Sunday, December 21, 2014

Tim Anderson, Dean of Engineering at UMass Amherst, Named a Distinguished Professor | Office of News & Media Relations | UMass Amherst

http://www.umass.edu/newsoffice/article/tim-anderson-dean-engineering-umass-amherst-named-distinguished-professor


---Steve

Intel Betting on (Customized) Commodity Chips for Cloud Computing - NYTimes.com

http://bits.blogs.nytimes.com/2014/12/19/intel-betting-on-customized-commodity-chips-for-cloud-computing/?_r=0

The reason is, again, computers. Intel's chip fabrication plants are now so automated that leaving out an unwanted core, or changing other properties, is a matter of a few new commands to the machine. Customers are willing to pay a little more for the special run of chips, or pay an engineering fee for the special service.

---Steve