Bill Gates is usually the one talking about the future of computing, but on Wednesday, college students from around the world got a chance to show the Microsoft chairman some of their own concepts and ...

Time is running out for the clocks that make our computers tick. Scientists have developed a new generation of hardware and software based on the simpler designs of the 1950s. Asynchronous, or ...

The first generation of computers used vacuum tubes. The second, transistors and the third, integrated circuits. Each new generation allowed computers to be faster, smaller and more energy efficient.

Quantum computing is getting a lot of attention lately — deservedly so. It’s hard not to get excited about the new capabilities that quantum computing could bring. This new generation of computers ...

Scientists at Monash University have created a tiny fluid-based chip that behaves like neural pathways of the brain, potentially opening the door to a new generation of computers. Roughly the size of ...

The human brain is much more efficient than the world’s most powerful computers. A human brain with an average volume of about 1,260cm 3 consumes about 12W (watts) of power. Using this biological ...