マイナビニュース

Computer History Museum - 歴史的名機を間近に見られるコンピュータ博物館

パンチカードシステムやEnigmaは電気機械式のマシンであるが、それに続くのが1946年に完成した真空管を使用したENIAC(Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer)である。このマシンはEckertとMaucklyによって設計され、18000本の真空管と1500個のリレーを使い、大きな部屋 ...
マイナビニュース

Computer History Museum - 歴史的名機を間近に見られるコンピュータ博物館

それまで、コンピュータは計算することが主目的で使い勝手まではあまり配慮されていなかったが、XeroxのPalo Alto研究所のAlan Kay氏は、人間とコンピュータのコミュニケーションを良くしようという研究を行い、その研究用マシンとして作られたのがAlto ...
GIGAZINE

The 7 most influential papers in the history of computer science

Software engineer Mateus Lima introduced seven representative scientific papers that have significantly changed the history of computer science and have had a strong influence on future generations, ...
University of Toronto

Neural net behind Geoffrey Hinton’s Nobel Prize to be preserved by Computer History Museum

The source code for AlexNet – the neural network developed at the University of Toronto that kickstarted today’s artificial intelligence boom and led to a Nobel Prize – will be preserved by the ...
The New York Times

A California Museum Weighs the Promise and Perils of Tech

Set in the heart of Silicon Valley, the Computer History Museum long cheered the developments around it. Now, it’s taking a more nuanced approach. Credit...By Loren Elliott For The New York Times ...
eWeek

Revolutionary Code in AI History is Now Open Source

3D illustration of Interconnected neurons with electrical pulses. The source code for AlexNet, a key network in the development of the artificial neural nets that enabled modern AI, is now open source ...
NBC Bay Area

Vintage Computer Festival opens in Mountain View

The annual Vintage Computer Festival kicks off Friday on the Peninsula. The event at the Computer History Museum in Mountain View shows visitors the technology that launched Silicon Valley. The ...