17th September 2024

Europe's first exascale supercomputer begins installation

The Jülich Supercomputing Centre in Germany has announced the start of installation for JUPITER, Europe's first supercomputer to reach an exaFLOP of performance.

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29th June 2024

Book competition – The Singularity is Nearer

Almost 20 years after his famous book, The Singularity is Near – in which he predicted a technological singularity by 2045 – world-renowned futurist and inventor Ray Kurzweil is back with a sequel: The Singularity is Nearer. We are giving away three copies to our readers.

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22nd March 2024

New AI chips feature 208 billion transistors

Chip giant NVIDIA has launched its Blackwell family of processors, which are set to provide yet another leap in scale and speed for AI.

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24th January 2024

30 TB hard drive launched by Seagate

The capacity of data storage has reached another new level with the first ever 30 terabyte (TB) hard drive, just three years after the 20 TB milestone.

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9th January 2024

First functional semiconductor made from graphene

The first functional semiconductor made from graphene has been created. This could enable smaller and faster electronic devices and may have applications for quantum computing.

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3rd January 2024

Neutron star cores revealed by supercomputer

One of the world's most powerful supercomputers has simulated the largest and densest neutron stars. This new model shows there is a 90% chance that they contain quark-matter cores.

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16th December 2023

Neuromorphic supercomputer aims for human brain scale

A new supercomputer in Australia will mimic biological processes to emulate 228 trillion synaptic operations per second – potentially rivalling the human brain.

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7th December 2023

IBM launches Quantum System Two and first 1,000+ qubit chip

Computing giant IBM has launched the first utility-scale quantum computer, the first 1,000+ qubit chip, and the most efficient quantum processor in terms of error correction.

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14th November 2023

NVIDIA announces H200 Tensor Core GPU

The world's most valuable chip maker has officially announced a next-generation processor for AI and high-performance computing workloads, due for launch in mid-2024. A new exascale supercomputer designed specifically for large AI models is also planned.

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30th October 2023

1,000+ qubit quantum computer announced

California-based startup Atom Computing has announced a quantum computer featuring 1,225 qubits, the first to break the 1,000+ barrier, which it plans to release in 2024.

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