IBM’s Sequoia is now the world’s fastest supercomputer
June 19th, 2012 - 8:34 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York, June 19 (THAINDIAN NEWS) IBM's Sequoia has overtaken the number 1 spot as the fastest supercomputer.
Fujitsu’s K Computer fell to second place on the list, which is released ... Read more...
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Chinese supercomputer begins operations
January 20th, 2012 - 10:21 am ICT by IANS
Beijing, Jan 20 (IANS) China's Sunway BlueLight supercomputer, which was built with domestically-produced microprocessors and is capable of performing around 1,000 trillion calculations per second, has officially begun operations.The computer ... Read more...
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Malaria-infected cells stiffen, block blood flow to brain and other organs
December 21st, 2010 - 5:15 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, Dec 21 (ANI): For the first time, scientists have shown the malaria parasite's journeys in the body using advanced computer modeling and laboratory experiments.Researchers at Brown University and the Massachusetts Institute ... Read more...
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Argonne’s supercomputer crosses two billion processor-hour mark
June 19th, 2010 - 6:49 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, June 19 (ANI): The Argonne Leadership Computing Facility (ALCF), located at the U.S. Department of Energy's (DOE) Argonne National Laboratory, has run over two billion processor-hours of computations at a speed ... Read more...
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Scientists create brain-like computing on an organic molecular layer
April 26th, 2010 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
London, Apr 26 (ANI): Taking a leap towards intelligent and creative computers, researchers have now created a brain-like process of circuit evolution in an organic molecular layer that can solve complex problems.The ... Read more...
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An upgrade makes “Jaguar” the world’s fastest supercomputer
November 21st, 2009 - 1:13 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 21 (ANI): Reports indicate that an upgrade to a Cray XT5 high-performance computing system deployed by the US Department of Energy has made the "Jaguar" supercomputer the world's fastest.Located ... Read more...
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Scientists to use supercomputers to “shine light” on black holes
October 20th, 2009 - 2:19 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, October 20 (ANI): Scientists at the Rochester Institute of Technology (RIT) in the US are all set to make use of two of the fastest supercomputers in the world in their ... Read more...
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Saudi varsity, IBM to build one of world’s fastest supercomputers
September 24th, 2008 - 6:07 pm ICT by IANS
Dubai, Sep 24 (IANS) Saudi Arabia's upcoming King Abdullah University for Science and Technology (KAUST) has announced it will build one of the world's fastest and most powerful supercomputers in collaboration with ... Read more...
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Canada to get world’s first supercomputer outside the US
August 16th, 2008 - 2:09 pm ICT by IANS
By Gurmukh Singh
Toronto,Aug 16 (IANS) Toronto university and the IBM have joined hands to build Canada's most powerful and energy- efficient supercomputer yet. Capable of performing 360 trillion calculations per second, the ... Read more...
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Supercomputer to stimulate extreme physics of exploding stars
May 2nd, 2008 - 3:57 pm ICT by admin
Washington, May 2 (ANI): A team of scientists will use one of the worlds most powerful supercomputers to simulate the extreme physics of exploding stars.Robert Fisher and Cal Jordan are among ... Read more...
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Boeing to certify Indian supercomputer
April 16th, 2008 - 8:31 pm ICT by admin
New Delhi, April 16 (IANS) The Boeing Company said Wednesday it is partnering with Computational Research Laboratory (CRL), a subsidiary of the Tata Group, to test and validate one of the world's ... Read more...
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