Ambiq Micro brings low power to ARM TechCon

Ambiq Micro brings low power to ARM TechCon

by | Nov 23, 2015

At the ARM TechCon in Santa Clara, Texas based Ambiq Micro announced the capabilities of their latest MCU for the IoT market.  In an overview dinner with CEO Mike Noonen, VP of Marketing and Strategy Mike Salas, CTO Scott Hanson and VP Sales Vince Murdica they discussed the release of their new 32 bit MCU for the wearables and IoT market that is based on the ARM Cortex Core.  The design uses the Ambiq Micro Sub-threshold technology to produce a processor that can be benchmarked at the lowest power in its class. The product has...

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Oracle Cloud at OpenWorld 2015

Oracle Cloud at OpenWorld 2015

by | Nov 20, 2015

A proclamation at the event is that “the era of utility computing is here”.  This new shift in computing is no less important than the introduction of personal computers to the general public in the 1970’s.  At that time, nobody believed that computers could be a personal device, explained Executive Chairman and CTO Larry Ellison at Oracle OpenWorld 2015. In his opening keynote Ellison unveiled the new Oracle SaaS applications and other advances in the Oracle Cloud. The biggest cloud companies are now worth 6 billion dollars and...

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Java 20th anniversary

Java 20th anniversary

by | Nov 17, 2015

Java celebrated its 20 years anniversary with the giant cake on the stage of Moscone North at Oracle – Java Open World conference this year in San Francisco and the speakers highlighted the most memorable Java events of the last two decades. Scott McNealy, longtime CEO and co-founder of Sun Microcomputers that was acquired by Oracle, joined the Java keynote via internet. As an iconic executive & passionate programmer Scott shared his top 12 Java developer nightmares of 2015 making the audience laugh. As of today, Java devices...

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The Magic of CGI

The Magic of CGI

by | Nov 8, 2015

In 1983, a long time before Hollywood audiences fell in love with Computer Generating Imagery, also commonly known as “CGI”, the first experiment in a commercial motion picture film that combined live action and archival footage took place.  This happened in Woody Allen’s groundbreaking film, “Zelig”, which he wrote, directed and starred in.  Allen was the first filmmaker to use CGI in his production, which would be the beginnings of CGI, which would transform films into places we’ve never been before. CGI would forever assist the...

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