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An edited collection of advanced computing news from Communications of the ACM, ACM TechNews, other ACM resources, and news sites around the Web.


Are Human Brains Quantum Computers?
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Are Human Brains Quantum Computers?

Research project could explain how memory, and the brain's biology, works.

The Search for ­niversal Memory
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The Search for ­niversal Memory

The search for a universal memory is aimed at ultimately replacing the entire computer memory hierarchy with a single technology.

Brain-Emulating Chips Get Smarter, Smaller, More Efficient
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Brain-Emulating Chips Get Smarter, Smaller, More Efficient

Neuromorphic chips manage "many cores" by connecting artificial neurons with artificial neurons, mirroring how human brains operate.

Do Computers Really Think?
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Do Computers Really Think?

Do smart assistants exhibit actual intelligence?

The Quantum Computer Era Arrives
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The Quantum Computer Era Arrives

The drive to develop and commercialize the first quantum computer has been characterized as the new arms race.

Evolutionary Programming Converts Darwinism Into Algorithms
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Evolutionary Programming Converts Darwinism Into Algorithms

Evolutionary computation strategies include a multitude of biologically inspired algorithms for optimizing problems, often those with too many variables to compare...

Non-Von Neumann Computers Providing Brain-Like Functionality
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Non-Von Neumann Computers Providing Brain-Like Functionality

By 2020, the reign of the von Neumann architecture will begin fading away after 75 years of dominance.

Stretchable Electronics to Top $1 Billion By 2030
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Stretchable Electronics to Top $1 Billion By 2030

A growing variety of stretchable polymers will help integrate electronics into medical implants, consumer products, and more.

Battery-Free Cellphones on the Horizon
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Battery-Free Cellphones on the Horizon

Backscattering could eventually harness sufficient energy to power small devices.

Academic Supercomputer Seeks a Top 10 Ranking
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Academic Supercomputer Seeks a Top 10 Ranking

A second-generation academic supercomputer aims to break into the top rankings of the world's fastest supercomputers.

China's Robot Revolution
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China's Robot Revolution

The Chinese Robotics Industry Alliance aims to use robotics and automation to help China become increasingly a high-tech manufacturing nation.

Protecting the Smart Grid
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Protecting the Smart Grid

Microgrids can provide greater resiliency.

Solid-State Batteries to Support the Growth of Iot
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Solid-State Batteries to Support the Growth of Iot

Compared to lithium-ion batteries, solid-state batteries don't have the potential to burn or explode, and they can recharge via energy harvesting.

Beyond Moore's Law
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Beyond Moore's Law

Chipmakers are exploring what comes after they reach the predicted limits of integrated circuit density, complexity.

Free Quantum Computers Online!
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Free Quantum Computers Online!

D-Wave and IBM offer access to supercomputing quantum computers in the cloud.

Locking Out the Hackers
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Locking Out the Hackers

New hardware, services are aimed at identifying malware before it has the chance to execute.

Neuroscience Misses the Meaning
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Neuroscience Misses the Meaning

Examining each transistor in a microprocessor using techniques for analyzing how the human brain works did not yield anticipated understanding.

Fixing the Fake News Problem
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Fixing the Fake News Problem

Unsubstantiated information can spread like wildfire through social media; new tools aim to make it easy to track down sources of misinformation, no matter where...

Poker-Playing AI Beats Top Human Players
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Poker-Playing AI Beats Top Human Players

Developers at Carnegie Mellon University create an artificial intelligence that learns, wins.

Supercomputers to Replace Particle Accelerators?
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Supercomputers to Replace Particle Accelerators?

Moving beyond the need for physical experiments.
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