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U.K.'s fastest supercomputer unveiled

January 15, 2008 Hector handles 63 trillion calculations per second, the equivalent processing power of 12,000 desktops. But it can't touch Blue Gene/L. TAGS: supercomputer, teraflop, Blue Gene/L, calculation, U.K.

Blue Gene/L tops own supercomputing record

March 23, 2005 Machine doubles its performance by doubling its size. Put another 135.5 trillion notches in the handle, for the number of calcs per second. TAGS: Blue Gene/L, rack, supercomputing, calculation, IBM Corp., supercomputer

Blue Gene gets to its roots at Japan lab

September 7, 2004 IBM sells its fourth supercomputer--to tackle the protein-folding challenge that inspired the computer in the first place. TAGS: Blue Gene/L, Blue Gene, protein, Rochester, supercomputer, Cray Inc., supercomputing, IBM Corp., lab, Japan, calculation

IBM gives glimpse of Blue Gene performance

November 14, 2003 Big Blue talks up its exotic Blue Gene/L supercomputer, the first module of which is a relatively small, dishwasher-size machine that can perform 1.4 trillion calculations per second. TAGS: Blue Gene, Blue Gene/L, IBM Corp., supercomputer, Cray Inc., supercomputing, calculation, project, Linux, HP, server

IBM claims fastest supercomputer title--for now

September 29, 2004 Sure, 36.01 trillion calculations per second is pretty fast. But some say SGI could eventually beat that. TAGS: Blue Gene/L, Dave Turek, supercomputer, teraflop, Apple Xserve, Silicon Graphics Inc., IBM Corp., NEC Electronics Corp., calculation, Intel Itanium, Apple Computer, Intel

Blue Gene/L tops its own supercomputer record

October 27, 2005 Blue Gene/L already is the world's fastest supercomputer, according to the Top500 list that ranks such machines. TAGS: Blue Gene/L, supercomputer, Cray Inc., teraflop, IBM POWER5, calculation, IBM Corp.

Second Blue Gene system rises up the ranks

June 13, 2005 A second Blue Gene/L supercomputer posts speed results of 91.3 trillion calculations per second, IBM plans to announce. TAGS: Blue Gene, Blue Gene/L, teraflop, supercomputer, IBM Corp., supercomputing, rank, calculation

IBM set to take supercomputing crown

November 5, 2004 A new incarnation of Blue Gene/L can perform 70.7 trillion calculations per second, Big Blue says. Photos: IBM's Blue Gene/L TAGS: Blue Gene/L, teraflop, supercomputing, supercomputer, incarnation, Cray Inc., IBM Corp., NEC Electronics Corp., calculation, U.S.

IBM's Blue Gene/L goes on sale

November 8, 2004 World's fastest supercomputer can now be yours for only $1.5 million. Machine combines exotic and mainstream technology. Photos: IBM's Blue Gene/L TAGS: Blue Gene, Blue Gene/L, Cray Inc., IBM Corp., supercomputer, calculation, project, Linux

IBM's second Blue Gene/L for a Dutch telescope

February 23, 2004 The company confirms that it will install a second Blue Gene/L supercomputer as part of a radio telescope project in the Netherlands. TAGS: Blue Gene/L, Blue Gene, supercomputer, calculation, Netherlands, Intel Xeon, IBM Corp., AMD Opteron, radio frequency, radio, sky, AMD, Intel

Blue Gene, Linux top supercomputing list

November 9, 2004 Open-source software and off-the-shelf hardware make strong showing among the best of the biggest. TAGS: teraflop, Blue Gene/L, supercomputing, Blue Gene, supercomputer, IBM Corp., AMD, calculation, Intel Xeon, Intel Itanium, HP, Linux, Japan, Intel, server

IBM plans second Blue Gene supercomputer

February 20, 2004 IBM will install a second Blue Gene/L supercomputer as part of a radio telescope project in the Netherlands, the company plans to announce Monday. TAGS: Blue Gene, Blue Gene/L, supercomputer, radio frequency, IBM Corp., Intel Xeon, Netherlands, radio, calculation, AMD Opteron, sky, AMD, Intel

This week in supercomputers

October 29, 2004 A new list of the top machines is about to be released and SGI, IBM and others are jostling for bragging rights. TAGS: supercomputer, IBM POWER5, Silicon Graphics Inc., Apple Xserve, Blue Gene/L, IBM Corp., NEC Electronics Corp., calculation, server, Apple Computer
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