Analyst Report: Adapting to a Shifting IoT Connectivity Landscape
IoT connectivity is foundational to the effective functioning of Internet of Things (IoT) devices, but it faces several critical challenges that can impede its reliability and efficiency. These challenges in a shifting IoT connectivity landscape encompass network coverage, bandwidth limitations, interoperability, power consumption, and scalability. Network Coverage: One of the foremost challenges is ensuring consistent […]
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What is model quantization? Smaller, faster LLMs
If ever there were a salient example of a counter-intuitive technique, it would be quantization of neural networks. Quantization reduces the precision of the weights and other tensors in neural network models, often drastically. It’s no surprise that reducing the precision of weights and other parameters from, say, 32-bit floats to 8-bit integers, makes the […]
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Golioth’s Free Zephyr Training in June
Join Golioth’s free Zephyr training in June and learn how to work with Zephyr RTOS from Golioth experts without leaving your home! As the fastest-growing RTOS, Zephyr is well worth learning, but most people need a little help getting started. Golioth’s next live and hands-on free Zephyr training workshop happens online on June 26th, 2024. Our training is […]
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Choosing an IoT Platform for Your Smart City
The Internet of Things can make city living a lot better. That’s a good thing, because cities are growing quickly. Around the world, more than half of us live in urban areas. In Western Europe, more than 80 percent of the population live in cities. Rising population density creates challenges, of course, but IoT is […]
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Java inheritance vs. composition: How to choose
Inheritance and composition are two programming techniques developers use to establish the relationship between classes and objects. Whereas inheritance derives one class from another, composition defines a class as the sum of its parts. Classes and objects created through inheritance are tightly coupled because changing the parent or superclass in an inheritance relationship risks breaking […]
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The Ultimate Guide To IoT
The Ultimate Guide to IoT white paper delves into the transformative potential of the Internet of Things (IoT) and its profound impact on various industries. As IoT technology continues to evolve, it promises to make cars, electricity meters, trackers, sensors, homes, and even entire cities smarter. This white paper explores how numerous companies are leveraging […]
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Azul CEO sees Java’s AI future as bright
Azul Systems specializes in providing Java technologies ranging from supported OpenJDK builds to Azul Intelligence Cloud, offering actionable intelligence from Java runtime data. The company maintains both technical and competitive relationships with Oracle, the Java steward. InfoWorld Editor at Large Paul Krill recently interviewed Azul CEO Scott Sellers. The following interview touches on Java’s place […]
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What’s your plan for the cloud skills gap?
Guess what? 95% of IT decision-makers say their team has been negatively impacted by the cloud skills gap. If that’s not bad enough news, by 2030, more than 85 million roles could remain vacant because there aren’t enough skilled people to fill them. Of course, these are not new figures. We’ve been hemorrhaging skills for the past 15 […]
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Smart Cities and EU Compliance: Data Governance and Sustainability
Among the 10 leading smart cities in the world, as of 2024, seven were in Europe. That’s no coincidence. The European Union puts a lot of resources into the data infrastructure that supports smart city initiatives, from urban mobility to low emission zones to IoT-backed tourism. Specifically, the EU is working toward persistent, secure, and […]
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JetBrains releases RustRover IDE for Rust development
JetBrains has released RustRover, a dedicated IDE for the Rust programming language that combines an integrated Rust toolchain with support for AI assistance through an optional plugin and subscription. Announced May 21, RustRover is positioned to simplify the Rust coding experience while “unlocking the language’s full potential,” JetBrains said. Capabilities include real-time feedback, code suggestions, […]
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