IBM’s next supercomputer, named Watson after their founder, Thomas J Watson, is the next step in attempting to have computers come closer to the human’s mind ability to reason and understand meaning(s) in words. Watson is advanced enough that it is scheduled to appear on Jeopardy as early as this Fall. A successful Watson could… Continue reading Watson, IBM’s next-gen Supercomputer to appear on Jeopardy
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IBM may buy Sun Microsystems
IBM may buy Sun Microsystems in what may be a $7 billion deal. Apparently, IBM is offering $10/share which at the time the news came out was more than twice Sun’s then stock price. IBM would be purchasing a fellow hardware and software vendor, and there is a decent amount of discussion and speculation as… Continue reading IBM may buy Sun Microsystems