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4 days ago · The annual Wheeler Lecture looked at the history of microprocessors, how we got to where we are now, and what constraints there are on the future. As predicted, there were laws, graphs and references to Star Wars... The ninth annual Wheeler Lecture was given by Dr Sophie Wilson.
1 day ago · Quantum System One, a quantum computer by IBM from 2019 with 20 superconducting qubits. A quantum computer is a computer that takes advantage of quantum mechanical phenomena. On small scales, physical matter exhibits properties of both particles and waves, and quantum computing leverages this behavior, specifically quantum superposition and entanglement, using specialized hardware that ...
2 days ago · 2017: Kaby Lake microarchitecture (7th generation) Coffee Lake microarchitecture (8th generation) 2018; 2019; 2020: Comet Lake microarchitecture (10th generation) 2021: Rocket Lake (11th generation) 2022: Alder Lake (12th generation) 2023: Raptor Lake (13th generation)
2 days ago · Tegra is a system on a chip (SoC) series developed by Nvidia for mobile devices such as smartphones, personal digital assistants, and mobile Internet devices. The Tegra integrates an ARM architecture central processing unit (CPU), graphics processing unit (GPU), northbridge, southbridge, and memory controller onto one package.
4 days ago · That same year Motorola released its first microprocessor for sale to computer makers. Its most popular computer chips, the MC680x0 series, were used in all of the early Apple Macintosh computers and in workstation computers built by Sun Microsystems, Inc. , and Silicon Graphics, Inc. , throughout the 1980s and early ’90s.
1 day ago · The seventh generation of home video game consoles began on November 22, 2005, with the release of Microsoft 's Xbox 360 home console. This was followed by the release of Sony 's PlayStation 3 on November 17, 2006, and Nintendo 's Wii on November 19, 2006. Each new console introduced new technologies. The Xbox 360 offered games rendered ...
1 day ago · Johann Carl Friedrich Gauss (German: Gauß [kaʁl ˈfʁiːdʁɪç ˈɡaʊs] ⓘ; [2] [3] Latin: Carolus Fridericus Gauss; 30 April 1777 – 23 February 1855) was a German mathematician, astronomer, geodesist, and physicist who contributed to many fields in mathematics and science. He ranks among history's most influential mathematicians and has ...
