Together, they form Helios, a new quantum computer built by the British-American company Quantinuum. Quantum computers use ...

The Trump administration wants a useful quantum computer in two years. Microsoft wants one in three. Independent researchers ...

At Aftermath, Chris Person (who else?) explains how to hack together a bootleg Steam Machine using a cheap castoff cryptomining GPU. It’s a high-effort, low-cost build made possible by 3D printing, ...

The supercomputer has an innovative chip design that allows it to carry out more than 2 quintillion calculations per second.

The approach is known for high accuracy, but scaling it up while preserving that accuracy is technically difficult. Helios ...

A supercomputer in China now outranks its U.S. counterparts as the world’s most powerful, marking the first time since 2017 that a Chinese computer has topped a list sometimes viewed as a measure of a ...

The first computer didn’t show up looking like anything we’d call a computer now. There was no screen, no keyboard, no mouse, ...

Master the fundamentals. Challenge yourself or your students with this quick, fun GK quiz on computer basics, complete with answers and explanations.

The University of Pennsylvania rolls out the first all-electronic general-purpose digital computer, called ENIAC (one shown). The Colossus electronic computers had been used by British code-breakers ...

This is Roald Tweet on Rock Island. The next time you turn on your IBM or Macintosh to e-mail a daughter or figure your income tax, take a moment as the screen warms to say "thank you" to a nameless, ...

The computer was built during World War 2 to speed up ballistics calculations, but its contributions to computing extend well beyond military applications. Two of ENIAC's key architects—John W.

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania -- One of the most important pieces of computing history can be found inside a classroom in Pennsylvania. Inside the Moore Building on the University of Pennsylvania's ...