The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

This is an implementation of the Karatsuba polynomial multiplication algorithm in the LEGv8 assembly language, a RISC ISA part of the ARM architecture family. This was done as my final project for ECE ...

Dr. Barak is a professor of computer science at Harvard University. On Oct. 8, 2023, I was on the steps of Harvard’s Widener Library, taking part in a vigil for the victims of Hamas’s terrorist attack ...

Variations on this theme have been reported for sometime, evident in a couple dozen posted issues, focusing on various versions of the issue, such as the new algorithms is: nonoptimal, crashes, order ...

/1Fuel/ – The sequential algorithms powering Cardano and Solana are beginning to show limitations compared to 1Fuel’s cutting-edge transactional technology. While Cardano and Solana have long been ...

Abstract: While the Karatsuba algorithm reduces the complexity of large integer multiplication, the extra additions required minimize its benefits for smaller integers of more commonly-used bitwidths.

Discover how algorithms influence what kids watch and why it’s important to stay aware. Children wonder how their favorite videos are always next in line. Enter an adult who explains algorithms — ...

What is Google’s Willow quantum chip? Google’s Willow chip marks a new era in quantum performance, enabling complex computations with significant implications for various industries, including ...

The recent announcement by Google CEO Sundar Pichai about their new quantum computing chip “Willow” has caused a few waves in the Bitcoin investment community and was like chum in the water for ...