Prodigy

Prodigy Finance Extends Student Loan Services: Includes More Countries to its List of Supported Regions

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Finance, Professional Services, Continuing, University, Education, Prodigy Finance, Student, Prodigy, Public policy, Engineering, Nursing

Including Pakistan on its list of supported countries is an important step towards achieving its goal of providing equal access to quality education.

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  • Including Pakistan on its list of supported countries is an important step towards achieving its goal of providing equal access to quality education.
  • Furthermore, students can apply for the Prodigy Finance Scholarship Programme, which awards $5000 each to five winners.
  • Neha Sethi, Chief Financial Officer at Prodigy Finance, commented, “We’re committed to expanding our support for thousands of students seeking to finance their international education.
  • According to Prodigy Finance’s 2022 Impact report , 86% of Prodigy Finance borrowers come from emerging economies, while 67% of them are first-generation students.

Prodigy Finance Adds New Countries to its Student Loan Program

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Tuesday, April 9, 2024
Finance, Professional Services, Continuing, University, Education, Prodigy Finance, Student, Prodigy, Engineering, Medicine, Nursing

While already supporting applicants from 150+ countries, Prodigy's inclusion of more countries marks an important move towards achieving its goal of providing fair access to quality education for talented students.

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  • While already supporting applicants from 150+ countries, Prodigy's inclusion of more countries marks an important move towards achieving its goal of providing fair access to quality education for talented students.
  • "We are excited to welcome a new wave of talented students to the Prodigy Finance family," says Neha Sethi, Chief Financial Officer at Prodigy Finance.
  • Additionally, in 2024, Prodigy Finance is offering a Scholarship Programme designed specifically for international postgraduate students.
  • Prodigy Finance loans are offered to eligible borrowers and these loans are governed by English law.

Tachyum Solidifies Reliability, Availability and Serviceability of Prodigy Universal Processor

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Data Management, Semiconductor, Technology, Networks, Artificial Intelligence, Internet, Hardware, Prodigy, GTC, PSU, CAPEX, OPEX, Device, GPU, Learning, Memory, Risk, RAS, HPC, AI, Linux, Stock, Nvidia, Parity, Universal, NIC, EF, Economics, Availability, Silicon, Video game

Additional RAS features built into Prodigy include:

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  • Additional RAS features built into Prodigy include:
    Tachyum has incorporated redundant power supply unit (PSU) fans, network interface card (NIC) and efficient maintenance into its Prodigy evaluation platform.
  • When launched, Tachyum will offer data center family SKUs with a 5-year warranty/support period and 10-year warranty/support periods for enterprise/telco family SKUs.
  • The Tachyum RAS paper complements an earlier Tachyum white paper which showcased a large Prodigy lead customer data center designed to run 8,000 EF of AI performance where RAS will be a critical component.
  • Those interested in learning more about Tachyum’s RAS strategy and how it extends reliability, availability and serviceability in the data center can download the full white paper at https://www.tachyum.com/resources/whitepapers/2024/03/26/tachyum-prodigy... .

Prodigy Clean Energy and Des Nëdhé Group Exploring Microreactor Transportable Nuclear Power Plants (TNPPs) for Remote Applications

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Tuesday, March 19, 2024
Other Manufacturing, Manufacturing, Nuclear, Other Construction & Property, Residential Building & Real Estate, Commercial Building & Real Estate, Construction & Property, Environment, Other Energy, Urban Planning, Utilities, Oil, Gas, Green Technology, Maritime, Alternative Energy, Transport, Energy, Philanthropy, Mining, Minerals, Foundation, Natural Resources, Electricity, MOU, Prodigy, First Nations, Indigenous peoples, Westinghouse, Small modular reactor, Economic development corporation, History, SMR, Workforce, Multimedia, Economic development

Today, in a major step toward Indigenous Economic Reconciliation, Prodigy Clean Energy and Des Nëdhé Group announce a Memorandum of Understanding to develop opportunities to power remote mines and communities in Canada utilizing Prodigy microreactor Transportable Nuclear Power Plants (TNPPs).

