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[kuhm-pyoot] / kəmˈpjut /


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If Meta does rent out excess compute, it could signal that big tech has overbuilt.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 7, 2026

Their insight was that, given advances in machine learning and compute power, an AI can learn how to do something purely from a learnt, "mental" simulation of what the world looks like.

From BBC Jul. 2, 2026

A report that Meta is planning to sell excess compute raised doubt around hyperscalers’ spending plans, causing weakness in Asian chip makers.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 2, 2026

The possibility “is causing investors to consider whether incremental compute supply may dampen the data center buildout,” Luria said in emailed comments, adding that Meta is a top five customer for computing power.

From MarketWatch Jul. 1, 2026

He blinks at me, as if this doesn’t compute.

From "Love, Hate & Other Filters" by Samira Ahmed

The harsh reality remains that anything that computes needs some form of system memory.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 26, 2026

With quantum computers, it will be possible to run massive computes to see how different molecules react with each other to find out what works and with what side-effects.

From BBC Apr. 13, 2026

Customs and Border Protection, which actually computes and collects the tariffs, says it will cease collecting the invalidated levies when the clock strikes 12:01 a.m.

From Los Angeles Times Feb. 24, 2026

“This new math can simulate them, because it computes the same way nature does.”

From MarketWatch Nov. 12, 2025

And during that week after his birthday, Mama Nee is working third shift, so that computes to just about every night.

From "Odd One Out" by Nic Stone

Using computed tomography scanning data, Srivastava digitally separated the crushed bones and created a 3D printed reconstruction of the skull.

From Science Daily Apr. 15, 2026

“I computed the statistics,” he says, “and decided it was fifty-fifty.”

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

Somewhere in a Google lab, a chip called Willow just computed the structure of a molecule 13,000 times faster than the most powerful supercomputer on Earth.

From MarketWatch Dec. 23, 2025

There are some factors that can’t be computed by tech and A.I.

From Slate Nov. 9, 2024

She worked through every minute of what was programmed to be a three-orbit mission, coming up with numbers for eleven different output variables, each computed to eight significant digits.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly

Nvidia Chief Executive Jensen Huang recently estimated the cost of building a gigawatt of new computing power using his company’s architecture could soon reach $80 billion to $100 billion.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 14, 2026

The field of computing is one in which technical innovation has moved quickly.

From The Wall Street Journal Jul. 13, 2026

Because they can potentially encode and store information, researchers see them as promising building blocks for future data storage, communications, and computing technologies.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

The findings also provide a foundation for future studies of topological light and may contribute to advances in photonics, advanced materials, information processing, and next generation computing.

From Science Daily Jul. 13, 2026

In the West Area computing office where Dorothy was beginning work, the members of the calculating machine symphony hailed from the Virginia State College for Negroes, and Arkansas AM&N, and Hampton Institute.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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