Scientists build first in-memory sorting chip without comparators

A new computing era arrives with the breakthrough in how computers can sort information. This vital function, at the heart of ...

The Importance Ranking of C++ Programming in Competitions

C++, a programming language with a long history yet always fresh, has a legendary status in the world of programming ...
IEEE

A Reverse Vending Machine for Sorting Yoghurt Cups and PET Bottles

Abstract: With the ever-increasing amount of waste disposal by mankind, the requirement for waste management is paramount. Apart from dumping waste in landfills, recycling is another popular solution ...
Popular Mechanics

Scientists Turned Our Cells Into Quantum Computers—Sort Of

Keeping a qubit stable is difficult enough, even in an ideal environment. Now, researchers have figured out how to make a protein behave like a qubit in a living cell. Fluorescent proteins were used ...
Frontiers

The Greenwood function shows close alignment with pitch perceived by cochlear implant patients with long, flexible electrode arrays and fine-structure stimulation

Introduction: The natural, tonotopic frequency distribution of the inner ear is typically described by the Greenwood function, which logarithmically projects the audible frequency spectrum onto the ...
IEEE

Mitigate IR-Drop Effect by Modulating Neuron Activation Functions for Implementing Neural Networks on Memristor Crossbar Arrays

Abstract: The line resistance (LR) in a large-scale memristor crossbar array can cause serious IR-drop problem, degrading the hardware deployment capability of neural networks (NNs). In this work, two ...