With its 2.746 exaFLOPS peak performance, “El Capitan” outpaces every other supercomputer on the planet, including the former ...

Most people know Watson as IBM's answer to Jeopardy star Ken Jennings. But IBM's aspirations for its artificially intelligent supercomputer are now less quiz show champion and more medical genius.

Scientists have unveiled the world's fastest computer in California that will be used to secure America's nuclear weapons stockpile. The $600 million exascale supercomputer, called 'El Capitan ...

El Capitan can reach a peak performance of 2.746 exaFLOPS, making it the National Nuclear Security Administration's first exascale supercomputer. It's the world's third exascale machine ...

AllThingsD's Arik Hesseldahl and Steve Baker, author of "Final Jeopardy: Man vs. Machine", join digits to discuss Watson's performance on Jeopardy and the future of the supercomputer.

It’s just packaging to put them in together. The square hole is where the main processor, that is ultimately where the computer goes,” Watson said. He added that the system’s peak ...

Three years after IBM began trying to turn its "Jeopardy"-winning computer into a big business, revenue from Watson is far from the company's ambitious targets. Spencer Ante reports. Photo: Getty.