So, instead of a single powerful brain, Mancuso argues that plants have a million tiny computing structures that work together in a complex network, which he compares to the Internet.
That being said, it's totally understandable: the iPhone is more than a phone, it's an ultra-portable computing platform that works quite well, something we've been looking for for awhile.
To some they're the holy grail of computing; computer chips that work like the brain — opening up a wealth of possibilities from artificial intelligence to the ability to simulate whole artificial personalities.
By the end of the course, participants will have not just a deep picture of how all this works, but also a sense of the underlying theory, the current set of research and engineering challenges, and even some cloud computing technology options that work in the lab but have yet to enter wide practice in the field.
While Google has proven a point about the power of scale-out computing — quantities of cheap servers internetworked to share tasks — there are some types of computing that just plain work better on Big Iron.
Many of the security problems stem from the fact that Microsoft seeks to make computing easy and build software that works with a range of different hardware.
In recent years, with the iPod, the iPhone and the iPad, he has worked on computing that does not take place in conventionally shaped computer boxes.
In addition, the innovative large-scale computing that was key to the work likely spells the future for how longstanding math problems will be solved in the 21st century.
1997 Mar 31 Ed Tittel Newsweek 13/2 Better still, networks are beginning to support a new class of applications, called "collaborative computing," that permits multiple users to work together on a single document or project.
Simultaneously, the adoption of cloud computing that allows for seamless remote work, would not alone push individuals and companies to seek remote solutions; there would likely be too few takers as most would still be seeking W2 positions to obtain vital benefits.
