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News : Chips and processor hardware
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July 15, 2019
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Jul'19
Alan Turing to be face of new £50 note
Computing pioneer and code-breaker Alan Turing is to be featured on the new polymer £50 note
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July 15, 2019
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Jul'19
How Apollo 11 influenced modern computer software and hardware
On 16 July 1969, Apollo 11 began its historic journey to send man to the Moon. We look at the pioneering computer technology developed by Nasa
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July 03, 2019
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Jul'19
IT pros see a role for high-performance computing in business
New application areas are pushing the limits of current computing architecture, leading to HPC moving out of research facilities
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June 17, 2019
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Jun'19
Airbus works with Microsoft to trial HoloLens in aircraft manufacturing
Aircraft company Airbus believes mixed reality systems, powered using headsets such as HoloLens, will drive its digital manufacturing strategy
In Depth : Chips and processor hardware
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Enterprise HPC: Why HPE is buying Cray
HPE’s decision to acquire supercomputing pioneer Cray for $1.3bn serves to highlight the growing importance of high-performance computing (HPC) deployments in the enterprise market Continue Reading
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Compute strategies for AI applications
Devising compute strategies for AI applications can be challenging. Find out about the hardware, network and software frameworks available Continue Reading
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Smart speakers: How to give apps a voice
Experts discuss how to go about creating compelling voice-enabled user interfaces for smart speakers Continue Reading
Blog Posts : Chips and processor hardware
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Why are we serving up chips?
Custom hardware is usually the only option available to organisations that need to achieve the ultimate level of performance for AI applications. But Nvidia has taken massive strides in flipping ... Continue Reading
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An inside look at Alibaba’s deep learning processor
From Huawei’s Kirin 970 system-on-chip (SoC) that packs in a neural processing unit to Google’s new Edge TPU that performs machine learning tasks on IoT devices, the use of dedicated chips to speed ... Continue Reading
Opinion : Chips and processor hardware
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Douglas Engelbart, the forgotten hero of modern computing
Half a century ago, Douglas Engelbart demonstrated an experimental computer that laid the foundations for modern computing. His vision to use computing power to solve complex problems in all areas of human activity has become reality, but not in the way that he imagined Continue Reading
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The desire for perfect recycling is making the e-waste problem worse
Shipping our electronic waste to poorer countries isn't going to solve the problem of recycling – there's a more economic solution Continue Reading
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Reinstating Moore’s Law: a next-generation transistor for mobile technology
Research into a new generation of transistors could end a decade of stagnation in computing speed and deliver a step-change in processing power, says the National Physical Laboratory’s Mark Stewart Continue Reading
Videos : Chips and processor hardware
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IBM fellow Bernie Meyerson discusses IT beyond Moore's Law
Every 18 months to two years the number of transistors on a chip doubles because each transistor is half the size of the previous generation
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Steve Furber discusses how to use one million ARM chips
Steve Furber, the ICL professor of Computer Engineering at the School of Computer Science, University of Manchester, discusses education and brain research
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Extreme Blue 2013: IBM interns create an application to support dementia patients
Jim Patterson, a business studies undergraduate from Lancaster University speaks to Computer Weekly's Cliff Saran about RemoteCare