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What Is a “Computer Bug,” and Where Did the Term Come From? Benj Edwards You’ve probably heard it before: There’s a “bug” in the software, causing something to malfunction or misbehave. What exactly is a computer bug and where did the term come from? We’ll explain. A Bug Is an Unintentional Error in Computer Software A “computer bug” or “software bug” is a term for an unintentional programming mistake or defect in computer software or hardware. Bugs arise from human error in hardware designs or somewhere in the chain of software tools used to create computer applications...

NVIDIA Announces Its First CPU Codenamed Grace, Based on ARM Architecture & Neoverse Cores Apr 12, 2021 12:27 EDT NVIDIA has announced its first CPU codenamed Grace which is designed for the modern data center. The CPU is named after computer scientist Grace Hopper who was one of the pioneers of computer science and one of the first programmers of Harvard Mark 1 and inventor of the first linkers. NVIDIA Unveils Its First ARM-Based Processor, The Grace CPU, Aimed at Datacenters With Neoverse Cores The Grace CPU is NVIDIA's first design featuring the next-generation Neoverse cores which h...

Graphics giant Nvidia has big plans for company expansion. A central part of those plans has been to expand into CPU production and the company finally took the wraps off its new design during the GTC 2021 keynote presentation. This new CPU design is ARM-based and will feature prominently in the upcoming Alps supercomputer. The Alps supercomputer is expected to come online in 2023 and is the result of a partnership between the Swiss National Supercomputing Centre (CSCS), Hewlett Packard Enterprise, and Nvidia. The Alps system infrastructure will replace CSCS’s existing Piz Daint supercomput...