Bloomberg (December 4)
“Chinese scientists claim to have built a quantum computer that is able to perform certain computations nearly 100 trillion times faster than the world’s most advanced supercomputer, representing the first milestone in the country’s efforts to develop the technology.” This would be “exponentially faster than existing supercomputers.”
Tags: Advanced, China, Faster, Milestone, Quantum, Scientists, Supercomputer, Technology
The Wall Street Journal (June 20)
After seven years, Japan is again at “the top of the computer arms race.” Installed at the Institute of Physical and Chemical Research (Riken), the K Computer “performs more than eight quadrillion (8,000 trillion) calculations per second” and is scheduled to hit 10 quadrillion in 2012 when installation is complete. Already, the K Computer “is more powerful than the next five fastest computer systems combined, and can perform three times as many calculations per second as the No. 2 super computer.”
Tags: Fujitsu, Japan, K Computer, Riken, Supercomputer
Boston Globe (February 20)
In 1997, IBM’s Deep Blue supercomputer beat World Chess Champion Garry Kasparov in a six-game match. Last week, IBM’s latest supercomputer Watson beat two contestants on the highly colloquial American game show Jeopardy. Is the “age of the neuron” over? The Boston Globe doesn’t think so. “In many ways, even a computer as advanced as Watson lacks the capabilities packed into every human skull. What Watson really shows is the extent of human ingenuity, in the form of its makers.”
Tags: IBM, Neuron, Supercomputer, Watson
