[RetroBytes] nicely presents the curious history of the SPARC processor architecture. SPARC, short for Scalable Processor Architecture, defined some of the most commercially successful RISC processors ...

The architecture of computer systems is all-important. To misquote the late Vince Lombardi, legendary coach of the Green Bay Packers, "Architecture isn't everything, it's the only thing." Or to twist ...

DALL-E / DALL-E Not to be self-pitying, but these are hard times to be a professional critic. With the advent of social media, anyone who imagines themselves a critic (which is to say, everyone) now ...

“Energy efficiency of electronic digital processors is primarily limited by the energy consumption of electronic communication and interconnects. The industry is almost unanimously pushing towards ...

ACM, the Association for Computing Machinery, today announced that Mark Horowitz, a Professor at Stanford University, is the recipient of the ACM - IEEE CS Eckert-Mauchly Award for contributions to ...

The IT industry loves seismic shifts in technology architectures. In the 1990s, there was object-oriented programming. Later, service-oriented architecture and enterprise service bus built on these ...

I was wondering if anyone could give their thoughts on the books <I>Computer Organization and Design</I> by David Patterson and John Hennessy and <I>Computer Architecture</I> by John ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Paul-Smith Goodson is an analyst covering quantum computing and AI. IonQ beat its technology roadmap projection by more than a ...