San Francisco :: CA :: USA
| about 21 hours ago
IBM has announced it will lead a US government-funded collaboration to make electronic circuits that mimic brains.
Part of a field called "cognitive computing", the research will bring together neurobiologists, computer and materials scientists and psychologists....
Tags: IBM to build brain-like computers, IBM, science, technology, business
Stanford :: CA :: USA
| 2 days ago
IBM has announced it will lead a US government-funded collaboration to make electronic circuits that mimic brains. Part of a field called "cognitive computing", the research will bring together neurobiologists, computer and materials scientists and psychologists.
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Atlanta :: GA :: USA
| 2 days ago
Under the contract, IBM will combine 11 independent IT groups into one and provide various data center services like mainframe and midrange system management and security services. The contract runs over eight years and has two one-year extension options.
Tags: IBM, Georgia Technology Authority, AT&T
Boston :: MA :: USA
| 4 days ago
did not disclose financial terms of the deal with Los Gatos-based Transitive, which also has a research and development team in the U.K. Transitive focuses on cross-platform virtualization and technologies that allow applications written for one type...
Tags: Transitive Corp., IBM, Los Gatos, U.K. Transitive, acquiring transitive
Austin :: TX :: USA
| 5 days ago
According to Top500.org, IBM Roadrunner is still the fastest supercomputer in the world, but Cray's Jaguar is catching up fast.
The competition has been hyped up in light of the recent SC08 supercomputing exhibition being held in Austin, Texas....
Tags: supercomputer, IBM, Cray
Toronto :: Canada
| 5 days ago
Cray's XT5 Jaguar system, however, has become the first to join it beyond the petaflop mark. (A petaflop is a measure of computer performance. The prefix "peta" stands for a million billion, also known as a quadrillion. Operating at petaflop performance...
Tags: University of Toronto, fastest supercomputer, supercomputer, cray, IBM, Cray Inc., ibm, IBM Roadrunner Remains World, Los Alamos National Laboratory
Armonk :: NY :: USA
| 11 days ago
International Business Machines Corp. said it has been hired to work with rural electricity cooperatives to provide high-speed Internet service over power lines. The project is a sign that using the electricity grid for communication -- a technology utilities...
Tags: IBM, power lines, electricity cooperatives
Auckland :: New Zealand
| 12 days ago
Following the recent retirement of Tony Fadell, the contractor who designed the original iPod in 2001 then rose to head the company's iPod Division, Apple went hunting for a replacement...IBM immediately sued, saying Mr Papermaster had to sit out a year-long...
Tags: iphone, IBM
London :: United Kingdom
| 14 days ago
District Judge Kenneth Karas has told Papermaster to “immediately cease his employment with Apple Inc. until further order of this court.” IBM had sought the injunction citing an agreement with Papermaster in which he would not work with any competitor...
Tags: Mark Papermaster, IBM, Judge Kenneth Karas, Apple Inc., IBM PowerPC, district judge, immediately cease
Seattle :: WA :: USA
| 17 days ago
Under the agreement announced Thursday, IBM will help move the U.S. Citizenship and Immigration Services agency from a "pencil and paper operation" to a centralized, electronic system. The agency hopes the transition will cut down on the time it takes...
Tags: immigration services, IBM