Microsoft on Monday released a white paper explaining a current effort to run convolutional neural networks — the deep learning technique responsible for record-setting computer vision algorithms — on FPGAs rather… Read more »
The two companies have developed a technology that idles a portion of the mobile network at night when demand is lowest. This won’t just save energy costs. It will create a… Read more »
… and proposes a standard metric to measure server CPU utilization and incentives to minimize the use of idling boxes. This metric, along with existing PUE scores, could help stop the bleeding. Read more »
Facebook’s custom load balancing controller, dubbed Autoscale, helps distribute network traffic to the servers in a manner that can save 10 to 15 percent in energy on an average day. Read more »
Large web companies such as Facebook, Google and Amazon have been pushing the boundaries of IT for years, and now their problems — and solutions — are making their ways into… Read more »
President Obama will tout a wide-sweeping series of commitments and pledges from federal agencies and companies to help get more solar on the grid in the U.S. Read more »
Cleantech appears to be turning the corner after some very difficult years. Positive acquisitions are occurring and public market performance of cleantech companies highlights growth prospects at market leaders like SolarCity,… Read more »
Facebook has open sourced the code it uses to measure the energy and water consumption of its data centers, as well as the code for the dashboard that visualizes those readings… Read more »
Facebook is building its second data center in LuleĆ„, Sweden, using “rapid deployment data center” techniques that will speed construction and simplify design by prebuilding certain parts and creating standardized kits… Read more »
Google just made another major acquisition — clean tech and home device star Nest Labs. The $3.2 billion purchase of former Apple executive Tony Fadell’s new company comes at a time… Read more »