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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif., He devised a way to use low-cost components and energy-saving techniques to distribute Google’s programs across thousands of servers, instead of the traditional method of relying on a few powerful, expensive machines. as a software engineer.

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LaunchPoint completing SBIR project on electromechanical valve actuator for fully variable valve system

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Concept of valve implementation on 4-cylinder head. An electromechanical valve actuator eliminates the numerous engine components required for a typical camshaft drive, in turn, decreasing manufacturing and maintenance costs and increasing reliability. Source: LaunchPoint. Click to enlarge. LaunchPoint Technologies, Inc.

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