John von Neumann (1903–1957), a Hungarian-born mathematician, cannot be described merely as a "mathematician." He was a ...

To date, quantum computers have been implemented so that programming their operation was, in essence, hardwired into their essential structure. Although many useful demonstrations of quantum computing ...

A few days ago, I blogged about the success of a research team at U.C. Santa Barbara in creating a quantum computing chip using von Neumann architecture - the type used in virtually all computers ...

In the heart of Manchester, UK, a groundbreaking event took place in 1948: the first modern computer, known as the Manchester Baby, ran its very first program. The Baby’s ability to execute stored ...

Unlike his much more famous colleague Albert Einstein, John von Neumann is not a household name these days, but his discoveries shape the possibilities of life for every creature on this planet. As a ...

The writings of the developers of the high-speed digital computer during the 1940s suggest that technical knowledge of computers and the human brain produces dissonances with current acculturation, ...

The history of digital computing can be divided into an old testament and a new testament. The prophets of the old testament, led by Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz in the 1670s, supplied the logic; those ...

December 28, 2003 marked the 100th birthday of John von Neumann. Since I missed writing about that anniversary, here’s to the 110 years since that prodigy entered the world. A lot of brilliant people ...