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Acer’s New Supercomputer has 25,000 Compute Cores
Acer (of all companies) has made a supercomputer that's now the 42nd fastest in the world -- even if it does take up an entire room.
Read More »Incredible Defense Tech Blows up Rockets Before Impact
This technology is pretty amazing. Using the power of a computer with enhanced processors, "active protection" tech can actually detonate rockets before impact. Obviously, the Army's probably going crazy over this.
Read More »USAF: Building Supercomputers — One PS3 at a Time
The United States Air Force has been working on a PS3 supercomputer for many years, with the number of PS3s being used increasing from eight to 1,716.
Read More »Multicore CPUs Could, Very Soon, Be Damn Near Indestructible
A group of PC companies and universities have devised a new CPU architecture that could render most computer processors next-to-impossible to completely knock out of commission.
Read More »Behold! Google’s Self-Driving Automobile
At the TED Conference, a Google Fellow showed off an automobile that can drive itself using nothing but sensors and cameras. The future is now!
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