Making Watson fast

IBM Journal of Research and Development

Volumn 56, Issue 3-4, 2012, Pages

  Epstein, E A ^a   Schor, M I ^a   Iyer, B S ^a   Lally, A ^a   Brown, E W ^a   Cwiklik, J ^a  

^a IBM T J WATSON RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

LOW LATENCY; PARALLEL COMPUTATION; QUESTION ANSWERING;

PROGRAM PROCESSORS;

COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE;

EID: 84859826060     PISSN: 00188646     EISSN: 21518556     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/JRD.2012.2188761     Document Type: Review

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