An optical image of the electrically controlled coupled cavity array in the team’s silicon photonic chip. The image depicts the wiring structure and optical micrograph of the coupled cavity array. This visual, provided by Abhi Saxena, is an edge detected output that uses an optical microscope image as an input. […]
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Will this computer lab do for the DC area what the PC did for Silicon Valley?
There’s only a handful of legitimate Quantum companies in the world, and none of them have labs like the one that just opened at IonQ in College Park. The ribbon cutting event for the National Quantum Lab on Sept. 19, 2023. (WTOP/John Domen) The ribbon cutting event for the National […]
The US Could Require Cloud Computing Providers to Report Some Customers
The United States government could require cloud computing companies to report clients who hit certain data use or financial caps. According to a report in Semafor released Friday, the Biden administration is working on an Executive Order that would hold companies such as Microsoft and Amazon to regulations similar to […]
Quantum Computing Inc. Federal Subsidiary, Qi Solutions, Signs Five-Year Overarching Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (OCRADA) with U.S. Special
LEESBURG, Va., Sept. 19, 2023 /PRNewswire/ — QI Solutions, a wholly owned subsidiary of Quantum Computing Inc. (“QCi” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq: QUBT), has signed a five-year Cooperative Research and Development Agreement (CRADA) with U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to develop quantum technology applications in support of USSOCOM programs and requirements. […]
Next Big Thing: safer cyber
There are many practical problems associated with cloud computing. For a start, cloud computing is basically an infrastructure that is owned by a third party – we, the users, don’t own the hardware. Yet we entrust our data to this third party. To me, the analogy is like having some […]
AIoT: A Difficult, But Important Marriage of Technologies
By Rich Nass Executive Vice President Embedded Computing Design September 22, 2023 Blog Image Credit: Renesas When it comes to AIoT, some of the terms and techniques you’ll need to familiarize yourself with include Edge computing, machine learning (ML), TinyML, anomaly detection, natural language processing, computer vision, and predictive maintenance. […]
Intel Plans a Quantum Computing Approach to Leapfrog Rivals
In the potentially revolutionary new technology of quantum computing, the number of qubits a machine uses to process data isn’t the only factor that matters. But it’s a big deal, and Intel believes its strategy — staying as close to conventional computers as possible — will pay off in the […]
Unique New Material Could Generate More Computing Power and Memory Storage While Using Significantly Less Energy
A research team has synthesized a thin film of a novel topological semimetal material, which promises increased computing power and storage with lower energy use. Their unique manufacturing process is industry-compatible, and their close study of the material revealed significant insights into its unprecedented properties. Researchers from the University of […]
Responsible AI model for programmers being advanced by computer scientist
Credit: Matthew Modoono/Northeastern University Believing in open scientific collaboration on AI technology, a Northeastern professor joined others in creating a state-of-the-art open generative model for programmers that can be licensed and adapted for different uses such as gaming and industrial automation. Generative artificial intelligence and large language models have taken […]
Edge Computing to Enable New Business Models in the Next Three Years, According to New Accenture Report
Edge Computing to Enable New Business Models in the Next Three Years, According to New Accenture Report NEW YORK; Sept. 13, 2023 – New research from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) today revealed that edge computing is set to accelerate innovation leading to new revenue opportunities for companies that evolve from […]
Xanadu and the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI) partner to advance quantum computing technologies
This partnership aims to develop innovative quantum computing technologies with applications in quantum machine learning TORONTO and DAEJEON, South Korea, Sept. 13, 2023 /CNW/ – Xanadu (xanadu.ai), a world leader in photonic quantum computing, announced today a partnership with the Electronics and Telecommunications Research Institute (ETRI), a top South Korean government-funded […]
The Future of Energy-Efficient Spintronics Computing
Spintronics is a promising approach to computer technology that uses the intrinsic angular momentum of electrons to process information, potentially making computers faster and more energy-efficient. Researchers have been experimenting with magnetic whirls, or skyrmions, and recently enhanced their diffusion rate by tenfold using synthetic antiferromagnets, paving the way for […]
FSU computer scientist awarded NSF grant to develop new wireless communications technology
Zhenghao Zhang, a professor in the Department of Computer Science, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. (Photo by: Hannah Fulk/College of Arts and Sciences) The National Science Foundation has awarded a Florida State University computer science researcher a grant to design, implement and test a new type of wireless […]
Photoshop’s Firefly Generative AI Arrives With a Creative Cloud Price Hike
Firefly, Adobe’s family of generative AI tools, is out of beta testing and ready for commercial use. That means all you creative types now have the green light to use it to create imagery in Photoshop, to try out wacky text effects on the Firefly website, to recolor images in Illustrator […]
DNA-based computer can run 100 billion different programs
Segments of DNA can self-assemble into circuits that perform computations Alexey Kotelnikov/Alamy A liquid computer can use strands of DNA to run over 100 billion different simple programs. It could eventually be used for diagnosing diseases within living cells. Fei Wang at Shanghai Jiao Tong University in China and his […]
Bad news about quant jobs for computer science graduates
If you’re a computer science student, you might assume that the doors to the finest finance jobs will open to you on the grounds that you are studying a STEM subject. Recruiters say they won’t. The finest quant jobs in finance are mostly only open to people who studied mathematics, statistics, […]
Why haven’t we got useful quantum computers yet?
Quantum computers are here, but aren’t yet particularly useful John D/Getty Images Quantum computers have long promised to solve certain problems faster than any ordinary, or classical, computer can. In fact, Google delivered on this promise in 2019, when it declared that its quantum computer had achieved quantum supremacy, performing a calculation […]
Should You Sell Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (STX) in Computer Hardware Industry?
News Home Friday, September 08, 2023 10:34 AM | InvestorsObserver Analysts Mentioned in this article The 36 rating InvestorsObserver gives to Seagate Technology Holdings PLC (STX) stock puts it near the middle of the Computer Hardware industry. In addition to scoring higher than 34 percent of stocks in the Computer […]
Pinterest’s new computer vision-powered body type technology to make search more inclusive
Pinterest today announced it’s introducing novel computer vision technology that will use shape, size and form to identify various body types across the more than 5 billion images on its platform, with the goal of making its search more inclusive. The company says the patent-pending technology will be used to […]
Will quantum computing make the cloud obsolete?
The cloud is big business – and it still has much growth potential. The global market for public cloud services this year will be worth about $597bn (£462bn), according to an estimate by Gartner in April. The tech research giant expects the total to leap to $725bn in 2024 and […]