Quantum computers will be able to simulate particle collisions (w/ Video)
(Phys.org) -- Quantum computers are still years away, but a trio of theorists has already figured out at least one talent they may have. According to the theorists, including one from the National Institute of Standards and ...
Jun 01, 2012 |
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Nvidia says Kai platform will turn price tide for tablets
(Phys.org) -- In March, Nvidia gave some signs that they were working to lower the cost of their Tegra 3 processors and they suggested consumers might see prices for Android tablets as low as $199. Connect ...
May 24, 2012 |
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Intel introduces first batch of Ivy Bridge processors
(Phys.org) -- Intel officially launched its 22-nanometer Ivy Bridge family of processors on Monday -- well, sort of. A sea of news headlines using the words rollout and release can be measured with the fact ...
Apr 24, 2012 |
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Multi-purpose photonic chip paves the way to programmable quantum processors
The fundamental resource that drives a quantum computer is entanglement—the connection between two distant particles which Einstein famously called 'spooky action at a distance'. The Bristol researchers ...
Dec 11, 2011 |
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Touchscreen table computer SUR40 starts pre-orders
(PhysOrg.com) -- Microsoft and Samsung have announced the Microsoft Surface computer, called SUR40, as available for preorder, through the Samsung website, in 23 countries. The unique multi-touch screen is ...
Nov 21, 2011 |
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Intel unveils Knights Corner - 1 teraflop chip
(PhysOrg.com) -- Rajeeb Hazra, Intel’s general manger of technical computing, surprised a group attending this year’s SC11 conference, at a steak house in Seattle this past week, by holding up ...
Nov 17, 2011 |
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ARM deals efficiency ace with big.LITTLE and Cortex-A7
(PhysOrg.com) -- Intel has been slow playing catch-up to ARM in the mobile area, but, based on the latest announcement from ARM, Intel will need to work all the harder to upstage a show of innovation in the ...
Oct 21, 2011 |
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Ping-pong robots debut in China (w/ video)
(PhysOrg.com) -- Last week some oohs and ahhs were in order as two ping-pong playing robots made their debut at Zhejiang University in China. The two robots played against each other and with humans. True, ...
Oct 15, 2011 |
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Nvidia says Kal-El chip will have five cores
(PhysOrg.com) -- Nvidia says its upcoming Kal-El chip (Tegra 3) will have five cores, not four. The news appeared this week when the Santa Clara company announced a white paper describing the architecture of this system-on-a-chip for mobile computing. ...
Sep 22, 2011 |
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The quantum computer is growing up: Repetitive error correction in a quantum processor
(PhysOrg.com) -- A team of physicists at the University of Innsbruck, led by Philipp Schindler and Rainer Blatt, has been the first to demonstrate a crucial element for a future functioning quantum computer: ...
May 26, 2011 |
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Increasing processor efficiency by 'shutting off the lights'
There was a time when a laptop could weigh 10 pounds and still sell—a time when a cell phone was larger than a pocket—and a time when an iPod only played music.
Feb 28, 2011 |
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Short, on-chip light pulses for ultrafast data transfer within computers
(PhysOrg.com) -- Electrical engineers generated short, powerful light pulses on a chip -- an important step toward the optical interconnects that will likely replace the copper wires that carry information ...
Nov 24, 2010 |
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Sugar cube size supercomputers
(PhysOrg.com) -- IBM labs in Zurich may very well shrink a supercomputer processor down to the size of a sugar cube making it almost 50% more energy-efficient than the world's leading supercomputers.
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Nov 15, 2010 |
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'Dark silicon' to improve smartphone battery life
(PhysOrg.com) -- A new smartphone chip prototype under development at the University of California, San Diego will improve smartphone efficiency by making use of "dark silicon" - the underused transistors ...
Technology / Computer Sciences
Sep 01, 2010 |
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Physicists Propose New Method for Quantum Computing
(PhysOrg.com) -- The new system, which can compute faster and more efficiently than previous quantum computers, may bring the technology closer to reality.
Jun 15, 2010 |
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