High Scalability

JUNE 15, 2018

Dave Snowden ~ A key principle of complex design is shift a system to an adjacent possible. The end of Dennard Scaling and Moore's Law means architecture is where we have to innovate to improve performance, cost, and energy. And soon we are going to have the first AIs that really deserve the name, the first true AIs.

Internet 113

Internet Internet Scalability Blockchain 113

O'Reilly

APRIL 30, 2024

Time and again, leading scientists, technologists, and philosophers have made spectacularly terrible guesses about the direction of innovation. We’ll see more innovation if emerging AI tools are accessible to everyone, such that a dispersed ecosystem of new firms, start-ups, and AI tools can arise. But not all rents are bad.

Social Media 87

Social Media Artificial Intelligence Innovation Logistics 87

Smashing Magazine

OCTOBER 11, 2022

All industries have a part to play, and that includes web design and development. The internet accounts for an estimated 3–4% of global emissions — equivalent to some countries. The carbon emissions of the internet are roughly equivalent to those generated by the entire aviation industry, or the whole of Africa.

Strategy 124

Strategy Development Energy Website 124

All Things Distributed

DECEMBER 13, 2016

UK companies are using AWS to innovate across diverse industries, such as energy, manufacturing, medicaments, retail, media, and financial services and the UK is home to some of the world's most forward-thinking businesses. Take Peterborough City Council as an example.

AWS 166

AWS Cloud Artificial Intelligence IoT 166

Strategic Tech

OCTOBER 14, 2018

There are broadly two dominant approaches used to organise teams in modern organisations that have moved beyond traditional activity-oriented organisation design (organising people by their specific skill). Then along came the internet, so they set up a completely new department to build and operate online services.

Design 40

Design Innovation Mobile Google 40

Adrian Cockcroft

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

Secondly, there is an interesting trend away from commodity microprocessors, in that Apple, AWS and NVIDIA are all building highly differentiated CPUs to their own design, to optimize for very different workloads. Facebook saw this and bought Instagram and WhatsApp as they took off, but Snap, Telegram, Tiktok and others provide alternatives.

Energy 52

Energy Government Innovation AWS 52

Strategic Tech

FEBRUARY 20, 2021

When there is an incentives mismatch, a lot of energy can be expended. And for many internet-era companies, developing quality products at speed is necessary to gain market share and avoid being disrupted. Everybody was acting exactly as per the system’s design .

Technology 59

Technology Technology DevOps Energy 59