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John von Neumann: Computer pioneer and nuclear strategist

"The Jewish genius mathematician John von Neumann is the mastermind behind today's computers. Essentially, he attached a CPU mimicking the human brain to a 'dumb calculator.' The first stored-program ...
NJBIZ

Von Neumann’s Souped-Up Supercomputer

Subject: The world”s most powerful computer goes to work on the problems of tomorrow An average human being on a good day might be able to add or subtract perhaps two or three numbers in a second. The ...
The New Republic

John von Neumann Thought He Had the Answers

Most anecdotes about von Neumann abide by this three-act structure: a question that baffles the best minds; their sweaty, pointless deliberations; von Neumann’s swift, soaring leap to the solution.
The Nation

Fortress of Logic

Unlike his much more famous colleague Albert Einstein, John von Neumann is not a household name these days, but his discoveries shape the possibilities of life for every creature on this planet. As a ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Computer Architecture Extending The Von Neumann Model With A Dedicated Reasoning Unit For Native Artificial General Intelligence (TU Munich, Pace U.)

A new technical paper titled “Augmenting Von Neumann’s Architecture for an Intelligent Future” was published by researchers at TU Munich and Pace University. “This work presents a novel computer ...