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Wave Computing rolls out plans for fast deep-learning computers
Deep learning neural networks, software programs that attempt to emulate the way the brain’s neocortex works, have led to striking improvements recently in speech and image recognition and even game playing. But progress in this branch of machine learning has come in spite of the fact that today’s computers aren’t really built with the kind ...
Intel, Qualcomm beat earnings forecasts, but investors like only one of them
Intel Corp. and Qualcomm Technologies Inc., the two chip companies known for their respective dominance of personal computers and mobile devices, both reported higher-than-expected earnings. But the results prompted strikingly different reactions from investors. Intel today reported a second-quarter profit before certain expenses of 59 cents a share, higher than the 53 cents analysts expected. ...
EMC, VMware beat earnings forecasts ahead of Dell acquisition vote
On the eve of a shareholder vote on Dell Inc.’s proposed $60 billion acquisition of EMC Corp., both the storage company and especially its VMware Inc. computing virtualization unit reported better-than-expected second-quarter results. The results suggest Dell’s record high technology industry deal, which EMC shareholders are expected to vote to approve early Tuesday morning, will ...