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NPU vs. GPU

Pure Storage

NPU vs GPU: Differences Architecturally speaking, NPUs are even more equipped for parallel processing than GPUs. GPUs have more of a general-purpose architecture than NPUs and can struggle to compete with NPUs in processing large-scale language models or edge computing applications. Related reading: What is a discrete GPU?

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Reflections on the Turkish-Syrian Earthquakes of 6th February 2023: Building Collapse and its Consequences

Emergency Planning

It is a mixture of simple errors, lax procedures, ignorance, deliberate evasion, indifference to public safety, untenable architectural fashions, corruption and failure to enforce the codes. How much simpler to attribute it all to anonymous forces within the ground! Natural Hazards and Earth System Sciences 15: 931-945.

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The 1980 Southern Italian Earthquake After Forty Years

Emergency Planning

The incessant, cumulative hammer-blow effect of disasters of all kinds on modern society had begun to stimulate a consistent demand for greater safety and security. More positively, the shortcomings in the response set in motion a long process of creating a viable modern civil protection service at all levels, from national to local.

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Leonardo and the Deluge

Emergency Planning

Therefore, all progress depends upon the unreasonable man." His fascination in the modern era consists of a mixture of his genius in many fields (painting, natural history, hydraulics, flight, mechanics, architecture, military strategy, weaponry, anatomy, and so on) and his secretiveness. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-8306.1986.tb00102.x

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Strategies for Digital Risk Protection

Reciprocity

This refers to all risks introduced by service providers and third parties working with your enterprise. Any hazards associated with cloud architectural changes, the use of new platforms such as IoT devices, or new IT systems can lead to digital risk. Third-Party Risk. Technology. Identification.

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SIA New Member Profile: IXP Corporation

Security Industry Association

We know what it takes to operate successfully and confidently in these arenas daily to protect and preserve each party’s interests to deliver better service for all. We use our broad experience in public safety and security technologies to assess legacy environments and create functional and technical architectures.

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The New Normal

BCP Builder

All aspects of Business Continuity, including planning, training, stress testing and exercising of Business Continuity Plans will be seen as a priority. An impacts-oriented all-hazards approach will be worthwhile planning going forward (as it has been in the past). We are all experiencing extreme turbulence and its here to stay.

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