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Deep learning only took a few years to make the leap from another theoretical piece of future-tech to a very real tool that's…
Vivienne Sze| March 16, 2023
Centralization leads to more efficient communication and control, which leads to lower transaction costs, which increases the useful work each node can spend on...Sorin Adam Matei From BLOG@CACM | December 19, 2022 at 11:32 AM
The digital computer of today arose in the first half of the 1940s independently in three different countries: Germany, the U.K. and the U.S.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | June 20, 2022 at 11:54 AM
In my opinion, the main problem of the InnovateFPGA contest is the lack of a permanent team to lead.
Aleksandr Romanov From BLOG@CACM | June 1, 2022 at 09:44 AM
Although far ahead of his time, in the German- and English-speaking countries, Torres Quevedo has been largely forgotten.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | March 7, 2022 at 10:56 AM
Simply stating the problem is not enough; it is necessary to look for a quick way out of the situation, relying on available resources.
Andrei Sukhov and Aleksandr Romanov From BLOG@CACM | March 4, 2022 at 09:20 AM
Napier's multiplication and division rods, deriving from the basic multiplication table, simplify calculations considerably.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | September 9, 2021 at 10:00 AM
To organize the productive work of multiprocessor chips, it is necessary to establish an efficient distribution of computational processes between computational...Andrei Sukhov and Aleksandr Romanov From BLOG@CACM | June 1, 2021 at 02:18 PM
The design of today's electronic computers is usually not very appealing, in contrast to magnificent mechanical calculating machines from earlier times.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | April 8, 2021 at 10:24 AM
Automatons are ubiquitous. Some of the most magnificent works in the genre have survived in museums.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | March 8, 2021 at 03:02 PM
A rare find: the user manual of the oldest surviving computer in the world, the Zuse Z4 relay machine (1945).
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | September 21, 2020 at 10:04 AM
One does not get the impression the Google Translate and DeepL translation programs are self-learning and have made real progress.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | June 8, 2020 at 12:53 PM
The world's largest mass-produced cylindrical slide rules come from Loga-Calculator AG in Zurich/Uster, Switzerland.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | May 13, 2020 at 04:53 PM
Herbert Bruderer asks why no information technology industry emerged in Switzerland in the 1950s, despite the appearance of computers from several sources.
Herbert Bruderer From BLOG@CACM | January 28, 2020 at 12:34 PM