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NVIDIA's cuOpt Revolutionizes Linear Programming with GPU Acceleration
NVIDIA's cuOpt leverages GPU technology to drastically accelerate linear programming, achieving performance up to 5,000 times faster than traditional CPU-based solutions.
NVIDIA's cuGraph Enhances NetworkX with GPU Acceleration
NVIDIA introduces GPU acceleration for NetworkX using cuGraph, offering significant speed improvements in graph analytics without code changes, ideal for large-scale data processing.
NVIDIA RAPIDS 24.10 Enhances NetworkX and Polars with GPU Acceleration
NVIDIA RAPIDS 24.10 introduces GPU-accelerated NetworkX and Polars with zero code changes, enhancing compatibility with Python 3.12 and NumPy 2.x for improved data processing.
Accelerating Causal Inference with NVIDIA RAPIDS and cuML
Discover how NVIDIA RAPIDS and cuML enhance causal inference by leveraging GPU acceleration for large datasets, offering significant speed improvements over traditional CPU-based methods.
NVIDIA's cuPyNumeric Enhances GPU Acceleration for Scientific Research
NVIDIA unveils cuPyNumeric, a library that accelerates data analysis by utilizing GPUs, aiding scientists in processing vast datasets efficiently and scaling computations effortlessly.
NVIDIA and Windows 365: Enhancing AI Workloads with GPU Acceleration
NVIDIA and Windows 365 collaborate to enhance AI workloads with GPU acceleration, offering significant performance boosts for AI-driven applications across various sectors.
Enhancing Data Deduplication with RAPIDS cuDF: A GPU-Driven Approach
Explore how NVIDIA's RAPIDS cuDF optimizes deduplication in pandas, offering GPU acceleration for enhanced performance and efficiency in data processing.
China’s Central Bank Official Urges the Acceleration of Digitization of the Chinese Economy with Blockchain
China’s central bank, the People’s Bank of China (PBoC) Financial Technology Committee held its first meeting of the year this week, after months of delay due to the coronavirus pandemic. Fan Yifei, the PBoC’s deputy governor echoed President Xi Jinping’s call for the acceleration of the country’s blockchain development adoption. The president pointed out that it is necessary to strengthen fundamental research of blockchain technology and enhance innovation, enabling China to take a leading position in the blockchain field. The bank’s deputy governor met with the central bank’s officials as well as the heads of their affiliated financial institutions. Fan emphasized the importance of blockchain and financial technology (FinTech) industries and wanted to ensure China’s adoption plan would be laid out and implemented by 2021 to be in line with the deadline they have set out.
India IT Tech Firm Partners with Local Government to Introduce Blockchain Acceleration
Huge development talks originating from Pune City, shows that India IT services firm Tech Mahindra recently introduced the T-block Accelerator, the maiden accelerator program for the Telangana Blockchain District in partnership with the state government and IBC Media, an innovative management company.
China’s Central Bank Accelerates R&D of its Legal Digital Currency
People's Bank of China, the Central Bank of China made an announcement of the acceleration of the development of its legal digital currency.
Japan Will Include Central Bank Digital Currency in Honebuto Economic Plan
The Japanese Government has continued its acceleration towards a Central Bank Digital Currency (CBDC) and is set to include its consideration in its formal economic plan.
European Central Bank President: Coronavirus Has Accelerated Digital Currency Adoption
COVID-19 has led to an acceleration in digital payments adoption and technological innovation, as seen by the spending pattern of European citizens.
Hong Kong Science and Technology Park: Turning Tech Startups' Visions into Reality
Blockchain.News sat down with Peter Mok, Head of Incubation and Acceleration Programmes, HKSTP to gain further insight into the incubation initiative and the custom-made programs, that have been designed to support technology startups, and specifically how they could be utilized by blockchain startups.
Hong Kong with its Incredibly Unique Positioning in FinTech
In the second part of our interview with Peter Mok, Head of Incubation and Acceleration Programs at the Hong Kong Science and Technology Park (HKSTP), he went into detail on the initiatives they have developed to combat the global talent shortage, bring Hong Kong’s lagging Fintech industry up to speed and he tells us how blockchain startups can leverage the Hong Kong-Shenzhen Innovation and Technology Park.
Ethereum 2.0 Developer Says Phase 0 Most Likely Delayed Until 2021, Vitalik Buterin Disagrees
Justin Drake, an Ethereum Foundation Researcher working on Phase 0 of Ethereum 2.0 said the project will not go live until 2021. The announcement of the delay appeared to confuse Vitalik Buterin who disagreed that the upgrade to the network could not meet its 2020 deadline.
Exclusive: Talent Shortage is The Key Pain Point in the AI Industry
Artificial intelligence is one of the emerging fintech trends in Hong Kong. While there are some great minds and AI companies in Hong Kong, they can’t survive without sufficient funding and technical support from government and industry leaders. We had the opportunity to invite Timothy Leung, Executive Director of HKAI Lab, to share his thoughts on how HKAI Lab facilitates the growth of AI ecosystem in Hong Kong. He also identified talent shortage is the key pain point in AI industry which hinders integration of AI and blockchain.
Blockchain Projects in China Are All Hype and No Chain?
Blockchain projects from the very beginning have been hyped before any real substance or proof of work. This was a trend in 2017 following countless exit scams and initial coin offerings (ICOs) that had great plans to change the world, but ultimately only changed people’s bank accounts for the worst.
Binance CEO: China is Setting the Precedent as a Blockchain Superhouse
Changpeng Zhao, commonly known as CZ, the CEO and founder of crypto exchange Binance, stipulated that the Chinese President’s calls will do wonders as they will instigate mass blockchain adoption.
China’s Central Bank Rolling Out DCEP National Currency, While Saying ‘Libra Won’t Succeed'
China has been reportedly developing its central bank-issued digital currency for a while and is believed to be ready to launch by China’s central bank, People’s Bank of China (PBoC).