Computer chips inspired by human neurons can do more with less power Kwabena Boahen got his first computer in 1982, when he was a teenager living in Accra. “It was a really cool de... Read more
It is time for computer designers to work smart instead of strong, which is just what Devadas is doing. Computer scientists at MIT have developed a 110-core CPU chip based on a new... Read more
The long-term goal is to build a chip with 10 billion neurons and a hundred trillion synapses — all while only consuming roughly a kilowatt of power and taking up less than t... Read more
Your smartphone snapshots could be instantly converted into professional-looking photographs with just the touch of a button, thanks to a processor chip developed at MIT. The chip,... Read more
That is a big deal. Just as Salesforce.com became famous with the slogan “The end of software,” Pano Logic seems to want to be the computer company famous for the end of chips. Tha... Read more
If you want to make processors 1,000 times faster, you’re going to need some serious technology, right? That would be the conventional wisdom. But 3M and IBM have unlocked a secret... Read more
The team at HP Labs responsible for building the world’s first memristor in 2008 have discovered their creation has more capabilities than was previously thought. In addition to re... Read more