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  • Today, in a major step toward Indigenous Economic Reconciliation, Prodigy Clean Energy and Des Nëdhé Group announce a Memorandum of Understanding to develop opportunities to power remote mines and communities in Canada utilizing Prodigy microreactor Transportable Nuclear Power Plants (TNPPs).
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20240319500038/en/
    Conceptual illustration of Prodigy’s Microreactor Power Station™ TNPP.
  • Prodigy is collaborating with Westinghouse to develop a TNPP outfitted with the Westinghouse eVinci™ microreactor, that would be suitable for these applications.
  • “Prodigy’s microreactor TNPP offers a near-term solution to transition remote locations off of diesel,” said Mathias Trojer, President and CEO, Prodigy Clean Energy.

Tachyum Demonstrates Machine Check and Recovery on Prodigy FPGA

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Tuesday, March 12, 2024
Technology, Hardware, Artificial Intelligence, Semiconductor, EDAC, Static, Prodigy, SRAM, CAPEX, OPEX, GPU, Memory, HPC, AI, Linux, Static random-access memory, Architecture, DDR, Universal, MCR, Economics, CPU, FPGA, Computer data storage

Tachyum ® today announced the addition of Machine Check and Recovery (MCR) capabilities with the Linux Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) subsystem to the Prodigy® Universal Processor with successful deployment demonstrated as part of the FPGA emulation system.

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  • Tachyum ® today announced the addition of Machine Check and Recovery (MCR) capabilities with the Linux Error Detection and Correction (EDAC) subsystem to the Prodigy® Universal Processor with successful deployment demonstrated as part of the FPGA emulation system.
  • When the degree of Static Random-Access Memory (SRAM) damage is beyond repair, the error detection allows affected computations to be abandoned rather than provide incorrect results.
  • Prodigy provides Double Error Correction and Triple Error Detection (DECTED), which is a key feature to improving uptime, and is complemented by EDAC to enable preventative maintenance.
  • By eliminating the need for expensive dedicated AI hardware and dramatically increasing server utilization, Prodigy reduces CAPEX and OPEX significantly while delivering unprecedented data center performance, power, and economics.

First full flight simulator with gaming-engine-powered CAE Prodigy image generator achieves level D qualification

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Tuesday, March 26, 2024
Aircraft, Prodigy, GM, EASA, Epic Games, Unreal Engine, Commercial aviation, TSX, CAE, Security, Division, Family, Defense, 3D computer graphics, FFS, Airline

MONTREAL, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - (NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE) – CAE today announced that it is the first leading aviation simulation and training organization to seamlessly integrate a gaming engine into its full-flight simulator (FFS) visual system and achieve level D qualification*, the highest level of qualification for a FFS.

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  • MONTREAL, March 26, 2024 /PRNewswire/ - (NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE) – CAE today announced that it is the first leading aviation simulation and training organization to seamlessly integrate a gaming engine into its full-flight simulator (FFS) visual system and achieve level D qualification*, the highest level of qualification for a FFS.
  • "With CAE Prodigy, CAE continues to position itself as a leader in the adoption of new technologies to support its customers and advance aviation safety."
  • CAE Prodigy builds on the proven features of CAE's existing family of visual systems, while leveraging Unreal Engine's innovative rendering techniques to deliver a highly optimized and flexible Image Generator solution.
  • A level D simulator fidelity is at such high level that pilots transitioning to a new aircraft can perform all their training in the simulator instead of the aircraft.

Tachyum Has Disclosed 1U and 2U Server/HPC/AI Reference Designs

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Tuesday, March 5, 2024
Semiconductor, Hardware, Data Management, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, HPC, AI, Original equipment manufacturer, DDR5, Solid-state drive, Universal, Prodigy, Element, 2U, GPU, OPEX, Economics, CAPEX, Video game

Tachyum’s platform strategy includes offering evaluation platforms for early testing with OEMs and ODMs able to incorporate Prodigy into their own designs.

