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hardware : the physical components (as electronic and electrical devices) of a vehicle (as a spacecraft) or an apparatus (as a computer) — Webster
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Computer hardware are component devices which are typically installed into or peripheral to a computer case to create a personal computer upon which system software is installed including a firmware interface such as a BIOS and an operating system supporting application software that performs the operator’s desired functions. Operating systems usually communicate with devices through hardware buses by using software device drivers. — Wikipedia
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Communications of the ACM: Hardware The latest news, opinion and research in hardware, from Communications online.
- Driving the Cloud to True Zero Carbonon February 1, 2021 at 5:00 am
Climate change has come to the fore as a business concern, and this compels the business leaders of computing technology companies to be on the side of progress toward true zero carbon.
- Moore's Law: What Comes Next?on February 1, 2021 at 5:00 am
Moore's Law challenges point to changes in software.
- The State of Virtual Reality Hardwareon February 1, 2021 at 5:00 am
Advances in VR hardware could finally take the technology mainstream.
- Scalable Signal Reconstruction for a Broad Range...on February 1, 2021 at 5:00 am
Most of the common approaches for solving signal reconstruction problem do not scale to large problem sizes. We propose a novel and scalable algorithm for solving this critical problem.
- Keeping Science on Keel When Software Moveson February 1, 2021 at 5:00 am
An approach to reproducibility problems related to porting software across machines and compilers.