Intel targets AI with new Xeon chips

Intel today unveiled its latest lineup of Intel Xeon W and X-series processors, which puts new classes of computing performance and AI acceleration into the hands of professional creators and PC enthusiasts. Custom-designed to address the diverse needs of these...

UNDP goes electric with Nissan

Nissan has donated two Nissan LEAF vehicles to the United Nations Development Programme in Namibia. The donation will showcase the impact electric mobility will have to the sustainable development goals and to quality of life in Southern Africa. The UN Namibia agency...

Fibre donation helps to light up local Internet

INX-ZA has signed an agreement with Dark Fibre Africa (DFA) by which the wholesale connectivity provider will donate fibre to the community-run, multisite Johannesburg Internet Exchange (JINX). The DFA donation will specifically provide JINX with redundant no-cost,...
Lenovo and Intel enable breakthrough research with HPC, AI

Lenovo and Intel enable breakthrough research with HPC, AI

A joint technology collaboration from Intel and Lenovo is accelerating the convergence of high-performance computing (HPC) and artificial intelligence (AI) to help scientists at the Flatiron Institute solve scientific challenges in entirely new ways. The mission of...

4IR still waiting in the wings

The 10th edition of Wits’ Joburg Centre for Software Engineering (JCSE) skills survey sketches a mixed future for the ICT landscape in South Africa should current trends persist. “Although many stakeholder groups are making concerted efforts to improve the...

Economic transactional activity takes knock in September

As the Minister of Finance, Tito Mboweni, prepares to deliver his Medium Term Budget Policy Statement (MTBPS) later this month, the latest data shows the South African economy requires urgent intervention as economic transactions reached depressed levels in September....