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Machine learning speeds up search for new sustainable materials

TSUKUBA, Japan, May 25, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Researchers from Konica Minolta and the Nara Institute of Science and Technology in Japan have developed a machine learning method to identify sustainable alternatives for composite materials. Their findings were published in the journal Science and Technology of Advanced Materials: Methods.Researchers are looking for sustainable options, such as recyclable materials or biomass, to substitute the constituent materials in composites which are used in various applications including electrical and information technologies.Composite materials are compounds made of two or more constituent materials. Due to the complex nature of the interactions between the different components, their performance can greatly exceed that of single materials. Composite materials, such as fibre-reinforced plastics, are very important for a wide range of industries and applications, including electrical and information technologies.In recent years, there has been increasing demand for more environmentally sustainable materials that help reduce industrial waste and plastic use. One way to achieve this is to substitute the constituent materials ...

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Showa Denko Introduces Machine Learning Operations into AI-based Prediction Systems for Accelerating Materials Development

TOKYO, Apr 21, 2022 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Showa Denko K.K. (SDK; TSE:4004) has introduced MLOps* (Machine Learning Operations) for efficient management of machine learning models deployed into Artificial Intelligence (AI) systems for materials design ahead of its competitors. Machine learning models can predict material properties based on formulations and manufacturing-process conditions of materials. This time, we automated input of the latest data into computers that develop machine learning models and data processing in those computers. This automation has reduced the time required to build and operate machine learning models from five days to one day per month. In addition, the introduction of MLOps enabled us to accelerate materials development by predicting material properties based on the latest data.Machine learning process from model development to operationSDK utilizes AI systems for efficient materials development, such as exploring the optimal material formulation. Machine learning models deployed into the AI systems predict material properties from formulations or suggest formulations that improve material properties. The machine learning process for ma...

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MHI-AC&R Develops Large-Capacity Brine Refrigeration System for Cryo-Temperatures, Featuring Nitrogen (N2) Refrigerant

TOKYO, Mar 11, 2022 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Air-Conditioning and Refrigeration Corporation (MHI-AC&R), a Group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI), has newly developed a large-capacity brine refrigeration system adopting a nitrogen (N2) refrigerant having both zero ozone depletion potential (ODP)(1) and zero global warming potential (GWP)(2). The new system can accommodate even cryotemperature needs, placing it at the pinnacle of industry offerings(3). The Company has just delivered a unit of the new system to The Honjo Chemical Corporation (Neyagawa, Osaka), a manufacturer of organic chemicals and other products, and further sales in the domestic market will be pursued going forward.Large-capacity air-refrigerant (N2) brine refrigeration system flowchartThe new system can refrigerate at ultra-low and cryo-temperatures (brine temperature: -45℃ to -100℃) through application of MHI-AC&R's proprietary (patented) air refrigeration cycle technology. The unit also features one of the industry's most compact sizes, enabling easy handling and transport. Its compression expansion machine incorporates MHI Gro...

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Fujitsu and RIKEN Claim 1st Place for MLPerf HPC Benchmark with Supercomputer Fugaku

TOKYO, Nov 18, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Fujitsu and RIKEN today announced that the supercomputer Fugaku took the first place for the CosmoFlow training application benchmark (1), one of the key MLPerf HPC benchmarks for large-scale machine learning processing tasks requiring capabilities of a supercomputer. Fujitsu and RIKEN leveraged approximately half of Fugaku's resources (2) to achieve this result, demonstrating the world's fastest performance in this key benchmark.MLPerf HPC measures how many deep learning models can be trained per time unit (throughput performance, 3). Software technology that further refines Fugaku's parallel processing performance has achieved a processing speed approximately 1.77 times faster than that of other systems, demonstrating the world's highest level of performance in the field of large-scale scientific and technological calculations using machine learning.These results were announced as MLPerf HPC version 1.0 on November 17th (November 18th Japan time) at the SC21 High-Performance Computing Conference, which is currently being held as a hybrid event.Fugaku Claims World's Highest Level of Performance in the Field of Large-scale Sc...

