This year marks the 80th anniversary of ENIAC, the first general-purpose digital computer. The computer was built during ...

Introducing the early digital / Thomas Haigh -- Inventing an analog past and a digital future in computing / Ronald R. Kline -- Forgotten machines : the need for a new master narrative / Doron Swade - ...

Classical computing has operated as the fundamental power behind our digital world for many decades. Modern civilization relies on classical systems to operate smartphones and global financial ...

Faithful simulations of the world are impossible to create using ordinary computers. Simulating physical reality is, however, the original, express purpose of quantum computers. In 1981, long before ...

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 ...

A computer that uses light rather than digital switches for calculations could help reduce the energy demands of artificial intelligence (AI), according to a new study. The scientists who invented the ...