With backing from some of the largest technology companies, a major project called RISC-V seeks to facilitate open-source design for computer chips, offering the possibility of opening chip designs ...

The formal opening of the Gates-Hillman Complex takes place Tuesday. The Hillman Center is on the left, the Gates on the right. (Chronicle photographs by Lawrence Biemiller) Pittsburgh—A few years ago ...

The human brain is the most complex computer in existence. Understanding how it works has been a scientific endeavor for centuries. However, technology has only recently advanced to the point where we ...

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Seeing is believing. For humans, vision is one of the major senses for interacting with our environment. Lenses in our eyes focus light onto the retina. This image is transmitted as an electrical ...

Five different AI algorithms have teamed up to kick human butt in Dota 2, a popular strategy computer game. Researchers at OpenAI, a nonprofit based in California, developed the algorithmic A team, ...

Komorebi – a Japanese word describing the spatial effects of “sunlight streaming through trees” was offered by Sato as the thematic driver of the design, encouraging the students to consider the ...