Intel today introduced the Intel® Xeon® Processor E3-1200 v5 product family for entry-level workstations – a powerful processing and graphics platform for designers, engineers, scientists and animators to develop more quickly their complex product designs and research. Based on Intel’s 14nm Skylake architecture, the product family delivers up to 27 percent higher compute and graphics performance compared to the previous generation Intel Xeon processor E3-1200 v3 product family. The processors feature 4 cores, ranging in frequency from 2.0 GHz to 3.7 GHz, and have an integrated Intel® HD Graphics P530 graphics solution with certification from the leading workstation software vendors.
Read MoreArduino 101 will be incorporated into the physical computing course for elementary and secondary schools, created by Arduino.
Read MoreToday at re:Invent , Amazon Web Services (AWS) announced new Amazon EC2 X1 instances , which will feature up to 2 TB of memory, a full order of magnitude larger than the current generation of AWS high-memory instances. Demonstrating the importance of obtaining the highest performance available, AWS selected the 4 socket Intel® Xeon® Processor E7-8880 v3 (Haswell) to power the new instances.
Read MoreLast month, Intel debuted 6th Generation Intel® Core™ processor family, its best ever. Engineered to run best on Windows* 10, 6th Gen Intel Core and Microsoft’s* newest operating system mark a major milestone for the computing industry and will make people’s “personal computing” experience significantly more personal
Read MoreAt Strata + Hadoop World in New York City today, Intel unveiled new details on pilot programs from Penn Medicine, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, and Oregon Health & Science University which provide clinicians with greater insight to improve patient outcomes using its Trusted Analytics Platform (TAP). TAP is an open source project that simplifies big data analytics solutions in the cloud for developers and data scientists.
Read MoreToday at AzureCon , Microsoft* announced availability of DV2, the next-generation of D-series virtual machines sizes. DV2 instances are powered by customized 2.4 GHz Intel® Xeon® E5 v3 processors , and with Intel® Turbo Boost Technology 2.0 they can go to 3.2 GHz, making DV2 up to 35 percent faster than the current D-series instances. DV2 and D-series instances are ideal for enterprise-grade applications that demand faster CPUs, better local disk performance or higher memories.
Read MoreIntel has ranked No. 1 on Responsible Sourcing Network’s 2015 Mining the Disclosures report , an in-depth analysis of 155 companies’ social performance on conflict minerals.
Read MoreITU and Intel announced the two winners of the final ITU Telecom World 2015 Young Innovators Competition challenge, their Single Board Challenge. Ugur Can Bastik from Turkey developed TactiX , a mobile phone solution for the visually impaired. Ogbonnaya Bassey from Nigeria got recognized for SolarKobo , which provides cheap and reliable solar power systems
Read MoreToday international nonprofit NetHope, in collaboration with Intel Corporation and other leading tech companies, released SDG ICT Playbook: From Innovation to Impact — an innovative technology guide for humanitarian organizations working towards the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs).
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