Mar 6, 2019
Statistics South Africa (StatsSA) reported on 5 March 2019 that the South African economy expanded by 0,8% during 2018 from a reading of 1,4% in the preceding year. The full-year growth calculation was slightly better than the South African Reserve Bank (SARB)...
Mar 6, 2019
South Africa has ranked 77th out of 146 countries on the 2018 Social Progress Index (SPI), a multi-indicator index that assesses the social and environmental performance of different countries. The country performed highest in Basic Human Needs categories such as...
Mar 6, 2019
Intel aims to making the innovation delivered with Thunderbolt 3 available to everyone. The company has announced that it contributed the Intel Thunderbolt protocol specification to the USB Promoter Group, enabling other chip makers to build Thunderbolt compatible...
Mar 5, 2019
Huawei Cloud has become the first global public cloud provider offering commercial services from an operational data centre in Africa. The South African facility complies with Tier 3+ standards and uses Huawei’s high-performance chips and network devices. Huawei is...
Mar 5, 2019
IBM has passed what it believes to be a scientific milestone, announcing its highest quantum volume to date. Quantum volume is a measurement, a procedure developed by IBM, that determines how powerful a quantum computer is, accounting for both gate and measurement...
Mar 5, 2019
Intel, partnering with Bluefors and Afore, has introduced the first cryoprober, a quantum testing device named the Cryogenic Wafer Prober, developed to speed the development of quantum computing solutions. Intel identified the need for a quantum testing tool to...
