China takes Supercomputer crown from US for first time since 2017

The Shenzhen-based LineShine system outperformed the US-built El Capitan and became the first Chinese supercomputer to top ...

In 1971, Federico Faggin and Ted Hoff fitted a calculator brain onto one chip, invented the microprocessor that led to the personal computers we still use today

Long before laptops, smartphones, and personal computers became part of everyday life, computers were large, expensive machines built from numerous separate components. In 1969, a small team at Intel ...
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Ultra-thin MoS₂ computer packs 1,400 transistors onto one chip

The rapid advancement and diffusion of artificial intelligence (AI) systems, such as the machine learning models underpinning the functioning of ChatGPT, Gemini and similar platforms, have posed new ...
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China unveils world’s first superfast quantum memory, paving way for practical computing

Chinese scientists have created the world’s first superfast memory for quantum computers, solving a critical data-reading bottleneck and paving the way for big-data challenges such as drug discovery ...
Interesting Engineering

China team builds world’s fastest quantum memory to connect old data with qubits

Representative image for the Quantum RAM developed by researchers in China.PachoninMotion/Pexels Researchers at Zhejiang University in China have developed the world’s first superfast quantum random ...
Electronic Design

How a Dumb Move Spawned the x86 and Kickstarted the PC Revolution

The history of Intel’s 8008 processor. Insight into the x86 architecture. Lasting legacy with modern applications. Computer Terminal Corporation (now defunct Datapoint) launched the DataPoint 3300 ...
IEEE

In-Memory Acceleration of Hyperdimensional Genome Matching on Unreliable Emerging Technologies

Abstract: Novel computer architectures like Compute-in-Memory (CiM) merge the memory and processing units, mimicking the human brain. Simultaneously, Hyperdimensional Computing (HDC) is emerging as a ...
Business Wire

Kioxia Unveils Value-Oriented QLC-based KIOXIA EG7 Series SSDs for PC OEMs

TOKYO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Kioxia Corporation today announced KIOXIA EG7 Series solid state drives (SSDs), the first client solution to adopt Kioxia’s BiCS FLASH™ generation 8 4-bit-per-cell, ...
Analytics India Magazine

Apple Now Lets You Stack Multiple Devices to Run Large AI Models

Leverage Apple's MLX to combine multiple devices for running large AI models locally. Utilize any computer on the same network for enhanced AI computational power, not limited to Apple devices. Access ...
InfoQ

Transformers v5 Introduces a More Modular and Interoperable Core

A monthly overview of things you need to know as an architect or aspiring architect. Unlock the full InfoQ experience by logging in! Stay updated with your favorite authors and topics, engage with ...
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How to Download and Run Google Gemma AI Model on PC and Mac

Google released an open-source model called Gemma in two sizes. The 2B model weighs just 1.5GB so you can run it on your low-resource computer locally. The model consumes close to 1.4GB RAM and ...
University of Vermont

Fetch, decode, execute (repeat!)

At its core, the operation of every computer is governed by process known as the fetch–decode–execute cycle, sometimes simply called the instruction cycle. Regardless of the complexity of modern ...