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Computing technology firm, IBM are making plans to explore the virtually limitless potential of its supercomputer named Watson after its former president Thomas Watson and which was built in 2005 by the firm's DeepQA project. The supercomputer defeated its human rivals in the America's Favorite Quiz Show, Jeopardy TV game show; and the supercomputer has been shown to compute substantial chunks of information at a rate faster than the human brain.
According to a report on the BBC news site, IBM has earmarked about $1 billion to create a new division solely for the supercomputer. The company aims to harness the supercomputer's capabilities in mimicking how people think (using natural language and analytics) and understanding language complexities and learning from experience, to develop faster and smarter software solutions for businesses and individuals.
Emerging area of immediate application, according to expert opinion, is healthcare where medical professionals will likely access the supercomputer's gigantic cloud computing database, Softlayer, using smartphones that are linked wirelessly to their diagnostic equipment.
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