Recent advancements in supercomputer design coupled with falling prices are breaking down the barriers that have traditionally surrounded computing-intensive research...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 23, 2009
At the recent SC09 supercomputing conference, the QCD Parallel Computing on the Cell (QPACE) was recognized as the world's most energy-efficient supercomputer....Julich Research Center From ACM TechNews | November 23, 2009
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google began lifting the veil on its planned Chrome operating system on Thursday, but it said that computers powered by the software would...The New York Times From ACM News | November 20, 2009
The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) is asking for public comment on four white papers that outline potential areas for research funding grants...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | November 20, 2009
A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new... From ICT Results | November 20, 2009
When the world thinks of the Indian technology sector, it imagines a nation of call center workers and low level computer programmers administering databases and...The Economic Times From ACM News | November 20, 2009
Microsoft Research Cambridge scientists are developing an experimental tactile interface that enables users to interact with devices by squishing, stretching, rolling...Technology Review From ACM TechNews | November 19, 2009
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | November 19, 2009
A decade-long trend reached its inevitable conclusion this week when a supercomputer based on chips from Advanced Micro Devices became the fastest machine on the...The New York Times From ACM News | November 19, 2009
China has become one of a handful of nations to own one of the top five supercomputers in the world. Its Tianhe-1 computer, housed at the National Super Computer...BBC News From ACM News | November 19, 2009
A key topic at this week's SC09 supercomputing conference, which takes place Nov. 14-20 in Portland, Ore., is how to reach the exascale plateau in supercomputing...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2009
Stanford University researchers have determined why some transistors made of organic crystals do not allow electricity to flow through them as easily as other electronics...Stanford niversity From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2009
The future of supercomputing holds several significant software challenges, writes Numerical Algorithms Group's Andrew Jones. The first challenge is the rapidly...ZDNet K From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2009
Researchers at Intel and Carnegie Mellon University (CMU) say distributed computing and robotics could be used to make shape-shifting electronics a reality in the...Computerworld From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2009
Cooperation between researchers, chipmakers, and tool suppliers working on the EUREKA MEDEA+ microelectronics Cluster ROBIN project has led to improved design methods...EREKA From ACM TechNews | November 16, 2009
A Cray supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory has regained the title of the world's most powerful supercomputer, overtaking the installation that was ranked...IDG News Service From ACM News | November 16, 2009
University of Cambridge researchers have developed a simple and affordable method for constructing virtual three-dimensional (3D) models, which should make 3D modeling...niversity of Cambridge From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2009
Google has unveiled Go, a new programming language the company says offers the speed of working in a dynamic language such as Python and the performance and safety...eWeek From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2009
Scientists at the Delft University of Technology were able to gain control over the environment of a quantum particle, which is a key step in the potential development...Netherlands Organization for Scientific Research (NWO) From ACM TechNews | November 13, 2009