Block One getting billions to make the next generation of the internet

06-01-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

Block.one is an open source software publisher specializing in high performance blockchain technologies.

5G Wireless Service Is Coming, And So Are Health Concerns Over The Towers That Support It

05-29-2018 • http://newyork.cbslocal.com

The wireless industry is in a race to roll out 5G service.

Date Set: Japan's Internet Giant GMO Will Launch 7nm Bitcoin Miner on June 6

05-25-2018 • Bitcoin News

GMO has been using "store-bought mining computers" for its mining operation launched in December, as news.Bitcoin.com previously reported. Now it is ready to start producing its own mining equipment made with this 7nm chip, which GMO will use for

Microsoft wants low error topological quantum computers on its Azure cloud within 5 years

05-10-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

Microsoft is leading the development of topological quantum computing which it claims is far less error-prone than rival quantum computing approaches.

CESIUM open-source JavaScript library for world-class 3D globes and maps

05-08-2018 • Cesiumjs.org

Our mission is to create the leading 3D globe and map for static and time-dynamic content, with the best possible performance, precision, visual quality, platform support, community, and ease of use.

How to recover your precious data from a seemingly-dead computer

05-02-2018 • https://www.popsci.com, David Nield

And possibly bring it back to life.

Inventing The Next Computer

04-28-2018 • https://www.fastcodesign.com, KATHARINE SCHWAB

Keyboards? A thing of the past. Screens? Forget them.

E-waste guru going to prison says cracking down on refurbishers is 'harmful to society'

04-27-2018 • https://www.theverge.com, Colin Lecher

'Hell yeah, I'm willing to go to prison for that'

In photos: a rare glimpse inside the heart of a quantum computer

04-24-2018 • https://www.popsci.com, Corinne Iozzio

Inside the lab where computing makes a quantum leap.

Large amounts of high density MRAM data could enable pinhead size computers

04-23-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com

new research from the University of New Hampshire will make computers the size of a pinhead a reality sooner than once thought.

How to Build a Mini Supercomputer for Under $100

04-17-2018 • https://motherboard.vice.com, Daniel Oberhaus

Wei Lin built a scalable computing cluster comprised of $7 chips.

The Art of Soldering

04-13-2018 • https://motherboard.vice.com

The story of solder, the unsung hero of the digital revolution that benefits from a low melting point. It's what keeps the circuits attached to the silicon.

US is funding $400-600 million for each of three exascale supercomputers to be delivered...

04-11-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

US is funding $400-600 million for each of three exascale supercomputers to be delivered by 2022

Cryptocurrency Mining Industry Sees Influx of New Hardware

04-05-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com

On April 3, 2018, the Chinese based firm Bitmain Technologies had launched it's latest miner the Antminer E3. The new pre-manufactured mining rig processes the hashing algorithm Ethhash, the PoW consensus protocol for the Ethereum network. Lately,

Very tough to squeeze the last bit of performance at 5 nanometers and smaller

03-27-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

Engineers see many options to create 5-, 3- and even 2-nanometer semiconductor process technologies but they will have trouble getting performance improvements as things are made smaller.

Breakthrough AI convolutional neural network using an optical coprocessor

03-22-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

Optalysys has created convolutional neural network using its optical coprocessor.

Breakthrough to wafer scale quantum processors using silicon isotope...

03-21-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

CEA-Leti, a French technology research institute of the CEA and Inac, a joint fundamental research institute between the CEA and the University Grenoble Alpes, today announced a breakthrough towards large-scale fabrication of quantum bits, or qubits,

In five years quantum computing will be mainstream

03-20-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

IBM's mission is to help their clients change the way the world works. There's no better example of that than IBM Research's annual "5 in 5" technology predictions.

Quantum Computers Will Make Even "Strong" Passwords Worthless

03-13-2018 • https://www.themaven.net

The race is on to perfect quantum computing. It will make your bank passwords and all existing security methods useless. The Hutch Report has a fascinating 44-page PDF on Quantum Computing. If perfected, existing methods of encryption will cease to

Alibaba launches 11 qubit quantum computer with cloud computing access

03-09-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

Alibaba opened up access to an 11-qubit system on its computer cloud. IBM has a 20 qubit quantum computer available on its cloud.

Google's new quantum processor could soon outperform classic supercomputers

03-08-2018 • https://newatlas.com, Michael Irving

With the quantum computing race heating up between Google, IBM and Intel, it feels like we're hurtling towards quantum supremacy, that milestone when a quantum computer outperforms a classical one for the first time.

First 3 nanometer test chip tapeout from Cadence Designs

03-01-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

Cadence Design Systems, Inc. (NASDAQ: CDNS) today announced that its extensive, long-standing collaboration has resulted in the industry's first 3nm test chip tapeout.

Report: Crypto Miners Bought 3 Million GPUs Last Year

02-28-2018 • https://news.bitcoin.com, Lubomir Tassev

More than 3 million graphics cards have been sold to cryptocurrency miners in 2017, with sales reaching $776 million, a new report revealed. According to a major manufacturer, prices of GPUs will continue to increase in 2018, despite expectations of

Memtransistors advance neuromorphic computing

02-25-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

A Northwestern research team has developed a novel device called a "memtransistor," which operates much like a neuron by performing both memory and information processing.

Measuring quantum computer reliability

02-25-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

Researchers have determined a method to identify characteristic statistical signatures across unmeasurable probability distributions. Instead of a complete "fingerprint," they were able to distill the information from data sets which were reduced

First Topological superconductor will enable new very long coherence time Quantum computers

02-25-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

A research team at Chalmers University of Technology is now among the first in the world to submit results indicating that they have actually succeeded in manufacturing a topological superconductor.

Monero Declares War on ASIC Manufacturers

02-14-2018 • https://www.ccn.com

Privacy-centric cryptocurrency Monero has declared war on ASIC manufacturers.

Job One for Quantum Computers: Boost Artificial Intelligence

02-11-2018 • https://www.wired.com, George Musser

In the early '90s, Elizabeth Behrman, a physics professor at Wichita State University, began working to combine quantum physics with artificial intelligence--in particular, the then-maverick technology of neural networks.

China's 240 petaflop supercomputer and 200+ petaflop US supercomputer will be competing...

01-30-2018 • https://www.nextbigfuture.com, brian wang

China's 240 petaflop supercomputer and 200+ petaflop US supercomputer will be competing in a few months

Intel's New 49-qubit Quantum Chip & Neuromorphic Chip

01-28-2018 • The Artificial Intelligence Channel

Intel's CES 2018 keynote focused on its 49-qubit quantum computing chip, VR applications for content, its AI self-learning chip, and an autonomous vehicles platform.