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Daiwa Securities Upgrades Rating of Parent Company of Precision Tsugami (1651.HK) to “Outperform”

HONG KONG, Sep 6, 2021 - (ACN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Daiwa Securities, in its recently published research report, has upgraded the rating for the parent company of Precision Tsugami (China) Corporation Limited ("Precision Tsugami" or the "Company", stock code: 1651), which is the largest foreign-owned CNC high-precision machine tool manufacturer in the PRC . The "Outperform" rating was given to the firm as Daiwa Securities was particularly optimistic about Precision Tsugami's strong business foundation in the PRC, and the higher-than-expected number of orders received in July. In the report, Daiwa Securities noted that Precision Tsugami brought a new plant on stream in Anhui Province, the PRC, in March 2021, thus increasing total production capacity by just above 15%. The ability to supply the needed volume of products by the deadlines demanded by customers is particularly important in the PRC. The Group commands a lofty share of the local market for small- and mid-size sliding headstock automatic lathes (60-70% by its estimate). Leveraging its strong profile, the Company has established close relations with a number of local area suppliers and appears to be well positioned ...

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MHI Machine Tool to Expand Metal 3D Printing Services

TOKYO, Jul 8, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co., Ltd., a group company of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) based in Ritto, Shiga Prefecture, will offer expanded services in metal 3D printing services commencing on July 15, including prototype production and contract production by metal 3D (three-dimensional) printers applying laser-based Metal Additive Manufacturing (AM) technologies. In addition to its previously offered Directed Energy Deposition (DED)(1) type metal 3D printers for large-scale parts, the Company will newly add services using binder jetting (BJT)(2) metal 3D printers for small-scale parts. The expanded service lineup will enable manufacture of a full range of metal parts, from small components of 1mm size to ultra-large-scale parts exceeding 1 meter."DMP2500" developed by Digital MetalThe addition to MHI Machine Tool's lineup is the DMP2500 metal 3D printer developed by Digital Metal, a group company of Hoganas of Sweden. The DMP2500's BJT technology not only enables extremely precise manufacturing but also is engineered especially for high-volume production. Currently, MHI Machine Tool has pro...

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MHI Machine Tool Launches Two New Hobbing Machines With Higher Speed, Precision and Efficiency

TOKYO, May 31, 2021 - (JCN Newswire via SEAPRWire.com) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co., Ltd., a part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries (MHI) Group, announces June 2021 launch of the new GE15HS and GE25HS models of hobbing machines. Emphasizing high precision and efficiency, the new machines focus on electric and hybrid cars amid the global trend toward decarbonization. The new machines produce high-precision gears required in these new vehicles. These new machine models are a significantly improved addition to the GE Series of hobbing machines, which has shipped more than 2,800 units since its launch in 2004.The GE15HS model is for gears with a maximum diameter of 150mm, widely used in automobiles and motorcycles. The high-speed, high-torque direct-drive motor(1) for the main cutting spindleprovides a maximum spindle speed of 6,000 min-1(2), three times faster than previous models. The high efficiency work table spindle holding the work piece uses a special table that provides high rigidity and high-speed rotation to handle the necessary thrust load(3) for high efficiency machining. Further, processing with the use of Mitsubishi super-hard cutting tools yields a surface...

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WitLink Crashes the Soft Cap Target during the On-Going Pre-Sale

London, UK - With increased adoption of artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) to solve different industrial processes, the field of AI and ML is certainly the future of human existence. In a bid to close the existing gap and revolutionize the present-day AI space, the team behind WitLink has introduced its decentralized marketplace to the benefit of AI enthusiasts. WitLink is a project geared towards giving AI enthusiasts, including students, trainers, professionals, enterprises, and AI experts the opportunity to profit from the artificial intelligence and machine learning space. WAI Token WAI is an ERC-compliant token and the native token of the WitLink project. The WAI token can be used for different purposes on the WitLink network, including to offer projects, purchase computing resources, and reward payouts for computing resources. Additionally, POS token holders will be rewarded with the WAI token for their activities on the WitLink platform. Plus, the token can be used to pay platform fees and other goods and services. On-going presale! WitLink continues to present opportunities and that through the on-going Presale. With the Soft-Cap achieved, now it eyes th...