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  • Tachyum’s platform strategy includes offering evaluation platforms for early testing with OEMs and ODMs able to incorporate Prodigy into their own designs.
  • The 1U platform, targeting applications such as AI inference and a wide range of cloud applications, follows in the second quarter.
  • Chenbro’s standard chassis products provide solutions for both 1U and 2U that address Prodigy’s high-performance requirements, allowing Tachyum to focus on the device and motherboard development.
  • Chenbro's 1U and 2U chassis complement Tachyum's Prodigy, ensuring seamless integration and unmatched performance.

Tachyum Demonstrates PMU Running on Prodigy FPGA Emulation System

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024
Technology, Semiconductor, Security, Software, Networks, Internet, Hardware, Data Management, Artificial Intelligence, PMU, HPC, AI, Linux, Perf, RAS, Universal, Prodigy, Memory, GPU, OPEX, Cloud computing, Economics, CAPEX, FPGA, Video game

Tachyum ® today announced that it has added a Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) to its Prodigy® FPGA emulation system, empowering customers and partners with the ability to address bottlenecks and better optimize Prodigy performance for all applications and workloads.

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  • Tachyum ® today announced that it has added a Performance Monitoring Unit (PMU) to its Prodigy® FPGA emulation system, empowering customers and partners with the ability to address bottlenecks and better optimize Prodigy performance for all applications and workloads.
  • The PMU is an essential tool for collecting information about performance bottlenecks.
  • It offers the ability to record a wide range of events that encompass every aspect of the Prodigy Universal Processor without slowing down the application itself.
  • The PMU’s wide range of performance counters – supported by both software C-model and FPGA – facilitates both system debugging and performance tuning.

Tachyum Upgrades Software Package in Advance of Beta Release of the Prodigy Universal Processor

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Wednesday, February 14, 2024
Semiconductor, Data Management, Technology, Software, Artificial Intelligence, Hardware, HPC, SSD, Artificial intelligence, AI, Library, Reliability, UEFI, RAS, EDAC, Universal, Prodigy, GPU, Ecosystem, Correction, OPEX, Economics, Long-Term Capital Management, LLVM, CAPEX, Serviceability, FPGA, Video game

Tachyum ® today announced that it has upgraded the software stack for the Prodigy® Universal Processor before the anticipated launch of its beta version around the end of quarter.

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  • Tachyum ® today announced that it has upgraded the software stack for the Prodigy® Universal Processor before the anticipated launch of its beta version around the end of quarter.
  • Quality completion of Prodigy’s software stack is a key component as the company continues to advance towards chip production and distribution.
  • Tachyum software engineers have worked hard to enable the full potential of Prodigy with the development of a ecosystem of applications, system software, frameworks and libraries that are ported to run natively on Prodigy hardware.
  • Once the software package completes its testing and runs cleanly on the FPGA, the company can fully transition to advancing the Universal Processor into production.

Tachyum Democratizes AI for All with $5000 Prodigy ATX Platform

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Thursday, February 8, 2024
Semiconductor, Hardware, Technology, Artificial Intelligence, Software, Fraud, Economics, OPEX, AI, Organization, FP8, NVIDIA, GPU, HPC, CAPEX, TB, LLM, Memory, Universal, Prodigy, Architecture, Sintering

Tachyum ®, creator of Prodigy®, the world’s first Universal Processor, today released a white paper that details how its Prodigy ATX Platform will democratize AI for those who may not normally have access to sophisticated AI models.

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  • Tachyum ®, creator of Prodigy®, the world’s first Universal Processor, today released a white paper that details how its Prodigy ATX Platform will democratize AI for those who may not normally have access to sophisticated AI models.
  • The Prodigy ATX Platform allows everyone to run cutting-edge AI models for as low as $5,000.
  • Since the Prodigy ATX Platform is intended to leverage pre-trained models and focus on inference, Tachyum reviews the assumptions for the memory footprint required for inference.
  • This architecture provides Tachyum with increased yield for 96-core devices, lowering platform costs and helping make the Prodigy ATX Platform even more affordable.