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• Three Universities Using Ambric Massively Parallel Processor Array Technology in New, Advanced Research Projects

  - 2007-12-03

  Charter Members University of Washington, Portland State University, and Halmstad University Kick Off Ambric University Program BEAVERTON, Ore. -- Ambric([R]), Inc., a fabless semiconductor company shipping the world's first teraOPS-class chip that makes massively parallel software development practical for complex embedded systems, announced that three universities are now using...

  Tags: Ceres, Components, computer, HARDWARE, Portland State University, Processors, PRODUCTIVITY, professor, programming, Semiconductors, software, tool, University of Washington

• Bytes: Too Hot to Compute

  - 2006-09-18

  Computers are hotter than ever, literally. Processors work at ever faster speeds in smaller spaces, like cell phones, generate more heat and more risk of crashes, even skin burns. And fan blades are too big. One solution comes from a University of Washington team that is designing an ion pump...

  Tags: blade, computer, HARDWARE, PRODUCTIVITY, Servers, team, University of Washington

• Tiny ion pump sets new standard in cooling.(NEWSWATCH)(University of Washington's research)(Brief article)

  - 2006-09-01

  University of Washington researchers have built a tiny cooling device that fits on a computer chip. The device, which uses an electrical charge to create a cooling air jet right at the surface of the chip, could be critical to advancing computer technology because future chips...

  Tags: chip, computer, HARDWARE, NETWORKING, PRODUCTIVITY, Semiconductors, University of Washington

• Child Pesticide Study Funded at University of Washington

  - 2006-06-16

  SEATTLE, Washington ENS — --> The University of Washington has been awarded a $750,000 grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency EPA to develop methods to help determine if children exposed to pesticides are at increased risk of developing health problems because of those exposures. This project will complement...

  Tags: Benefits, HEALTHCARE, PRODUCTIVITY, SOFTWARE, U.S. Environmental Protection Agency, University of Washington

• Microgreen testing thermoformed eco-cup.(Microgreen Polymers Inc)

  - 2006-03-06

  Byline: Frank Antosiewicz Building an eco-friendly and cheaper plastic coffee cup is just one way that new company Microgreen Polymers Inc. wants to use its patented thermoforming process. The company announced Feb. 22 that it has received $2.4 million in funding...

  Tags: food, Manufacturing, MARKETING, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Washington

• Seminar will tackle challenges of regional seismic design

  - 2004-10-04

  From possible volcanic eruptions to the threat of earthquakes rocking the region, the Pacific Northwest building industry faces a growing list of challenges when it comes to designing 21st-century buildings with adequate seismic protection. Those challenges will be the focus of a seminar and panel discussion to be...

  Tags: INTERNET, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Washington

• Microsoft Co-Founders Transform Youthful Hangout: University of Washington.

  - 2003-10-09

  By Brier Dudley, The Seattle Times Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News Oct. 9--Bill Gates and Paul Allen met at Lakeside School, but they got serious about computers at the University of Washington. Like Tom Sawyer and Huck Finn in their cave, Gates...

  Tags: Allen, computer, Microsoft Corp., Paul, PRODUCTIVITY, University of Washington

• "Identifying Opportunities In The Marketplace"

  BNET - 2003-01-01

  An organization exists in an environment marked by intense competition between rival firms. It is imperative for the organization to identify opportunities and suitably exploit the same towards gaining sustainable competitive advantage in the market. The paper examines the tools used and issues involved in identifying market opportunities.

  Tags: University Of Washington, Productivity, Strategy, Management

• Not one penny for computers!

  - 2001-10-01

  While Sandra Nelson was working on among other things the September issue of LAD, I was enjoying the summer at my beach house in Ocean Park, Maine, a community within the town of Old Orchard Beach. In August I picked up a copy of a local "shopper," the Biddeford-Saco-- OOB...

  Tags: computer, director, librarian, PRODUCTIVITY, Seattle, University of Washington

• Technical grant presents new opportunities for Northwestern tribes

  - 2001-07-14

  May, James Indian Country Today Lakota Times 07-14-2001 Technical grant presents new opportunities for Northwestern tribes YAKIMA, Wash. - Currently there is only one community computer for the entire Yakama Nation. It sits off by itself in a lonely corner of...

  Tags: computer, PRODUCTIVITY, U.S. Department of Education, University of Washington