From Research & Development
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Tech CEOs join AI safety advisory panel in this week's R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending April 26, 2024, closed at 3,483.73 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -0.08% (or -2.68 basis points). Twelve RDWI members gained value last week from 0.99% (Eli Lilly & Co.) to 12.72% (Alphabet/Google). Thirteen RDWI members lost value the previous week…
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Variorum: Vendor-Agnostic Computing Power Management is today's R&D 100 winner of the day
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory’s Variorum is an open-source software library that enables users to access the power, energy, and performance metrics of low-level hardware dials across different architectures through vendor-neutral APIs. It is a key component of the U.S. Department of Energy’s Exascale Computing Project (ECP) and the Argo Project, which focuses on node-level power…
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AI demand continues to grow faster than supply
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending April 19, 2024, closed at 3,486.41 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -3.24% (or -116.89 basis points). Seven RDWI members gained value last week from 0.03% (Merck & Co.) to 2.54% (AbbVie). Eighteen RDWI members lost value last week from -0.35%…
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CANDLE (CANcer Distributed Learning Environment) is the R&D 100 winner of the day
Developer: Argonne National Laboratory Co-developer: Oak Ridge, Lawrence Livermore, and Los Alamos National Laboratories, and Fredrick National Laboratory for Cancer Research The CANDLE software suite offers unparalleled deep learning benchmarks to evaluate the performance of new deep learning accelerator hardware. It also advances solutions for cancer researchers and other scientific applications. Moreover, complex workflows using…
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Stravito's new Assistant is a conversational insights companion advancing generative AI
Stravito, the enterprise insights platform democratizing access to market research in the world’s largest organizations, is making a major leap forward in its generative AI journey. Today the company unveils Stravito Assistant, a trusted insights companion that helps users find answers faster, ask better questions, and immediately leverage a wealth of insights to inform real-world…
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Q-CTRL hires defense industry leader to expand business partnerships in US and UK
Q-CTRL, pioneer of quantum infrastructure software to make quantum technologies useful, announced the appointment of Vince McBeth as principal business development defense and Public Sector. In his new role, McBeth will oversee Q-CTRL’s business development strategy in Washington D.C. and the U.K. as the company deepens its stake in the 2021 AUKUS trilateral security partnership.…
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Chip manufacturing explodes with AI growth, in this week's R&D Power Index
The R&D World Index (RDWI) for the week ending April 12, 2024, closed at 3,603.30 for the 25 companies in the RDWI. The Index was down -2.05% (or -75.52 basis points). Five RDWI members gained value last week from 0.93% (Toyota) to 4.11% (Apple). Twenty RDWI members lost value last week from -0.12% (Cisco) to…