Teraflops for non-flop rain forecast (With ‘No need to fear drought or flood this year: Earth Sciences Minister’)
July 31st, 2011 - 4:46 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, July 31 (IANS) Indian meteorologists have weathered many jokes whenever they failed to accurately forecast monsoon rainfall. Their problem is that they still depend on an old statistical ... Read more...
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Jeopardy! Man vs Machine finale
February 17th, 2011 - 8:28 pm ICT by Aishwarya Bhatt
New York City, Feb 17 (THAINDIAN NEWS) Machine triumphed over man during the “Jeopardy!” finale.After three days of contest, IBM’s Watson did beat two former champions of the game. It was a ... Read more...
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India eyes supercomputer for accurate weather predictions
February 17th, 2011 - 7:11 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Feb 17 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) is planning to acquire an advanced supercomputer to carry out cutting edge research in weather predictions and the future of earth's climate, ... Read more...
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China Creates World’s Fastest Supercomputer
October 29th, 2010 - 9:49 pm ICT by Angela Kaye Mason
Oct 29 (THAINDIAN NEWS) The Chinese have stepped up to replace the United States as the maker of the world’s fastest supercomputer. At conference which was held at a research center in ... Read more...
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Met office to give seven-day forecasts
January 15th, 2010 - 9:43 pm ICT by IANS
New Delhi, Jan 15 (IANS) The India Meteorological Department (IMD) Friday installed a super computing device that will upgrade its short range weather prediction from two days to seven days.
"Currently, we are ... Read more...
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World’s 5 fastest computers
December 1st, 2009 - 7:16 pm ICT by ANI
London, December 1 (ANI): The latest ranking of the Top500 project has made a list of the world's fastest computers.According to a report in New Scientist, the chart is based on the ... Read more...
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Worlds fastest supercomputer for science revealed
November 18th, 2008 - 12:05 pm ICT by ANI
Washington, November 18 (ANI): A high-performance computing system at the Department of Energy''s (DOE) Oak Ridge National Laboratory has been proclaimed the worlds fastest supercomputer for science.
The Cray XT, called Jaguar, ... Read more...
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