GigaSpaces, an Israeli company founded in 2000, creates software for data analysis and processing on grids of computers, where each server tackles one part of large problem.

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The problem has been the sheer complexity of the data and the ensuing processing and analysis of the information.

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Evri uses semantic analysis and natural language processing to create the topic pages.

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In short order, the Sequoia supercomputer and its 1.57 million processing cores will transition to a life of top-secret analysis at the National Nuclear Security Administration, but until that day comes, researchers are currently working to ensure its seamless operation.

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The sentiment analysis sounded like fun, there was anxiety, fear, happy, sad and lots of NLP (natural language processing) derived moods.

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Natural language-processing experts, visualization and integration engineers, and product managers also play a role in the data analysis chain.

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Additionally, the TV's picture engine employs multi-frame analysis to help create missing resolution, and Sony's Super Bit Mapping technology incorporates 14 bit up-scaling, processing and pixel mapping to smooth gradation and improve the quality of low-tone pictures.

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