Mathematician breaks down how to defend against quantum computing attacks
The encryption codes that safeguard internet data today won't be secure forever.
Mathematics
Feb 28, 2017
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News tagged with computing power
Smart-meter data could improve the performance and efficiency of national power grids
Power generators face the constant challenge of matching the amount of power produced at any given time with the demand from consumers. Excess generation is wasteful and expensive, while undergeneration can cause brownouts. ...
Energy & Green Tech
Feb 7, 2017
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Distributed computing project Einstein@Home discovers 13 new gamma-ray pulsars
An analysis that would have taken more than a thousand years on a single computer has found within one year more than a dozen new rapidly rotating neutron stars in data from the Fermi gamma-ray space telescope. With computing ...
Astronomy
Jan 11, 2017
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Researchers create a new type of computer that can solve problems that are a challenge for traditional computers
The processing power of standard computers is likely to reach its maximum in the next 10 to 25 years. Even at this maximum power, traditional computers won't be able to handle a particular class of problem that involves combining ...
Computer Sciences
Oct 20, 2016
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Star and planetary scientists get millions of hours on EU supercomputers
The universe is full of mysteries. Mysteries that cannot be solved by observation alone, but researchers can examine them using modelling. However, this requires enormous processing power and is very expensive. Now researchers ...
Astronomy
Aug 18, 2016
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Energy-efficient security mechanisms for digital currency
IT experts at Ruhr-Universität Bochum have developed a new cryptographic puzzle that might one day be used as a security mechanism for digital currency such as bitcoin. It consumes significantly less energy than the method ...
Internet
Jun 28, 2016
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Algorithm ensures that random numbers are truly random
(Phys.org)—Generating a sequence of random numbers may be more difficult than it sounds. Although the numbers may appear random, how do you know for sure that they don't actually follow some complex, underlying pattern? ...
Slimming down supercomputers
Supercomputers are hungry for power. Titan—the fastest supercomputer in the country—located in Tennessee consumes about 8 megawatts of electricity each year. In return, it solves quadrillions of calculations a second. ...
Hardware
May 19, 2016
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Are humans the new supercomputer? Team blurred the boundaries between man and mac
The saying of philosopher René Descartes of what makes humans unique is beginning to sound hollow. 'I think—therefore soon I am obsolete' seems more appropriate. When a computer routinely beats us at chess and we can barely ...
Quantum Physics
Apr 13, 2016
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Supercomputer probes depths of biofuel's biggest barrier
Ask a biofuel researcher to name the single greatest technical barrier to cost-effective ethanol, and you're likely to receive a one-word response: lignin.
Biotechnology
Feb 16, 2016
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