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MHI Machine Tool Develops Gear Shaping Machine for High-Precision Small-Module Gears Used in Robots

TOKYO, Mar 1, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Machine Tool Co., Ltd., a Shiga-based part of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries, Ltd. (MHI) Group, has newly developed the "SE25FR Plus," a gear shaping machine dedicated to making high-precision small-module(1) gears used in robots. The company has simultaneously developed a small-module cutting tool specifically for the new gear shaping machine. Full-fledged marketing of both new items will commence in March. By providing this dual support in high-precision gear cutting machines and cutting tools from a single source, MHI Machine Tool looks to respond to the need for reduction gears of increasingly higher precision in the expanding global robot market.MHI Machine Tool launched its "FR Series"(2) of high-precision gear cutting machines in August 2020. The new SE25FR Plus is a high-end model developed especially for shaping strain wave gears(3), which require high precision. Outstanding rotation precision has been achieved through the adoption of ultra-high-precision bearings and direct-drive motors(4) in the two core components: the work table and the cutter head. This provides gear cutting precision of ISO class 3, enabl...

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Fujitsu and Hokkaido University Develop “Explainable AI” Technology Providing Users with Concrete Steps to Achieve Desired Outcomes

KAWASAKI, Japan, Feb 4, 2021 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu Laboratories Ltd. and Hokkaido University today announced the development of a new technology based on the principle of "explainable AI" that automatically presents users with steps needed to achieve a desired outcome based on AI results about data, for example, from medical checkups."Explainable AI" represents an area of increasing interest in the field of artificial intelligence and machine learning. While AI technologies can automatically make decisions from data, "explainable AI" also provides individual reasons for these decisions - this helps avoid the so-called "black box" phenomenon, in which AI reaches conclusions through unclear and potentially problematic means.While certain techniques can also provide hypothetical improvements one could take when an undesirable outcome occurs for individual items, these do not provide any concrete steps to improve.For example, if an AI that makes judgments about the subject's health status determines that a person is unhealthy, the new technology can be applied to first explain the reason for the outcome from health examination data like height, weight, and blood pressure. Then, th...

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EBON: becoming Qualcomm to the Mining Hardware Industry

SHENZHEN, CHINA, Dec 23, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Ebon's exclusive license of the AsicBoost patent puts it in a very strong competitive position, and it is likely to develop into the 'Qualcomm' of the mining industry, even absorbing miners heavily dependent on Samsung, creating a new mining company that is capable of challenging the industry leader Bitmex. If this vision holds, Ebon will become the most suitable miner in the current market for investing.On December 1st, Huangshou-based Ebang International Holdings Ltd (Nasdaq: EBON) announced it had signed a technology licensing agreement with AsicBoost patent-holder Circle Line International Limited, granting full exclusivity to the patent. After optimizing a bitcoin mining machine algorithm, AsicBoost can greatly reduce the amount of work a mining ASIC must do in order to compute a hashing attempt, thus reducing the energy consumption of the mining machine. The performance of the mining machine can be improved by about 20%, and the corresponding savings in mining costs are also about 20%.AsicBoost, a SHA256 computing optimization algorithm developed by cryptologist Timo Hanke, PhD, was granted global priority by the inventor in la...

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Valarhash Announces First Anniversary with Annual Highlights

CHENGDU, CHINA, Dec 9, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Valarhash, a leading provider of mining services, is celebrating its first anniversary. Since its product launch conference in December 2019, attended by more than 400 industry professionals and covered by more than 100 media, the organization has hit new milestones almost monthly. This anniversary is commemorated by community activities as an expression of gratitude to its consumers.Valarhash announced at the launch conference that it would be officially celebrating its first anniversary. The provider of mining services has prepared community activities for its users, as the company takes the opportunity to look back on its achievements over the past year. From December 9th to 15th, Valarhash has organized a week-long promotional campaign in their English Telegram group. Each day during the event, members who sign in with the words "Happy birthday to #Valarhash" will be able to share a value of $50 BTC. This is the first event the company has held for its anniversary.1TMine, a computing power trading platform incubated by Valarhash, successfully attracted the attention of new and old miners during the first 6 months of its establishme...

