News tagged with computational capability
Bigger US role against companies' cyberthreats?
(AP) -- A developing Senate plan that would bolster the government's ability to regulate the computer security of companies that run critical industries is drawing strong opposition from businesses that say ...
Feb 06, 2012 |
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Darpa seeks new power dynamic for continuation of Moore's Law
Computational capability is an enabler for nearly every military system. But computational capability is increasingly limited by power requirements and the constraints on the ability to dissipate heat. ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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Virginia Tech unveils HokieSpeed, a new powerful supercomputer for the masses
Virginia Tech crashed the supercomputing arena in 2003 with System X, a machine that placed the university among the world's top computational research facilities. Now comes HokieSpeed, a new supercomputer ...
Dec 21, 2011 |
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Sales of new chip lift AMD to 2Q profit
Advanced Micro Devices Inc. has been punished so hard for unexpectedly ousting its CEO more than 6 months ago that the second-quarter profit it posted Thursday gave investors a measure of confidence about its direction.
Jul 21, 2011 |
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Researchers announce saturation of first commercial 100 gigabit link
Indiana University and four research technology partners have succeeded in using the Lustre file system over a wide area network (WAN), saturating the world's first commercial 100 gigabit link.
Nov 16, 2010 |
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Skype to offer HD video calling on some new TVs
(AP) -- Skype's voice and video calling technology will be embedded in upcoming high-definition televisions with Internet capabilities.
Jan 05, 2010 |
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Seagate Unveils World's Thinnest 2.5-Inch Hard Drive For Slim Laptop Computers
Seagate Technology today announced the Momentus Thin drive, the world's thinnest 2.5-inch hard disk drive for ultra-portable and entry-level laptops, high-end netbooks, backup devices and consumer electronics. ...
Dec 15, 2009 |
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Study examines how much is too much visual information when it comes to learning
(PhysOrg.com) -- It’s been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. But with advances in computer graphics capabilities, more recent cognitive theory related to multimedia learning suggests that very ...
Medicine & Health / Medical research
Oct 27, 2009 |
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Kraken becomes first academic machine to achieve petaflop
The National Institute for Computational Sciences' (NICS's) Cray XT5 supercomputer—Kraken—has been upgraded to become the first academic system to surpass a thousand trillion calculations a second, or one ...
Oct 08, 2009 |
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E-reader sales soaring but Apple captures the buzz
Sales of electronic book readers are booming, companies are jostling for a share of the fledgling market and Amazon's going global with the Kindle.
Electronics / Consumer & Gadgets
Oct 08, 2009 |
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