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compute

[kuhm-pyoot] / kəmˈpjut /


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Most companies today are accessing quantum compute via the cloud from companies like IBM and Amazon Web Services, according to Langione.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Wrries about competition from short-form video have proved to be unfounded, in Pershing Square’s view, and Netflix has deep enough pockets to pay for the higher compute costs that could come from long-form high-quality video.

From MarketWatch Aug. 13, 2026

Tencent has further accelerated ramping up its compute infrastructure to support the anticipated release of the Hy4 model later this year and Weixin AI agent.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 13, 2026

“It is moving from research into production. AI is creating real value, and the infrastructure behind it is becoming one of the world’s most productive assets. In AI, compute is revenue.”

From MarketWatch Aug. 11, 2026

“My dear Mr. Bowditch, Moore didn’t compute that table. Do you know who did? Nevil Maskelyne, the royal astronomer of England!”

From "Carry On, Mr. Bowditch" by Jean Lee Latham

If you use a simple savings-distribution calculator, which computes spending withdrawals at the same time as balance growth, you could comfortably spend about $250,000 a year for the next 10 years and still have excess.

From MarketWatch Jul. 8, 2026

Meanwhile, the combined 609 lb-ft of torque computes to 4,400 pounds’ towing capacity.

From The Wall Street Journal Jun. 27, 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

They are a specific kind of physical process that computes by unfolding through time.

From Science Daily Dec. 24, 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

Software also will be needed to present what AI has computed in a way that people can understand, he said.

From MarketWatch Feb. 26, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal Jan. 23, 2026

These expressions were strikingly efficient, allowing pi to be computed much faster than existing techniques of the time.

From Science Daily Dec. 16, 2025

But a new study questions whether scans—specifically computed tomography scans—are causing more cancer than we thought, specifically among the patients who receive them.

From Slate Apr. 29, 2025

Jesse had computed how many paychecks they would get—two for him and four for Eric—if they waited a month before leaving.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz

Quantum computers represent a fundamentally different type of computing that uses the principles of quantum physics to solve problems far beyond the capabilities of today’s best supercomputers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

Exactly when quantum computing will start disrupting billion-dollar industries remains hazy.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

The result provides a proof of concept for superconducting heat engines that could eventually contribute to improved quantum computing technology.

From Science Daily Aug. 14, 2026

Quantum computing uses the principles of quantum physics to solve problems far beyond the capabilities of today’s best supercomputers.

From The Wall Street Journal Aug. 14, 2026

From the beginning of the computing pools, the women easily hurdled the engineers’ expectations, raising the bar as they did it.

From "Hidden Figures" by Margot Lee Shetterly




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