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Supercomputer ‘Watson’ Takes On Jeopardy!
Data Center Knowledge (Aug 31 2010)
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“What is a supercomputer, Alex?”
In the television game show Jeopardy! – where the answers are phrased as questions – contestants are usually the flesh-and-blood kind. This fall, the show will give a silicon-and-metal challenger a chance to compete against humans.
The computer scientists at IBM Blue Gene Research project, which is dedicated to pushing the boundaries in supercomputing, will probably hold their collective breath as a computing system of their design competes on the game show, test-driving several years of intensive work on national television.
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