Blockchain technology has been deemed to be an ideal choice for strengthening existing
computing systems in varied manners. As one of the network-enabled technologies, cloud …

Highlights•We estimate the total energy consumption of the bitcoin network to be in the order
of 100 MW (which has been subject of debate).•We describe factors and developments that …

New developments in hardware-based 'accelerators' range from electronic tensor cores and
memristor-based arrays to photonic implementations. The goal of these approaches is to …

Given recent algorithm, software, and hardware innovation, computing has enabled a
plethora of new applications. As computing becomes increasingly ubiquitous, however, so …

Advancements in digital technologies, such as the Internet of Things (IoT), fog/edge/cloud
computing, and cyber‐physical systems have revolutionized a broad spectrum of smart city …

There are now hundreds of cryptocurrencies in existence and the technological backbone of
many of these currencies is blockchain—a digital ledger of transactions. The competitive …

Since its deployment in 2009, Bitcoin has achieved remarkable success and spawned
hundreds of other cryptocurrencies. The author traces the evolution of the hardware …

Blockchain technology has taken on a leading position in today's industrial applications by
providing salient features and showing significant performance since its beginning …

Hardware flaws are permanent and potent: hardware cannot be patched once fabricated,
and any flaws may undermine even formally verified software executing on top …

Increasing demand for power-efficient, high-performance computing has spurred a growing
number and diversity of hardware accelerators in mobile and server Systems on Chip …