Category Archives: Visionary leadershp

IBM research introduces SyNAPSE chip

Posted on August 18, 2011 by Ray

IBM with the help of a Columbia, Cornell, University of Wisconsin (Madison) and University of California creates the first generation of neuromorphic chips (press release and video) which mimics the human brain’s computational architecture implemented via silicon.  The chip is a … Continue reading →

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M-Disc provides a 1000 year archivable DVD

Posted on August 16, 2011 by Ray

I heard about this last week but saw another notice today.  Millenniata has made what they believe to be a DVD which has a 1000 year archive life they call the M-Disc . I have written before about the lack … Continue reading →

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Technology innovation

Posted on April 22, 2011 by Ray

A recent post by Mark Lewis on innovation in large companies (see Episode 105: Innovation – a process problem?) brought to mind some ideas that have been intriguing me for quite awhile now.  While Mark’s post is only the start … Continue reading →

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R&D effectiveness

Posted on March 9, 2010 by Ray

A recent Gizmodo blog post compared a decade of R&D at Sony, Microsoft and Apple.  There were some interesting charts but mostly it showed that R&D as a percent of revenue, fluctuates from year to year and R&D spend has been … Continue reading →

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Is M and A the only way to grow?

Posted on January 20, 2010 by Ray

Oracle buys Sun, EMC buys Data Domain, Cisco buys Tandberg, it seems like every month another major billion dollar acquisition occurs.  Part of this is because of the recent economic troubles, which now values many companies at the lowest they … Continue reading →

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