Information technology
IBM announces $3 bn for chip research for cloud, big data systems
12 Jul 2014
IBM says these investments will push it's semiconductor innovations into advanced technology leadership required for the future
Researchers unveil experimental 36-core chip
By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 24 Jun 2014
A new chip design using 36 cores lets chip manage local memory stores efficiently using an internet-style communication network
Professor disputes claims of computer passing Turing Test
14 Jun 2014
An Imperial College professor has disputed the claim of a computer pretending to be a 13-year-old Ukrainian boy had passed the Turing Test
L&T plans to list both IT arms in 2016
31 May 2014
Custom camouflage
By Larry Hardesty | MIT News Office | 22 May 2014
Stanford scientists create circuit board modeled on the human brain
By By Tom Abate | Stanford Engineering | 03 May 2014
Personal touch signature makes mobile devices more secure
24 Apr 2014
A new system that provides security by monitoring how user touches the screen has been developed to make data in mobile devices more secure
Quantum photon properties revealed in plasmon
16 Apr 2014
New ‘switch’ could power quantum computing
By By Peter Dizikes | MIT News Office | 11 Apr 2014
A light lattice that traps atoms may help scientists build networks of quantum information transmitters
Could diamonds be a computer’s best friend?
05 Apr 2014
Quantum chips: D-wave chip passes rigorous tests
07 Mar 2014
Robots will outsmart humans in 15 years, says Google's AI chief
24 Feb 2014
According to Google’s new chief of artificial intelligence, Ray Kurzweil, by 2029, computers would be more intelligent than humans and learn from experience, crack jokes, tell stories and even flirt
Smarter caching
21 Feb 2014
Cleverer management of the local memory banks known as ‘caches’ could improve computer chips’ performance while reducing their energy consumption