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compute

[kuhm-pyoot] / kəmˈpjut /


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Another point Privorotsky makes is that if the expansion of future compute is constrained, then the value of existing, energized compute rises as a consequence.

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Operating expenses will rise, she said, driven by “continued investment in R&D, compute capacity and talent.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 3, 2026

The ecommerce company’s third-quarter results and holiday guidance signaled mounting cost pressure from artificial-intelligence compute and infrastructure buildout costs.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

CoreWeave is a huge customer of Nvidia, and Nvidia has promised to rent any spare compute it has until 2032.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 1, 2026

When a maths equation doesn’t properly compute, we don’t accept it.

From "The Bletchley Riddle" by Ruta Sepetys and Steve Sheinkin

The new model lets users download and customise the parameters, or "weights", that determine how it computes to their own servers.

From Barron's ● Oct. 6, 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

Google’s Willow chip matters not because of what it computes, but because of how it’s made — using industrial-grade fabrication that looks more like semiconductor manufacturing than a bespoke physics experiment.

From MarketWatch ● Dec. 23, 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

They then transported the containers to a laboratory for X-ray computed tomography, or XCT scanning.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 20, 2026

Price said newer security machines that TSA is installing to replace traditional X-ray machines have computed tomography capabilities, which "can do a much better job of detecting liquid-based explosives".

From BBC ● Sep. 10, 2026

Here is more from the agency on how the family maximum is computed.

From MarketWatch ● Jun. 18, 2026

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

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jan. 23, 2026

Her glowing eyes darted around as she computed a plan.

From "The Wild Robot" by Peter Brown

Tigress Financial Partners analyst Ivan Feinseth told MarketWatch that Microsoft and Amazon were benefiting from “a combination of post-election relief, declining policy uncertainty, renewed investor enthusiasm for AI and cloud computing and significant short covering.”

From MarketWatch ● Nov. 4, 2026

Now, scientists have confirmed that a third type exists, revealing a previously unrecognized form of magnetic behavior that could lead to major advances in computing and electronics.

From Science Daily ● Nov. 4, 2026

Nvidia's cloud computing clients must now sell at least 51 percent of their services to non-Chinese companies, the FT reported, citing five people with knowledge of the matter.

From Barron's ● Nov. 3, 2026

A recent Facebook post from first lady Melania Trump’s account—announcing a computing challenge for students—referred to AI instead of SI in one instance.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Nov. 3, 2026

By the early 1970s, Michigan had enough computing power that a hundred people could be programming simultaneously in the Computer Center.

From "Outliers" by Malcolm Gladwell


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