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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on August 22, 2024

What Is a Supercomputer and How Does It Work?

Today’s highest performing machines can solve anywhere from one quadrillion to one quintillion calculations per second.

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James Evans James Evans
Updated on August 21, 2024

GPT-4o Mini Is Cheaper. Is It As Good?

Our expert takes the newest Open AI product out for a spin.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on August 19, 2024

What Is Transhumanism?

This futuristic movement sees the merging of human and machine as the next logical step in our evolution.

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Abel Rodriguez Abel Rodriguez
Updated on August 16, 2024

5 Top FPGA Companies to Know

These companies are developing customizable computer chips designed by highly sought-after engineers.

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Artem Oppermann Artem Oppermann
Updated on August 13, 2024

What Is Nanotechnology?

Nanotechnology is a field of science and engineering that focuses on the design and manufacture of extremely small devices and structures.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on August 13, 2024

What Is LiDAR?

These sensors use laser beams to map their surroundings.

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JB Baker JB Baker
Updated on August 12, 2024

AI Is an Energy Glutton. That Needs to Stop.

AI needs to stop consuming so much energy to continue at its current pace.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on August 09, 2024

12 Nanotechnology Examples Making a Big Impact

The manipulation of materials on a nanometric scale is seen in everything from athleisure wear to beer.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on August 08, 2024

What Is a Mainframe?

You may think they’re old school, but these computing platforms still power several major industries.

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Brooke Becher Brooke Becher
Updated on August 08, 2024

What Is a Field-Programmable Gate Array (FPGA)?

These unique pieces of hardware can be programmed to perform almost any function.

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