Author Archives: Nicole Hemsoth
Nicole Hemsoth
Google Uses PUE Properly in POP Optimization
March 26th, 2013
It is refreshing when Google releases a case study where the measurement of PUE is utilized in the actual manner for which it was intended. Specifically, they measured, ran models, and optimized cooling procedures for several of their “Points ...
Reaching the Frontier of Aerospace Engineering
March 26th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/ALENIA7.png" alt="" width="95" height="63" />When charged with designing a state-of-the-art machine, most designers embark with one or two primary objectives in mind, knowing it will come at the expense of other goals. So when Alenia Aermacchi ...
Data Centers go Green in Singapore
March 25th, 2013
Energy efficient data centers have been cropping up all over Europe the last few years. Now, the boom has come to Singapore, and with it the need to make data centers as energy efficient as possible. To meet this ...
MIT Sets Robot Collision Course
March 25th, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/fastrunner.png" alt="" width="95" height="188" />When we task a robot with moving its arm from one point in space to another, it is governed by only a few simple equations. But real-world physics applications are anything but ...
The Future of Driving Comes to GTC
March 22nd, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/hondaHUD.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="54" />In the past decade, in-car electronics have evolved from cigarette lighter-powered TomTom to sophisticated infotainment systems that integrate your phone, GPS and even your iPod. But based on the automotive seminars that ...
Big Green Facilities in the Big Apple
March 22nd, 2013
Yahoo opened with announcing the expansion of their facility in Lockport, New York. Elsewhere in New York, Sabey Corporation may have pulled off an even more impressive feat in securing a 32-story data center…in Manhattan.
Building a Better Hog
March 22nd, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/800px-Harley-davidson.JPG" alt="" width="95" height="57" />Harley-Davidson is using both the film and gaming industries to help speed up their design time. By repurposing the GPUs that both industries rely on to power Harley-Davidson's design process, the motorcycle ...
Apple Makes Peace with Greenpeace
March 22nd, 2013
Apple may not be running the Maiden facility on 100 percent renewable energy as they claim. However, the intention to do well appears to be there, and, perhaps somewhat surprisingly, Greenpeace seems to be on board with it.
The Sweet Spot of Research & Development
March 22nd, 2013
Digital manufacturing covers a broad range of technologies and trying to predict their evolution and course can be an uncertain process. As a company, you can forgo the latest technologies as a passing fad and really miss out as ...
Graphene Comes to Flash Memory
March 21st, 2013
<img style="float: left;" src="http://media2.hpcwire.com/dmr/flashstorage.jpg" alt="" width="95" height="71" />The single-atom thick material known has graphene has been at the center of both research and the Nobel Prize recently thanks to its ultra-thin build and unique electronic properties, spanning applications from ...
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