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Supercomputer
A supercomputer is a computer that represents the limit of existing processing capacity. Supercomputers are used for calculation-intensive tasks for applications such as quantum physics, weather forecasting, climate research, molecular modeling and physical simulations, from modeling airplanes in wind tunnels to the detonation of nuclear weapons and nuclear fusion.
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Why IBM's Watson experiment is important for artificial intelligence
IBM's experiment to pit its "Watson" supercomputer against Jeopardy champions isn't just novelty -- it's the culmination of years of research on artificial intelligence. Will it succeed?
7 | February 7, 2011 7:49am |
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Wolfram|Alpha vs. IBM's Watson: How they think
Wolfram Alpha creator Stephen Wolfram compared his answer engine to the IBM's Watson Jeopardy supercomputer. The subject? Artificial intelligence.
3 | January 26, 2011 11:57am |
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Will America's latest 'Sputnik moment' fuel a cleantech boom?
President Obama said the cleantech surge in India and China represent a Sputnik moment for the U.S. Obama put out a goal to derive 80 percent of America's electricity from clean energy sources by...
4 | January 26, 2011 2:00am |
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Obama offers call to arms on innovation; says 'the rules have changed'
In a State of the Union speech, U.S. president Barack Obama underscored the need to make large investments in innovation, education and infrastructure.
10 | January 25, 2011 5:42pm |
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Speech recognition: a productivity boom ahead?
If tech vendors and automakers have their way all apps will be speech enabled and armed with the ability to hop between settings. The big question is whether a productivity boom will follow?
January 19, 2011 1:40pm |
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Welcome new Thinking Tech editor Tuan C. Nguyen
Say hello to a new Thinking Tech contributing editor: Tuan C. Nguyen.
January 13, 2011 12:42pm |
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IBM Watson supercomputer beats humans in practice round
IBM's Watson supercomputer won a practice round against Jeopardy champions Ken Jennings and Brad Rutter and raised a lot of questions about the capabilities of artificial intelligence.
5 | January 13, 2011 9:16am |
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Is computerized trading discouraging human investors?
Concerns about the rise of so-called algorithmic trading are usually centered on its reckless speed and potential unpredictability. But the biggest problem with robo-trading may actually stem from...
5 | January 11, 2011 3:00pm |
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Nvidia eyes ARM-based supercomputers
Nvidia plans to build high-performance ARM-based CPU cores, designed to support products as diverse as computers, servers, workstations and supercomputers.
1 | January 5, 2011 1:26pm |
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In finance, faster trading poses new market problems
Supercomputers and new transmission infrastructure guarantees financial trading that's faster than ever before. Is it a smarter market, or is Wall Street playing with fire?
7 | January 3, 2011 7:35am |
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Next human vs. machine battleground: game show Jeopardy!
Are we about to reach the holy grail of artificial intelligence -- the ability of computers to compete on game shows?
December 14, 2010 7:31pm |
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Saving the world, one calculation at a time
Supercomputers are being used to fight malaria, simulate oil spills, understand climate change and test renewable energy technology. AMD CSR chief Tim Mohin discusses how it fits in with his...
December 7, 2010 6:49am |
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What the DoD's PlayStation-powered Condor Cluster means for the future of supercomputing
A chat with Mark Barnell, one of the men behind the DoD's powerful new Condor Cluster, a supercomputer built from 1760 gaming consoles, about the PlayStation 3, distributed computing and the...
2 | December 3, 2010 2:00pm |
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Chu: Cleantech innovation race vs. China is America's 'Sputnik moment'
U.S Energy Secretary Steven Chu says China's clean energy innovation represents America's "Sputnik moment." Plus, six technologies that threaten to leave us behind.
9 | November 30, 2010 8:30am |
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NERSC's Hopper supercomputer breaks petaflop barrier; better research on tap
The U.S. Dept. of Energy's NERSC is now home to Hopper, the fifth-most powerful supercomputer in the world. On tap: better climate change, clean energy, astrophysics and genomics research.
1 | November 18, 2010 7:16am |
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Supercomputers could be the size of a sugar cube
With 2 percent of the world's energy consumption used to power computers, shrinking the processors could go a long way in saving energy.
1 | November 16, 2010 12:57pm |
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Intel explores chips inside football helmets to track concussions
Intel is working with researchers to better simulate and measure football related head injuries like concussions.
1 | November 16, 2010 9:02am |
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World's largest video database of proteins promises better drugs
Scientists have unveiled the world's largest video database of proteins, a boon for pharmaceutical companies looking to design better drugs more quickly.
November 12, 2010 7:03am |
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Biosurveillance program aims to stop disease outbreaks early
By shifting the top-down approach of disease outbreak awareness to a model that gets local health authorities medical data quickly, researchers in Illinois are hoping to prevent illness outbreaks...
November 4, 2010 4:00am |
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GM's Volt: 10 million lines of code
General Motor's Volt---the electric car that could redefine the company---is about to hit the road and now details about its engineering innards are starting to emerge.
15 | November 1, 2010 9:00am |
