Supercomputers

Technology

IBM makes breakthrough in race to commercialize quantum computers

IBM researchers have developed a new approach for simulating molecules on a quantum computer that could help to solve difficult problems in chemistry and electro-magnetism

3 min read14 Sep 2017
Science

IMD to get 2 more supercomputers as India battles capricious weather

IMD's rain forecast capacity in a small geographical area should improve drastically by next year when the govt installs 2 more supercomputers and a suite of new radars

2 min read7 Sep 2017
Industry

The democratization of the supercomputer

Once a niche offering, high performance computing is now being routinely used in industries from manufacturing and retailing to financial services and e-commerce

6 min read11 May 2017
Science

China builds world's first quantum computing machine

China's quantum computing machine is 24,000 times faster than its international counterparts and may dwarf the processing power of existing supercomputers

2 min read3 May 2017
Opinion

The rise of the machines

Unless lawmakers and regulators remain alert to what machine intelligence can evolve into, before we realize it, the Singularity will be upon us

4 min read2 Nov 2016
Science

Artificial intelligence will be the defining tech of the 21st century

Artificial intelligence (AI) could make every company and employee smarter, faster, and more productive

4 min read15 Sep 2016
Politics

News in numbers | Over 30% of Tamil Nadu's revenues come from state-run liquor shops

J. Jayalalithaa shuts down 500 TASMAC liquor shops in Chennai

3 min read24 May 2016
Politics

First of India's 70 new supercomputers to be ready by August 2017

The government is also finalising the sites to house these supercomputers

1 min read23 May 2016
News

Scientists create virtual rat brain

The virtual rat brain is made up of 30,000 neurons, 55 layers of cells and 207 different neuron subtypes

1 min read11 Oct 2015
Industry

Two Indian supercomputers in world's top 100 list

Eleven Indian machines have found a place in the latest list of the world's 500 most powerful supercomputers

1 min read30 Jul 2015