IBM's supermachine 'WATSON'
Watson is an IBM supercomputer that combines artificial intelligence (AI) and sophisticated analytical software for optimal performance as a “question answering” machine. The supercomputer is named for IBM’s founder, Thomas J. Watson. The Watson supercomputer processes at a rate of 80 teraflops (trillion floating-point operations per second). To replicate (or surpass) a high-functioning human’s ability to answer questions, Watson accesses 90 servers with a combined data store of over 200 million pages of information, which it processes against six million logic rules. The device and its data are self-contained in a space that could accommodate 10 refrigerators. Key Features: Watson can understand all forms of data, interact naturally with people, and learn and reason, at scale. With Watson you can, Understand : You can analyze and interpret all of your data, including unstructured text, images, audio and video. Reason : You can provide personalized recommendations by