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[kuhm-pyoot] / kəmˈpjut /


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While there‘s 55 gigawatts’ worth of compute power planned for next year, that number could potentially be limited to between 20 and 25 gigawatts.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 23, 2026

It noted that compute may not yet have the characteristics that typically underpin a commodity derivatives market, including “fungibility, standardization, and sufficient liquidity.”

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 2026

“The history of compute tells us you need more memory to support applications, and if you believe there will be more AI applications, you need more memory to support those,” he said.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 21, 2026

Skeptics abound when it comes to compute futures, with some critics comparing the idea to internet bandwidth futures launched in the dot-com era, which failed after a supply glut of fiber-optic networks sent prices plunging.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 21, 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

The harsh reality remains that anything that computes needs some form of system memory.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jun. 26, 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

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

A puzzling fossil from the Late Devonian Gogo Formation in WA has now been examined using advanced imaging techniques such as CT scanning and computed tomography.

From Science Daily ● Mar. 12, 2026

Software also will be needed to present what AI has computed in a way that people can understand, he said.

From MarketWatch ● Feb. 26, 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

Those people require more computing power to support than a typical Facebook or Instagram user.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Oct. 23, 2026

Its internal design also reduces the amount of computing power needed to analyze incoming light.

From Science Daily ● Oct. 23, 2026

A business can serve many customers whose expansion plans depend on similar assumptions about future computing demand.

From MarketWatch ● Oct. 22, 2026

And like much else on Wall Street, the driving force apparently is artificial intelligence, including demands for massive infrastructure spending to support its vast computing power.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 22, 2026

The school’s computing school was one of the hottest in the country, the admissions counselor said, and Eric would be up against kids with outstanding grades and achievements.

From "Geeks: How Two Lost Boys Rode the Internet Out of Idaho" by Jon Katz


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