Sunway Taihulight has been named the world's fastest supercomputer, with a processing speed exceeding 100 petaflops per second. Its calculation capacity in one minute equals 32 years of calculations by a billion people using calculators.
Brain-like machines with human-like abilities to solve problems could become a reality, researchers say.
You will need 40,000 laptops if you want to match the speed and processing power of Africa's newest and fastest computer.
Cambridge to research future computing tech that could "ignite" a technology field A Cambridge-led project aiming to develop a new architecture for future computing based on superconducting spintronics - technology designed to increase the energy-efficiency of high-performance computers and data storage - has been announced. A project which aims to establish the UK as an international leader in the development of “superconducting spintronics” – technology that could significantly increase the energy-efficiency of data centres and high-performance computing – has been announced.
A few years ago, researchers from Germany and Japan were able to simulate one percent of human brain activity for a single second. It took the processing power of one of the world’s most powerful supercomputers to make that happen.
The supercomputer can be compared to the western cowboys that tamed wild horses, also called Wranglers, because the computer is capable of taming big data.
The substance that provides energy to all the cells in our bodies, Adenosine triphosphate (ATP), may also be able to power the next generation of supercomputers. The discovery opens doors to the creation of biological supercomputers that are about the size of a book.
Online gamers have uncovered better models for folding RNA molecules than supercomputers housed in some of the world's most prestigious research labs, according to a new report. An online community of more than 100,000 registered Eterna players discovered features of RNA molecules that make folding them simple or difficult.
New findings may eventually lead to a theory of how superconductivity initiates at the atomic level, a key step in understanding how to harness the potential of materials that could provide lossless energy storage, levitating trains and ultra-fast supercomputers.
Harvard University has been awarded $28 million (£19m) to investigate why brains are so much better at learning and retaining information than artificial intelligence. The award, from the Intelligence Advanced Projects Activity (IARPA), could help make AI systems faster, smarter and more like human brains.
DARPA wants to develop a tiny device that would translate the electrochemical language of the brain into the 1s and 0s of computers.
BOULDER—The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) announced today that it has selected its next supercomputer for advancing atmospheric and Earth science, following a competitive open procurement process.
At the 2016 CES, IBM Watson and Pathway Genomics unveiled a new health app that takes the user's genes into account.
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Among the significant changes to the latest Top 500 list is the sharp decline in the number of supercomputers in the United States and a great leap made by China.
