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Mellanox exits for $6.9 billion

Posted on March 16, 2019

American technology giant Nvidia is to acquire Israeli chipmaker Mellanox in a deal worth $6.9 billion. Mellanox has offices in Yokne’am, Tel Aviv, Beersheba, Ra’anana and Tel Hai. Mellanox’s solutions accelerate some of the largest supercomputers in the world (see … Continue reading →

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Mellanox revenue exceeds $1 billion

Posted on February 2, 2019

Israel’s Mellanox earned over $1 billion for the first time in its history. Mellanox’s high-speed solutions accelerate the fastest supercomputers in the world. Intel is reportedly about to make a multi-billion dollar bid for the company. https://www.timesofisrael.com/mellanox-2018-revenue-tops-1-billion-for-first-time-in-firms-history/ https://www.calcalistech.com/ctech/articles/0,7340,L-3755394,00.html

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Faster and faster

Posted on July 8, 2018

The InfiniBand systems from Israel’s Mellanox now support 43% of the World’s 500 fastest supercomputers including the top three.  The 216 include Astra, supporting the US Dept of Energy’s National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), and Summit – the fastest computer … Continue reading →

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Israeli gas and oil exploration

Posted on April 30, 2018

Geologist Eitan Aizenberg discovered Israel’s giant natural offshore gas field, Leviathan. He reveals that talented Israeli graduates are now exploring for oil and gas in South America, Malta, Ireland and the Philippines, using Israeli supercomputers to analyze 3D seismic tests. … Continue reading →

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E-passport system for Iceland

Posted on November 26, 2017

Israel’s SuperCom has won an 8-year contract to build and operate a new central personalization system for electronic passports and national ID cards in Iceland. https://finance.yahoo.com/news/supercom-awarded-8-contract-epassport-131500284.html

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Teva and IBM to expand alliance

Posted on October 30, 2016

Teva and IBM are to significantly expand their existing global e-Health alliance using the IBM Watson Supercomputer’s Health Cloud to develop new treatments and improve the management of chronic diseases. It aims to streamline the long process of bringing new … Continue reading →

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Accelerating the world’s fastest computer

Posted on July 3, 2016

The world’s new fastest supercomputer is Sunway TaihuLight in Wuxi, China.  But its 93 petaflop/s (quadrillions of calculations per second) are accelerated by its use of the interconnect InfiniBand solutions of Israel’s Mellanox Technologies.  InfiniBand connects 41.2 percent of the … Continue reading →

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Keeping patients and staff safe

Posted on February 14, 2016

Israel’s SuperCom has more facets than I reported previously in Feb 2015. The NASDAQ listed company has just launched a suite of software for the Health Care industry that addresses staff, patient and residence safety. It incorporates mobile applications and … Continue reading →

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Your virtual personal nutritionist

Posted on January 10, 2016

Israeli app Nutrino (with a little help from IBM Haifa’s Watson supercomputer) promotes healthy eating. Enter your details, goals and tastes and Nutrino gives you meal plans and more. http://www.timesofisrael.com/coffee-during-pregnancy-app-tells-you-pros-and-cons-of-morning-java/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dr89Bnh9ISk https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=df8CYPD90fM http://nutrino.co/

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Exporting innovation

Posted on October 4, 2015

First it was Microsoft, which rolled out its Israeli accelerator model to seven other locations around the world. In 3 years, Microsoft accelerators have graduated 410 startups. Now IBM plan to export its Haifa Alphazone Accelerator where startups make use … Continue reading →

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