Any computer-based device that accepts different applications. All mainframes, servers, laptop and desktop computers, as well as smartphones and tablets are general-purpose devices. In contrast ...

Espoo-based IT company IQM Finland has an ambitious plan to build the world’s first scalable general-purpose quantum computer after capturing initial investment seed capital of €11.5m earlier ...

Moore’s Law has underwritten a remarkable period of growth and stability for the computer industry. The doubling of transistor density at a predictable cadence has fueled not only five decades of ...

It’s fitting, then, that the first general-purpose electronic computer, ENIAC, or Electronic Numerical Integrator and Computer, was introduced to the world in 1946 on Valentine’s Day.

Enter Ori Ossmy and pals at Ben-Gurion University in Israel, who have created a general-purpose brain-computer interface called MindDesktop that allows a user to control most aspects of a windows ...