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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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They house hundreds of thousands of computer servers and disk drives and have brought cloud computing, more powerful search engines, and faster Internet service. He left Compaq in 2001 to join Google in Mountain View, Calif., Naval Nuclear Power Training Command , in Goose Creek, S.C., He died unexpectedly of natural causes.

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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. This Magnetic Valve System (MVS) comprises the magnetic valve actuator, an integrated sensor, a control unit, and a power amplifier, which together provide electronic control of the valve timing. Source: LaunchPoint. Click to enlarge. LaunchPoint Technologies, Inc.

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High Performance Computing key enabler for accelerating development of high efficiency engines

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Increasing complexity of vehicle design is driving the need for better simulation and more powerful computers. Low emission, low temperature engine concepts of the future operate in regimes where combustion is poorly understood. diesel combustion by reducing temperature”, SAE Technical Paper 2001-01-0655, 2001.).

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Envera LLC Nearing Completion of New Actuator Mechanism Project for Variable Compression Ratio Engine

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Targeted power output is 300 hp (224 kW), or about 162 hp/L. The Envera VCR mechanism uses a low-cost eccentric carrier that holds the crankshaft of the engine. To maximize the fuel consumption benefits of the design, a VCR engine requires a low-cost fast response actuator that is reliable and efficient.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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Fairly early in his childhood Hoff figured out that the best way to feel less like a kid—and a little more powerful—was to understand how things work. Busicom had hired Intel to develop a set of custom chips for a low-cost calculator and had sent three engineers to Santa Clara to work on the chip designs. in Rochester, NY.

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