Back in 2008, scientists at IBM started working on DARPA's Systems of Neuromorphic Adaptive Plastic Scalable Electronics (SyNAPSE) programme. In the meantime, they’ve managed to develop TrueNorth, a computer chip that can perform 46 billion synaptic operations per second. The chip uses silicon technology and it is based on non–von Neumann architecture. According to its developers, the chip was created by using a Samsung 28nm process, it...
People are trying to make predictions about the future ever since the dark ages. Now, based on current tech trends, we can better understand where things are going and what the future holds for us. Each year, IBM is releasing their top 5 predictions about the near future technology and how we will interact with it. This time, the IBM scientists compiled the data on the enormous increase in computing power and the evolution of cognitive systems...
The new Mac Pro was revealed this summer and as expected, it has created a lot of buzz. According to the German Conrad Electronics store chain, we may be able to buy it starting mid December 2013, one week before Christmas. Although Apple has not announced any exact release date, it confirmed that the Mac Pro will arrive by the end of the year. The Mac Pro cylinder is promoted by Apple as "the future of professional desktop" and it's expected to...
The short answer is yes. According to a study conducted by folks at BitDefender, your computer may still be infected even if you have a free or a paid antivirus software installed on it. If you run an older operating system like Windows XP or Windows 2000 your chances of having a breach in security are even greater. In the last 10 years the number of malicious software grew from sporadic infections to more than 145 million known threats, with a...
