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IBM Watson

IBM Watson is a computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language. It was developed as a part of IBM's DeepQA project by a research team, led by principal investigator David Ferrucci. Watson was named after IBM's founder and first CEO, industrialist Thomas J. Watson.

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Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA
Architecture
2,880 POWER7 processor threads
Memory
16 terabytes of RAM
Operators
IBM
Speed
80 teraFLOPS

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IBM Watson → Alpha, Artificial, GeneIBM WatsonxCommonsense, Glossary, New York
Architecture · 1
IBM Watson → 2,880 POWER7 processor threads
Location · 1
IBM Watson → Thomas J. Watson Research Center, New York, USA
Memory · 1
IBM Watson → 16 terabytes of RAM
Operators · 1
IBM Watson → IBM
Speed · 1
IBM Watson → 80 teraFLOPS
Website · 1
IBM Watson → www.ibm.com/watson
is a · 1
IBM Watson → computer system capable of answering questions posed in natural language

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