by Robert McMillan | Nov 12, 2012 | Monitor
A Cray XMP-24 supercomputer used by the NSA. Photo: NSA The mid-1990s were dark years for the National Security Agency. It’s budget had been slashed, top technical talent was seeping out, and the company that made its supercomputers was in trouble. You can get a...
by Robert McMillan | Aug 22, 2012 | Monitor
How would non-digital chips work? DARPA paints a picture. Image: DARPA By definition, a computer is a machine that processes and stores data as 1s and 0s. But the U.S. Department of Defense wants to tear up that definition and start from scratch. Through its Defense...