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Infineon introduces first Trusted Platform Module specifically for automotive cybersecurity

Green Car Congress

Infineon Technologies AG is the first semiconductor manufacturer to put a Trusted Platform Module (TPM) specifically for automotive applications on the market. protects communication between the car manufacturer and the car—which is increasingly turning into a computer on wheels. Technical information and availability.

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Junkyard Find: 1988 Buick Reatta Coupe

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The only Reatta transmission available was a four-speed automatic. One futuristic Reatta feature the European competition ( mostly ) couldn't match was Buick's Electronic Control Center , which featured a touchscreen computer display (sourced from an ATM manufacturer) decades before such screens became commonplace in vehicles.

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Freescale introduces new automotive microcontrollers; streamlining body electronics networks and reducing vehicle weight

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The level of integration these devices provide can help simplify vehicle network design, yielding reduced weight—about 20 lbs (9 kg) from an overall weight of 150 lbs of associated wiring and circuitry—increased manufacturing efficiency and reduced board sizes up to 30%. Availability.

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NVIDIA introduces new Tesla P100 GPU accelerator for deep learning, HPC applications; NVIDIA DGX-1 deep learning supercomputer

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ECC protection for increased reliability. General availability for the Pascal-based NVIDIA Tesla P100 GPU accelerator in the new NVIDIA DGX-1 deep learning system is in June. It is also expected to be available beginning in early 2017 from leading server manufacturers. teraflops double-precision performance, 10.6

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