In general, increasing the processing performance of a computer requires upgrading the hardware itself or improving the computer's operating environment. Researchers at the University of California, ...

This new type of optical memory unit,called a programmable photonic latch, is fast and scalable. It could offer a high-speed silicon photonics solution for volatile memory. WASHINGTON — Researchers ...

"In the next two years, we plan to create a working prototype with processing speed of over 10 to the power of 19 operations per second, which significantly exceeds the current global level," ...

Folding @ home is promoting a project to analyze the structure of the new coronavirus protein by using distributed computing to find a cure for the new coronavirus infectious disease (COVID-19) that ...

Engineers have developed a new chip that uses light waves, rather than electricity, to perform the complex math essential to training AI. The chip has the potential to radically accelerate the ...

U.S. semiconductor giant Nvidia Corp. will participate in the development of Japan’s next flagship supercomputer, which is scheduled to be operational around 2030.

A recent prototype developed by Microsoft Research is exploring a non-electronic approach to computation by relying on ...

Researchers demonstrated a way to to manipulate electrons using pulses of light that last less than a trillionth of a second to record electrons bypassing a physical barrier almost instantaneously -- ...