No backtalk
One key to making parallel algorithms efficient is to minimize the amount of communication between cores.
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The next operating system
Operating systems for multicore chips will need more information about their own performance — and more resources for addressing whatever problems arise.
Designing the hardware
Improving communication between distributed processors and managing shared data are two of the central challenges in creating tomorrow’s chips.
Rivest unlocks cryptography's past, looks toward future
Public-key system has worked and made Internet commerce feasible, but new systems are ready in case flaws are found.
My 'four weeks' view of the U.S. achievement gap
Freshman Anna Ho mentors students while working with a Teach for America teacher in the Four Weeks for America Challenge.
King’s legacy celebrated at MIT
CNN's Roland Martin, at annual MLK Jr. breakfast, says the civil rights leader’s example of personal commitment and nonviolence lives on.
Canned, good
More than 100 years ago, 2 pioneering scientists figured out how to keep canned food safe.
Selection by size and substance
Technique could produce filters that select molecules according to their chemical properties and dimensions.
A decade of OCW benefits: Building a better course through OCW
Franklin College professor looks to OpenCourseWare for classroom inspiration
Let the celebrations begin
In kickoff to Institute’s sesquicentennial celebration, MIT Museum shows off 150 artifacts from MIT’s rich history.
Emeritus: John Heywood
He literally wrote the book on the internal combustion engine — and says rumors of its death are greatly exaggerated.
Earth’s final growth spurt
NASA team suggests that massive projectiles added mass to Earth, Mars and the Moon during final phase of planet formation
Collective memory
An MIT project provides a way to preserve information in constantly changing networks, without resorting to a shared server.
Tech support?
Contrasting views on display as MIT researchers debate how technology can curb global poverty.
Undergrads bring energy education to Ghana
Ghanaian high school students share alternative energy ideas with rural village.