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NEC’s Fingerprint Identification Technology Ranks First in NIST Testing
NEC announced today that its fingerprint identification technologies ranked first in the Fingerprint Vendor Technology Evaluation (FpVTE 2012 or FpVTE) conducted by the United States’ National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST). FpVTE testing was conducted primarily to assess the current capabilities of fingerprint matching algorithms using operational datasets containing several million subjects. There were…
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NEC Express5800/GT110f-S server breaks world record for energy efficiency
NEC today announced that its ultra-compact tower server, the Express5800/GT110f-S, demonstrated the world’s highest energy efficiency by achieving 6,488 overall ssj_ops/watt on the SPECpower_ssj® 2008 benchmark. The SPECpower_ssj ® 2008 benchmark is the first industry standard measure for comparing energy efficiency among server products. The benchmark is determined by measuring server system performance versus server…
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NEC NeoFace Facial Recognition Software solution identifies Boston Marathon bombing suspect
NEC today announced its NeoFace Facial Recognition Software solution achieved high accuracy in an independent study conducted by Michigan State University (MSU) and was able to identify a suspect from the recent Boston Marathon Bombing in the same study that simulated the post-bombing forensic work. In the MSU simulation, researchers used actual law-enforcement video from…
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NEC GAZIRU image recognition technologies adopted by Hakuhodo for its Kokoku + advertising service
NEC’s GAZIRU image recognition technologies have been adopted by Hakuhodo Inc., one of Japan’s leading advertising companies, for its Kokoku + advertising service, scheduled to launch on February 18. The GAZIRU service displays detailed information on photos taken with the built-in cameras of smartphones by using NEC’s independently developed, highly accurate image recognition engine to…
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NEC performs world’s first successful trial of real-time 1Tb/s superchannel transmission over a trans-oceanic distance
NEC recently performed the world’s first successful trial of real-time 1Tb/s super-channel transmission using 100GbE subcarriers over a trans-oceanic distance. With 100 GB/s technologies now commercially deployed, the focus of recent development is turning to high capacity channels, beyond 100Gb/s, with more efficient bandwidth utilization. As part of this movement, NEC has proposed optical superchannels…
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NEC Adds New Ultra-Compact iPASOLINK 100E Product to its Packet Microwave Portfolio
NEC announced today the launch of iPASOLINK 100E as the latest addition to its iPASOLINK portfolio of transport network solutions. The iPASOLINK 100E indoor unit can be installed in one half of a 19-inch telecommunications rack or on a desktop within the limited space of IT facilities. It provides the same high-class radio performance customers…
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Tohoku University Develops World’s First Fast Access Embedded Memory that Stores Data without using Power
Professor Tetsuo Endoh, Center for Spintronics Integrated Systems and Graduate School of Engineering, Tohoku University and a group led by Professor Hideo Ohno, Center for Spintronics Integrated Systems and Research Institute of Electrical Communication, Tohoku University, Sendai, Japan, have developed the world’s first embedded memory that can transfer data as fast as today’s state-of-the-art Static…
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NEC announces image recognition services for smartphones and mobile terminals in Japan
NEC announced today the availability of new image recognition services for smartphones and mobile terminals in Japan beginning June 1. The new service can provide detailed information on a wide range of subjects, including everything from food to automobiles that appear in photos taken with mobile devices. In recent years, as smartphones have become increasingly…
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NEC develops technology enabling control of information through gestures and the display of images from a projector
NEC announced today the development of an interactive technology that allows the control of information through a combination of user gestures and the display of images from a projector. The newly-developed technology is controlled through the combination of a movable camera, which measures and recognizes three-dimensional shapes, and a compact image projector. In addition to…
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NEC educational computer system for Kyoto University uses 60% less power than previous system
NEC recently announced the completion of an educational computer system for Kyoto University that began operating in March 2012. The new computer system is an information processing facility for use by students and teaching staff in the university’s classrooms for educational and research purposes. Kyoto University has updated the approximately 1,400 terminals in its computer…
