Advances in Computing

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  1. waltky

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    Mebbe dey took off when the other guy wasn't lookin'...
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    Deutsche Telekom claims record data transfer record
    6 March 2012 - Deutsche Telekom says the innovation will allow it to upgrade its networks without digging up cables
     
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    A $35 computer??...
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    $35 computer goes on sale in Britain
    March 1 (UPI) -- A credit-card-sized low-cost computer designed to help teach children to code has gone on sale in Britain, its developers say.
     
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    Is 'headset computing' the future?...

    Motorola unveils a computer that straps onto your head
    13 November 2012 - Imagine a computer that isn't a rectangular box like the PC on your desk or the smartphone in your pocket. Nor is it driven by a touchscreen or mouse and keyboard.
     
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    I am working on RPi development at the moment actually.
     
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    Most of the advances in computing will be in the form of profiteering from it. IMO the laptop or notebook is the most ideal way of personal computing, those i-pad and phones are just too limited and difficult to get full access of what the internet has to offer. Unless you have all the prefierals like docking station and keypad. Which is then a notebook or lap top.
     
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    Heck, Uncle Ferd does the same thing, he just takes the side off his `puter...
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    TED 2013: SpaceTop 3D see-through computer revealed
    27 February 2013 - Jinha Lee thinks this technology could bring learning to life for children
     
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    Big step forward in biological computing...
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    Major Advance Made in Biological Computing
    March 29, 2013 — Researchers at Stanford University in California have taken the next step in genetically engineering a computer in a living cell’s DNA. Making cells “smarter” could have a wide range of medical and industrial applications.
     
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    Optical fiber speed just got 4x faster...
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    Light-beam 'twins' take data farther
    27 May 2013 - An idea similar to that of noise-cancelling headphones has proved useful in increasing the data-carrying properties of light.
     
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    Million year computer memory possible with quartz...
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    Quartz May Be Used to Store Memory for Millions of Years
    July 11, 2013 > British scientists say they have discovered a method for storing and retrieving huge amounts of digital data that could last for over a million years.
     
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    3-D memory on the horizon...
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    Toshiba, SanDisk to mass produce ‘3D’ memory chip
    Thu, May 15, 2014 - Japan’s Toshiba Corp is teaming up with US chip giant SanDisk Corp to produce a “3D” memory chip they hope will allow users to save up to 50 hours of ultra-high-definition video.
     
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    Google helps build 'Faster' cable under Pacific Ocean
    http://www.bbc.com/news/technology-28754235

    The cable, dubbed Faster, will connect the US with Japan and cost about $300m (£179m; 225m euros), the consortium said.
    The trans-Pacific fibre cable would be capable of handling 60 terabytes per second - enough to send more than 2,000 uncompressed HD films a second.
    The cable will be operational by 2016
    The cable will connect Chikura and Shima in Japan to the major hubs on the west coast of the US - Los Angeles, San Francisco, Portland, and Seattle.
    It is made up of six fibre-pairs, each capable of transmitting 100 wavelengths, each at 100 gigabits per second.

    Google already offers high-speed internet access directly in the US through its Fiber service, with customers being offered speeds of 1Gbps in cities like Austin, Texas, and Kansas City, Kansas.
    But the speeds from the new Faster cable far surpass anything consumers can access in most of the US and Europe, though internet speeds are generally much faster in Asia - South Korea wants to see citizens equipped with 1Gbps connections by 2017, for example.


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    That is alot of speed and data transfer, its like the first jumps of >gigabyte to <gigabyte that was so great back in the day. Or going from dial up speeds to what we have now, its a huge difference.
     
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    SanDisk comes out with 512GB memory card - for $800...
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    SanDisk SD memory card 'largest ever'
    12 September 2014 ~ Memory specialist SanDisk has created an SD card with 512 gigabytes (512GB) of storage space - the highest capacity ever released.
     
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    Is Laser the Future of Internet Connectivity?...
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    Laser-Beaming the Internet of the Future
    October 15th, 2015 - Several tech companies are looking at laser or a combination of radio and laser technologies to take Internet connectivity the next level.
     
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    TSMC not `fraid of China...
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    Semiconductor sector to grow again: TSMC
    Fri, Dec 04, 2015 - CUTTING EDGE: The company expects double-digit growth in its annual revenue this year, thanks to the advances it has made in the 16-nanometer chip technology
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    China chips away at U.S., Taiwan semiconductor dominance
    8 Dedc.`15 - China's multi-billion dollar drive towards self-reliance in semiconductors has spawned a cluster of chip designers that industry experts say could eventually rival leaders Qualcomm Inc and MediaTek Inc.
     
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    New Memory Chips Emulate Human Brain; Browsing the Ad-Blocked Web...
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    Memory that learns could help tomorrow's intelligent computers
    January 20th, 2016 - Knowm hopes its new memristors will lead to new types of computers
     
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    Has Apple priced itself out of the market with new MacBook Pro?...

    Apple adds touch screen keys to MacBook Pro, price jump startles some
    October 27, 2016 - Apple Inc unveiled a revamped MacBook Pro on Thursday, adding a fingerprint reader, replacing function keys with a small touch screen and raising prices by several hundred dollars.
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    Qualcomm to buy NXP for $38 billion in biggest chip deal
    October 27, 2016 - Smartphone chipmaker Qualcomm Inc <QCOM.O> agreed to buy NXP Semiconductors NV <NXPI.O> for about $38 billion in the biggest-ever deal in the semiconductor industry, making it the leading supplier to the fast-growing automotive chips market.
     
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    Web giants and large firms rely on cheap hard drives to store information in data centres...
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    Microwave breakthrough helps boost hard drive sizes
    13 October 2017 - The data-storing abilities of hard drives could soon swell to 40 terabytes (TB) and beyond, says Western Digital.
     
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    Two of these should be able to store all my porn. Well, maybe 3 if you're including all the Hentai
     
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    Bought my first computer 18 years ago. It had an 8 GB hard drive. What normal human being could use 40 TB's? My wife said that it's probably to accommodate future Microsoft operating systems. o_O
     
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    Just think...

    ... in 20 years...

    ... whatever today's supercomputer can do...

    ... will be what sits on everyone's desktop.
     
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    Most people's phones far outshine yesterday's home desk tops, I paid $$$$ for a complete system in the dayz a 200 Mhz processor 200 Mbs of RAM and a 4.3 GB hard drive, and my inexpensive phone beats that quite easily....

    And I am told the traditional desktop computer is soon history as a merger between Multi Media with on demand features and seamless Internet and Internet based communications / customized formats,
    replace your regularly scheduled broadcasters.
     
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    MIT Researchers Are Making Computers Out of Live Bacteria...
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    MIT Researchers Are Making Computers Out of Live Bacteria
    December 7, 2017 - In the future, you could be eating cancer-detecting robots in much the same way you take your morning vitamins.
     
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