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Photo: NEC's new SX-8 supercomputer

October 21, 2004 The SX-8 is the latest incarnation of the high-end but relatively rare "vector" computer breed. TAGS: NEC Electronics Corp., supercomputer, photograph

NEC announces new vector supercomputer

October 18, 2006 Japanese company announces SX-8R machines, a vector system tailored for mathematical operations. TAGS: Cray Inc., NEC Electronics Corp., Japanese company, supercomputer

NEC's supercomputer sits by your side

September 13, 2005 A version of the SX-8 can calculate 16 billion operations per second. Surprisingly, it's small enough to fit under a desk. TAGS: NEC Electronics Corp., supercomputer

NEC updates vector supercomputer

October 21, 2004 The SX-8 is the latest incarnation of a high-end but relatively rare computer breed. TAGS: Cray Inc., NEC Electronics Corp., supercomputer, high-performance, U.S.

U.K. weather forecasters bet on supercomputers

June 21, 2004 NEC machines oust Crays, but can they clear the clouds away from erroneous reports? TAGS: Cray Inc., teraflop, supercomputer, NEC Electronics Corp., forecasting, weather, U.K., representative

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., Blue Gene/L, Apple Xserve, calculation, NEC Electronics Corp., IBM Corp., server, Apple Computer

IBM revs supercomputer in rankings race

November 4, 2004 Blue Gene/L performance likely to far outpace NEC's Earth Simulator in contest of high-powered machines, News.com has learned. Photos: SGI's rival Columbia supercomputer TAGS: Blue Gene/L, teraflop, supercomputer, Cray Inc., Silicon Graphics Inc., ranking, NEC Electronics Corp., IBM Corp., agency, server

IBM supercomputing goes retro

October 25, 2004 Big Blue puts a new twist on an older technology. But will it steal thunder from the computing giant's other big machines? TAGS: IBM POWER5, Cray Inc., supercomputer, supercomputing, IBM Corp., Blue Gene/L, NEC Electronics Corp., computing, high-performance computing, high-performance

Makers of white-box supercomputers hit their stride

May 10, 2004 The growing popularity of Linux is making smaller companies such as Linux Networx, California Digital and Optimus household names among buyers of supercomputers. TAGS: Optimus Corp., Linux NetworX, Verari Systems Inc., supercomputer, Linux cluster, cluster, AMD, AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon, NEC Electronics Corp., Linux, IBM Corp., California, operating system

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, Silicon Graphics Inc., Apple Xserve, IBM Corp., NEC Electronics Corp., calculation, Intel Itanium, Apple Computer, Intel

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, incarnation, supercomputer, Cray Inc., IBM Corp., NEC Electronics Corp., calculation, U.S.
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