AWS Batch enables developers, scientists, and engineers to easily and efficiently run hundreds of thousands of batch computing jobs on AWS. AWS Batch dynamically provisions the optimal quantity and type of compute resources (e.g., CPU or memory optimized instances) based on the volume and resource requirements of jobs submitted to job queues. With AWS Batch, there is no need to install and manage batch computing software or server clusters, allowing you to instead focus on analyzing results and solving problems. AWS Batch plans, schedules, and executes your batch computing workloads which run on Amazon EC2 and Spot Instances. 

Smart metering company Mueller Systems has teamed up with Senet to deliver advanced metering infrastructure to water utilities across North America…

The International Desalination Association (IDA) is to return to Dubai, United Arab Emirates, for its World Congress in 2019, building on the earlier success of the IDA World Congress held in the emirate in 2009.

Sewers in Scotland contain enough heat to warm a city the size of Glasgow for more than four months a year, according to new data.

Israel Chemicals Ltd has agreed a sale for its 50 percent stake in desalination company IDE Technologies to a consortium of investors…

Data analysts CB Insights have taken the micky out of the analyst industry over what they call they call “the BS of market sizings”. They quote a  market analyst describing his methodology for sizing the handset market: “My report was due and I didn’t have much time and my boss told me to look at …

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In the latest of a series on the EW BrightSparks of 2017 we highlight Roger Thornton, Principal Hardware Engineer at the Raspberry Pi Foundation.

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Imagination Technologies has introduced functional safety into its 64bit I6500 multi-core processor family for ISO 26262 automotive and IEC 61508 industrial compliance. “Things that move around – cars, robots and drones – will increasingly have functional safety requirements,” Imagination v-p business development Steve Evans told Electronics Weekly The firm has aimed the intellectual property, dubbed …

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The global handset baseband processor market grew 5% on year to reach $22.3 billion in 2016, according to Strategy Analytics. Qualcomm, MediaTek, Samsung LSI, Spreadtrum and HiSilicon grabbed the top-five baseband revenue share spots during the year. Qualcomm maintained its baseband leadership with 50% revenue share, followed by MediaTek with 24% revenue share and Samsung …

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Last year’s $17.5 billion acquisition of Alcatel’s networking business has helped Nokia to build the world’s fastest router. In Q4, Nokia intends to launch a petabit-class router called the 7950 for the core network and the 7750 router for the edge of the network. The 7750 delivers up to 4.8 terabits per slot. The current …

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