A new chip aims to dramatically reduce energy consumption while accelerating the processing of large amounts of data.

Modern computers are built on digital logic, but that approach may be reaching its physical limits. Researchers are now ...

Analog computers, computing systems that represent data as continuous physical quantities, such as voltage, frequency or vibrations, can be significantly more energy-efficient than digital computers, ...

A team of engineers has proven that their analog computing device, called a memristor, can complete complex, scientific computing tasks while bypassing the limitations of digital computing. A team of ...

As requested by readers, editor Andy Turudic demonstrates that it’s child’s play to set up an Analog Computer to compute a Lorenz Attractor. Anabrid’s THAT Analog Computer provides a flexible, ...

In 1961, the best general purpose desktop computer money could buy was the Pace TR-48. At just 400 pounds and $25K, the only downside was that it was a little tough to program. That's because the ...

The Catalyst Campus business park is home to Okika Devices, which recently moved their headquarters from California to Colorado Springs. Three months after Okika Devices moved its headquarters to ...

Researchers at RIT have improved the electronics used in communication and radar systems to better process signals using electromagnetic radio waves. This breakthrough could advance computing ...

In the discussion following Brian Bailey's blog, Operations per Joule, the subject of quantum computing came up. I posted a couple of links, one regarding a potential type of optical quantum computer ...

An exemplar photograph of an integrated chip containing memristor crossbar arrays of various sizes made at UMass Amherst. (Image taken by Can Li). AMHERST, Mass. – A team of researchers including ...