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December 14, 2021 14 Dec'21
Multibillion-dollar quantum opportunities if error rate recedes

Management consultant McKinsey discusses a potential $700bn opportunity in the pharma, finance, automotive and chemicals sectors
December 13, 2021 13 Dec'21
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2022

Operationalising zero trust, talent retention and containerisation are just some of the key trends that will shape Asia-Pacific’s technology landscape in 2022
December 10, 2021 10 Dec'21
UAE joins the race to produce a usable quantum computer

As part of its ongoing effort to keep up with the latest technology, the United Arab Emirates has begun work on the region’s first quantum computer
November 18, 2021 18 Nov'21
Nvidia launches the Quantum-2 InfiniBand platform

The Quantum-2 InfiniBand platform, introduced this week, includes software, a BlueField-3 DPU, a Quantum-2 switch, and a ConnectX-7 network adapter.

Ultimate questions require ultimate understanding in the quantum era

In The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy, Deep Thought calculates the answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything as ‘42’. But what of quantum computing? Continue Reading
The drive towards computational storage

The explosion in data is driving demand for faster computing and storage remains a bottleneck – but things are about to change Continue Reading
Computational storage: What is it? Why now, what for, who from?

Computational storage is an emerging architecture category, in which compute is put near storage to address I/O bottlenecks resulting from large volumes of data Continue Reading

Explaining quantum empirically

Last month IBM introduced the next machine on its quantum computing roadmap. Among the significant implications of larger quantum machines is that it will soon be no longer possible to simulate the ... Continue Reading
Cashing in on the Chips: The view from 1979

The threat to jobs is a fashionable topic for speculation but, by comparison, it is a non-problem. Already we have chronic labour shortages side by side with rising unemployment. It is clear that ... Continue Reading
Time to watch Thunderbolt

Those who are into high-end PC games are generally well-versed in the significance of GPU acceleration. So called AAA games often need the most powerful GPUs available to achieve the best ... Continue Reading

Changing the rules against cyber attacks

UKRI’s John Goodacre reveals how projects supported by the Digital Security by Design Challenge aim to improve cyber security resilience, beginning with the very fundamentals of computing Continue Reading
Gartner: Purchasing enterprise PCs during a global chip shortage

How can organisations purchase enterprise PCs during a global chip shortage? They need to outsmart the crisis Continue Reading
A beginner’s guide to quantum computer programming

Quantum computing takes a radically different approach to programming. IBM’s education head discusses how to get started Continue Reading