The Dark Secret at the Heart of AI
• https://www.technologyreview.com, by Will KnightNo one really knows how the most advanced algorithms do what they do. That could be a problem.
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Technology: Computer Hardware
The incredible evolution of supercomputers' powers, from 1946 to today
• http://www.popsci.com, By Sara ChodoshThe bigger they are, the harder they compute
Google 50 qubit universal quantum computer could become world's fastest computer this year
• nextbigfuture.com Author: brian wangGoogle's latest chip has only six qubits, but they are arranged in a two-by-three configuration that Martinis says shows the company's technology still works when qubits are nestled side by side, as they will be in larger devices.
Quantum Computers May Have Higher Potential Speeds
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comA theorist at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has shown that, if quantum computer are fully realized, there may be fewer limits to their speed than previously put forth.
Google sees Domain specific custom chips...
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comThere is a 17 page paper that details the technical details and performance of the Google Tensor chips.
For commoners using CPUs meaningful Moore's law stopped over 10 years ago...
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comCPUs vastly slowed in performance scaling around 1997-2004.
Wi-fi on rays of infrared light:
• nextbigfuture.com Author: brian wang100 times faster at 40 gigabits per second, and never overloaded
Oxford's lip-reading AI outperforms humans
• newatlas.com by Nick LavarasLip-reading is an inexact science, with motoring mouths making it hard to attribute sounds to each individual movement.
Several tech billionaires are openly or secretely funding broadband mind computer interfacing...
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comLast year Bryan Johnson, founder of the online payments company Braintree, starting making news when he threw $100 million behind Kernel, a startup he founded to enhance human intelligence by developing brain implants capable of linking people's th
Quantum machine learning over infinite dimensions
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comMachine learning is a fascinating and exciting field within computer science. Recently, this excitement has been transferred to the quantum information realm.
IBM launches IBM Q initiative to create 50+ qubit universal quantum computer
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comIBM Q is an industry-first initiative to build a commercially available universal quantum computers for business and science
You Can Now Get This Powerful Pocket Windows 10 PC For Under $200
• newatlas.comModern smartphones rival laptops in terms of processing power. But you've never seen a computer like the Ockel Sirius B Windows 10 Pocket PC, which is no bigger than an iPhone but packs a big computing punch.
Princeton shrinks tabletop terahertz equipment down to a few square millimeters
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comResearchers at Princeton University have drastically shrunk much of the equipment for terahertz wave generation: moving from a tabletop setup with lasers and mirrors to a pair of microchips small enough to fit on a fingertip.
DWave next redesign will allow for higher connection density 4000 qubits by late 2018...
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comD-Wave is also working on a fifth model, which will provide even greater capacity and connectivity and a closer fit to scientists' needs.
Dwave adiabatic quantum system can factor numbers up to 200,000 and a lot larger ...
• http://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangDwave adiabatic quantum system can factor numbers up to 200,000 and a lot larger likely in the 40 bit range
China says its world-first 'exascale' supercomputer is almost complete
• http://www.sciencealert.com,BEC CREW1,000,000,000,000,000,000 calculations per second.
Does Facebook want to read your THOUGHTS?...
• http://www.dailymail.co.uk, By Shivali BestFacebook wants to know your deepest, darkest thoughts.
Quantum Computing Is Real, and D-Wave Just Open-Sourced It
• https://www.wired.com, Klint FinleyQuantum computing is real. But it's also hard. So hard that only a few developers, usually trained in quantum physics, advanced mathematics, or most likely both, can actually work with the few quantum computers that exist.
Universal Quantum computers could replace supercomputers within 5 years
• nextbigfuture.comSome researchers are predicting that the market for "universal" quantum computers that do everything a supercomputer can do plus everything a supercomputer can not do -- in a chip that fits in the palm of your hand -- are on the verge of emerging.
Mattel Is Building An Alexa For Kids, Called Aristotle
• https://www.technocracy.news, By Mark WilsonTechnocrats have no sense of ethics or responsibility when using technology. Sure, it sounds good on the surface, but spying on and tracking your children is beyond the pale. No, no, no! ? TN Editor
Image Sensor chip key to augmented reality in smartphone
• http://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangThe REAL3™image sensor chip from Infineon Technologies AG plays a key role in the newest innovative Augmented Reality (AR) smartphone by ASUS. The mobile device was launched yesterday at International CES ® 2017 (International Consumer Electronics
Google, Microsoft, labs and start-ups will create universal quantum computers in 2017...
• http://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangGoogle, Microsoft, labs and start-ups will create universal quantum computers in 2017 and achieve quantum supremacy over classical computers
Kingston's 2TB USB flash drive is world's most capacious
• newatlas.com by Darren QuickWhen they first hit the commercial market in 2000, USB flash drives topped out at a capacity of 8 MB.
EMOTIV
• https://www.emotiv.com,EMOTIV is the pioneer of simple to use, high quality, mobile EEG technologies.
Intel spending $50 million to develop silicon qubits that they would scale to quantum...
• http://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangIntel spending $50 million to develop silicon qubits that they would scale to quantum computers with millions of qubit
Nvidia's $129000 170 TeraFlop minisupercomputer for Artificial Intelligence
• http://www.nextbigfuture.comEarly customers of Nvidia's DGX-1, which combines machine-learning software with eight of the chip maker's highest-end graphics processing units (GPUs), say the system lets them train their analytical models faster, enables greater experimentatio
Race to Quantum Computing Supremacy should see definitive results in 2018
• nextbigfuture.comQuantum computing Supremacy is when quantum computers perform computational tasks beyond the capabilities of classical (regular) computers for a significant range of important problems.
Cray and Microsoft accelerate deep learning training to minutes instead of weeks
• nextbigfuture.comA team of researchers from Microsoft, Cray, and the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS) have been working on a project to speed up the use of deep learning algorithms on supercomputers.
In 2016 Supercomputers merged with AI and by 2018 there will AI machines with Exaflop power
• nextbigfuture.comNextbigfuture will have several articles over the next few weeks reviewing developments in 2016 and looking ahead to developments over the next few years. Here we look at 2016 in computers. Later articles will look at medicine, life extension, energy
In 2016 Supercomputers merged with AI and by 2018 there will AI machines with Exaflop power
• http://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wangNextbigfuture will have several articles over the next few weeks reviewing developments in 2016 and looking ahead to developments over the next few years. Here we look at 2016 in computers. Later articles will look at medicine, life extension, energy
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