Information technology

New 'machine unlearning' technique wipes out unwanted data quickly and completely

16 Mar 2016

Experiment shows magnetic chips could dramatically increase computing's energy efficiency

14 Mar 2016

Researchers have shown for the first time that magnetic chips can operate with the lowest fundamental level of energy dissipation possible under the laws of thermodynamic

MIT’s Polaris makes fast work of loading web pages

10 Mar 2016

The beginning of the end for encryption schemes?

By Jennifer Chu | MIT News Office | 10 Mar 2016

New quantum computer, based on five atoms, factors numbers in a scalable way that could enhance encryption for protecting credit cards, state secrets, and other confidential data

Designing computers that let us think with our hands

22 Feb 2016

New hardware to expand fast fibre-to-the-home

20 Feb 2016

The cost of deploying fast fibre connections straight to homes could be dramatically reduced by new hardware designed and tested by researchers

Moving electrons around loops with light: A quantum device based on geometry

20 Feb 2016

Women better than men at writing computer code

15 Feb 2016

Researchers have found that computer code written by women has a higher approval rating than that written by men - but only if their gender is not identifiable, indicating that a 'glass ceiling' still exists for women

Record for fastest data rate set

12 Feb 2016

Researchers in the UK have achieved a rate of 1.125 Tb/s as part of research on the capacity limits of optical transmission systems, designed to address the growing demand for fast data rates

Energy-friendly chip can perform powerful artificial-intelligence tasks

09 Feb 2016

New chip fabrication approach

01 Feb 2016

Depositing different materials within a single chip layer could lead to more efficient computers

UK scientists propose to use pictures for passwords

02 Jan 2016

Optoelectronic microprocessors built using existing chip manufacturing

29 Dec 2015

High-performance prototype means chip makers could now start building optoelectronic chips

Images and codes could provide secure alternative to multiple device password systems

23 Dec 2015

Google holds proof of working of Quantum computer

14 Dec 2015

New chip design could boost electronic performance by factor of a thousand

14 Dec 2015

In modern computer systems, processor and memory chips are laid out like single-story structures in a suburb. A new skyscraper-like design, based on materials more advanced than silicon, provides the next computing platform

Researchers in China unveil mind-controlled car

09 Dec 2015

Graphene key to high-density, energy-efficient memory chips

09 Nov 2015

Amplifying — or removing — visual variation

By By Larry Hardesty, MIT News Office | 09 Nov 2015

Researchers show certain sounds can move data quickly

05 Nov 2015

Graphene key to high-density, energy-efficient memory chips, say Stanford engineers

03 Nov 2015

Engineers are developing memory chips based on new nanomaterials with capabilities that silicon can't match

A basis for all cryptography

03 Nov 2015

A tool that would provide a secure foundation for any cryptographic system may be close at hand

Machines will learn like a child: IBM chief Virigina Rometty

07 Oct 2015

IBM breakthrough paves the way for carbon nanotube electronics

05 Oct 2015

IBM Research has announced a major engineering breakthrough that could accelerate carbon nanotubes replacing silicon transistors to power future computing technologies

Supercomputer predicts death with 95% probability

15 Sep 2015

The system collects data on patients every three minutes, measuring everything from oxygen levels to blood pressure, warning of the impending death of a patient