Timeline of computing 2020–present

This article presents a detailed timeline of events in the history of computing from 2020 to the present.For narratives explaining the overall developments, see the history of computing.Significant events in computing include events relating directly or indirectly to software, hardware and wetware.Excluded (except in instances of significant functional overlap) are: Currently excluded are: Very broad outlines of topic domains and topics with substantial progress during the decade not yet included above with a Further information: link:

Growth of supercomputer performance, based on data from the top500.org website. The logarithmic y -axis shows performance in G FLOPS .
Combined performance of 500 largest supercomputers

Fastest supercomputer

Supercomputer in 500th place

Share of operating systems families in TOP500 supercomputers by time trend

Usage share of web browsers in November 2020 according to StatCounter

Combining GPT-4 and Stable Diffusion to generate art from sketches ^{[

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The fMRI machine used for brain-reading

Outline of the study's open source virtual brain model. ^{[

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Illustration of "thought cloning"

Summary of the Med-PaLM M Med-PaLM M training data

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An experiment suggests people and search engines often fail in online searches for evaluating misinformation

Scientists coin and outline a new field ' organoid intelligence ' (OI)

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"BacCam" demonstrates encoding and storing data into bacterial DNA without new DNA synthesis by recording light exposure.

AI company DeepMind reported that its AlphaFold program had determined the likely structure of nearly every protein known to science.

Deep learning systems learn intuitive basic physics similar to infants and any physics via potential variables-identification from only visual data (of virtual 3D environments).

The overall process of testing the reproducibility and robustness of the cancer biology literature via Eve ^{[

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Measured results of the study about change in intelligence in children 9–12 from screen time watching, screen time socializing and screen time gaming. ^{[

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A study found that carbon emissions from Bitcoin mining in China – where a majority of the proof-of-work algorithm that generates current economic value is computed, largely fueled by nonrenewable sources – have accelerated rapidly and would soon exceed total annual emissions of countries like Italy, interfering with climate change mitigation commitments.

Researchers published the first in-depth study of Web browser tab interfaces .

Scientists demonstrated the first brain–computer interface that decodes neural signals for handwriting and has a record output speed of up to 90 characters per minute – more than double the previous record.

Scientists debated the research cognitive impacts of smartphones and digital technology in general and by prevalent forms of use.

DeepMind 's AlphaFold AI predicted the structures of over 350,000 proteins , including 98.5% of the ~20,000 proteins in the human body, along with degrees of confidence for accuracy.

A researcher reported that solar superstorms would cause large-scale global months-long Internet outages .

Researchers developed machine learning models for genome-based early detection and prioritization of high-risk potential zoonotic viruses.

Schema of how the open database, interactive visualization tools, protocols and a metadata ontology for reporting device data, open-source code for data analysis, etc. can support perovskite solar cell development ^{[

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