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Fujitsu, AIST, and RIKEN Achieve Unparalleled Speed on the MLPerf HPC Machine Learning Processing Benchmark Leveraging Leading Japanese Supercomputer Systems

TOKYO, Nov 19, 2020 - (JCN Newswire) - Fujitsu, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), and RIKEN today announced a performance milestone in supercomputing, achieving the highest performance and claiming the ranking positions on the MLPerf HPC benchmark(1). The MLPerf HPC benchmark measures large-scale machine learning processing on a level requiring supercomputers and the parties achieved these outcomes leveraging approximately half of the "AI-Bridging Cloud Infrastructure" ("ABCI") supercomputer system, operated by AIST, and about 1/10 of the resources of the supercomputer Fugaku, which is currently under joint development by RIKEN and Fujitsu. Utilizing about half the computing resources of its system, ABCI achieved processing speeds 20 times faster than other GPU-type systems. That is the highest performance among supercomputers based on GPUs, computing devices specialized in deep learning. Similarly, about 1/10 of Fugaku was utilized to set a record for CPU-type supercomputers consisting of general-purpose computing devices only, achieving a processing speed 14 times faster than that of other CPU-type systems. The results were presented as ...

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Valarhash Officially Launches New Service Series for its Mining Hosting Operations

CHENGDU, CHINA, Oct 31, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Valarhash, a leader in digital asset services, officially launches a new series of cryptocurrency miner hosting services, now enabling customers with remote online access to the operations of their mining machines. Registered users will have many features such as selecting their mining pool, withdrawing options and even re-selling their mining machine on the platform. Customers can purchase machines from Valarhash or other providers and have them shipped to the Valarhash mining farms.Valarhash is launching the new service series following an earlier announcement launching miner machine hosting plans. With versatility being of the utmost importance, Valarhash adds the new series of features in order to distinguish itself from its counterparts. The Valarhash mining pool charges a handling fee of 2%, and users are free to assign a designated mining pool for their mining machine based on their needs, offering a customizable experience. This ensures a reliable supply of computing power to consumers which can be viewed in real-time via an app or web management system built by the platform.Kevin Huang, co-founder of Valarhash, said "given th...

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Valarhash Launches New Service Series for its Mining Hosting Operations

CHENGDU, CHINA, Oct 31, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Valarhash, a leader in digital asset services, officially launches a new series of cryptocurrency miner hosting services, now enabling customers with remote online access to the operations of their mining machines. Registered users will have many features such as selecting their mining pool, withdrawing options and even re-selling their mining machine on the platform. Customers can purchase machines from Valarhash or other providers and have them shipped to the Valarhash mining farms.Valarhash is launching the new service series following an earlier announcement launching miner machine hosting plans. With versatility being of the utmost importance, Valarhash adds the new series of features in order to distinguish itself from its counterparts. The Valarhash mining pool charges a handling fee of 2%, and users are free to assign a designated mining pool for their mining machine based on their needs, offering a customizable experience. This ensures a reliable supply of computing power to consumers which can be viewed in real-time via an app or web management system built by the platform.Kevin Huang, co-founder of Valarhash, said "given th...

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Valarhash Introduces Mining Machine Hosting Plans and Services

CHENGDU, CHINA, Oct 14, 2020 - (ACN Newswire) - Valarhash, a one-stop digital asset service platform, has announced new mining machine hosting plans and services, internationally available since rolling out from the end of September. Valarhash aims to provide customers with one-stop mining services, competitive electricity plans, and professional mining support and maintenance operations, lowering the barriers of entry to mining. "At the moment, most of the available mining pool hosting sites are located in China," said Valarhash CEO Fiona Lv. "While based in Sichuan Province, our mining machine hosting services are available to international users who may choose to host their miners or join pools through any of Valarhash's 9 global data centers."The mining power capacities of the hosting service are 100MW in hydropower and 100MW in thermal power, while the mining machines supported include the Antminer S17 series, Whatsminer M20 series, Whatsminer M30 series, Antminer T19 series, and the highly sought after Antminer S19 series. A minimum of 100 hosting machines are available for this plan while the stock lasts. The GPU graphics machine is also available for mining Ethereum.The ser...