PyTorch library makes models faster and smaller

by | Oct 1, 2024 | Cloud

The PyTorch Foundation, makers of the PyTorch machine learning framework, has launched torchao, a PyTorch native library that makes models faster and smaller by leveraging low-bit dtypes, sparsity, and quantization. It is a toolkit of techniques that span both...

NICE DCV is now Amazon DCV with 2024.0 release

by | Oct 1, 2024 | AWS

Today, NICE DCV has a new name. So long NICE DCV, welcome Amazon DCV. Today, with the 2024.0 release, along with enhancements and bug fixes, NICE DCV is rebranded to Amazon DCV. The new name is now also used to consistently refer to the DCV protocol powering AWS...

JDK 24: The new features in Java 24

by | Oct 1, 2024 | Cloud

Java Development Kit (JDK) 23 having arrived September 17, work already has begun on JDK 24, with two features so far proposed for the release: the use of JNI (Java Native Interface) and a late barrier expansion for the G1 garbage collector. A multitude of other...

Two good Visual Studio Code alternatives

by | Oct 1, 2024 | Cloud

The conductor of my choir famously tells us singers, “I only want everything all the time.” Well, as a developer, my mantra for code editors and IDEs (integrated development environments) is exactly that: I only want everything all the time. What’s “everything” in...

The battle cry of 2025: Do cloud local!

by | Oct 1, 2024 | Cloud

Microclouds can have many names and offer many features. They can be hosted by a regional cloud provider or specialize in a specific use case, such as the rise of GPU cloud providers focusing on the exploding AI space. They could even be clouds that don’t have an...