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Fear of job loss due to automation, combined with confusion over which skill sets one will be needed to be employable in the future, is affecting worker health and productivity.
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Research project could explain how memory, and the brain's biology, works.
The Search for niversal Memory
The search for a universal memory is aimed at ultimately replacing the entire computer memory hierarchy with a single technology.
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Neuromorphic chips manage "many cores" by connecting artificial neurons with artificial neurons, mirroring how human brains operate.
The Quantum Computer Era Arrives
The drive to develop and commercialize the first quantum computer has been characterized as the new arms race.
Evolutionary Programming Converts Darwinism Into Algorithms
Evolutionary computation strategies include a multitude of biologically inspired algorithms for optimizing problems, often those with too many variables to compare all possible scenarios.
Non-Von Neumann Computers Providing Brain-Like Functionality
By 2020, the reign of the von Neumann architecture will begin fading away after 75 years of dominance.
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