first such deal for the international military alliance.
The software and hardware will let NATO more quickly collect and analyze data, such as military intelligence in Afghanistan, said E.J. Herold, head of the project for IBM.
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A five-year project led by the Georgia Institute of Technology has developed a novel approach to space electronics that could change how space vehicles and instruments are designed.
The new capabilities are based on silicon-germanium (SiGe) technology, which can produce electronics that are highly resistant to both wide temperature variations and space radiation. Titled “SiGe Integrated Electronics for Extreme Environments,” the $12 million, 63-month project was funded by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA). In addition to Georgia Tech, the 11-member team included academic researchers from the University of Arkansas, Auburn University, University of Maryland, University of Tennessee and Vanderbilt University. Also involved in the project were BAE Systems, Boeing Co., IBM Corp., Lynguent Inc. and NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory.
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French semiconductor process technology is challenging the might of IBM in wafer processing research and production.
Two French researchers at national microelectronics research institute CEA-Leti, André-Jacques Auberton-Hervé and Jean-Michel Lamure recognised the scaling and low power potential of the SOI process technology and set about making it commercially viable.
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