The processing power of standard computers is likely to reach its maximum in the next 10 to 25 years. Even at this maximum power, traditional computers won't be able to handle a particular class of ...

This was the first of a family of devices for space guidence, and a 1972 gift to the museum from the Delco Electronics Division of General Motors Corporation. According to the accession file, DELCO ...

A computer designed from scratch to perform a specific function. Contrast with general-purpose computer. See ASIC. THIS DEFINITION IS FOR PERSONAL USE ONLY. All other reproduction requires permission.

For at least a couple of decades there have been efforts to turn storage devices, in particular hard disk drives (HDDs), into small general or special purpose computers. Back in 2004 my friend Pat ...

IBM will sell Exabyte's M2 line of tape storage drives for Big Blue's iSeries line of special-purpose computers, the companies said Wednesday. The move expands an alliance that began in September in ...

Computer scientists have succeeded in developing a special purpose computer that can project high-quality 3D holography as a video. With the newly developed 'phase type' HORN-8, the calculation method ...