Communications of the ACM
A Healthy Dose of AI
Building artificial intelligence into medical devices can speed diagnoses and potentially improve treatments and outcomes.
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And Then, There Were Three
How long can the silicon foundry sector continue to adapt, as physical limits make further shrinkage virtually impossible?
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Quantum Leap
A new proof supports a 25-year-old claim of the unique power of quantum computing.
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Electronics Are Leaving the Plane
Stacking chips and connecting them vertically increases both speed and functionality.
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Chips for Artificial Intelligence
Companies are racing to develop hardware that more directly empowers deep learning.
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"when Performance Is Pursued Above All"
Long-overlooked CPU vulnerabilities have come to light.
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Perovskites Boost Solar-Cell Potential
New materials could allow cheaper, more efficient solar cells for both traditional and novel applications.
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Digital Hearing
Advances in audio processing help separate the conversation from background noise.
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Pure Randomness Extracted from Two Poor Sources
Developments from several disparate areas of computer science provide "a huge jump, both technically and also quantitatively."
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Optical Fibers Getting Full
Exploring ways to push more data through a fiber one-tenth the thickness of the average human hair.
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Silicon Photonics: Ready to Go the Distance?
Processes for making CMOS chips are adapted for optical components.
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When Data Is Not Enough
Reproducibility of code is increasingly crucial to verifying scientific claims.
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Still Seeking the Optical Transistor
Optical information handling is a critical staple for communications and the Internet, but using light for computer-scale computation remains a distant dream.
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Neuromorphic Computing Gets Ready For the (Really) Big Time
A technology inspired by biological principles but 'steamrolled for decades' prepares to take off as Moore's Law approaches its long-anticipated end.
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A New Type of Mathematics?
New discoveries expand the scope of computer-assisted proofs of theorems.
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Wind-Driven Data
Green-conscious data centers increasingly will be powered by renewable energy.
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Just For You
Recommender systems that provide consumers with customized options have redefined e-commerce, and are spreading to other fields.
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Micromedicine to the Rescue
Medical researchers have long dreamed of "magic bullets" that go directly where they are needed. Now micromedicine and nanotechnology are making a range of molecules...12