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U.K. to spend $90 million on supercomputer

April 3, 2006 Hector will have top speed of 100 teraflops and be used by British scientists in their research. TAGS: teraflop, supercomputer, U.K., scientist

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.

Which supercomputers rule?

June 27, 2007 Latest top 500 ranking of the speedy machines includes old favorites like IBM's BlueGene/L, plus a few surprises. TAGS: teraflop, supercomputing, supercomputer, Jaguar, benchmarking, AMD, Cray Inc., x86 processor, Intel Itanium, IBM Corp., HP, Intel, conference

IBM's Roadrunner set to smash supercomputing marks

November 12, 2007 Top500 list of speediest machines is now out, but upcoming IBM computer will top a quadrillion operations a second--more than double what we can do today. TAGS: teraflop, supercomputer, Blue Gene/L, supercomputing, IBM Corp., India, operation, HP, AMD, Intel

New blood joins supercomputer ranking

November 16, 2003 Of the top 10 systems on a list of the 500 most powerful supercomputers, three machines are new, one is upgraded, and two are based on processors that have never before appeared on the list. TAGS: teraflop, supercomputer, Intel Itanium 2, HP PA-RISC, Intel Xeon, AMD Opteron, IBM Corp., Intel Itanium, HP, Apple Computer, Intel, China, researcher

Two records in one day for SGI supercomputer

October 27, 2004 The public record has been eclipsed by a faster result yet to be announced, CNET News.com has learned. Photos: SGI's Columbia supercomputer TAGS: Silicon Graphics Inc., teraflop, supercomputer, Intel Itanium, IBM Corp., record, California

Chinese supercomputer headed to top ranks

June 4, 2004 A Chinese computer, using a cluster approach that sidesteps trade barriers against the spread of supercomputing technology, is expected to rank high on the next list of fastest machines. TAGS: teraflop, supercomputer, supercomputing, high-performance computing, high-performance, AMD, Intel Itanium 2, Cray Inc., approach, AMD Opteron

Energy Dept. goes on supercomputer spending spree

May 12, 2004 The department will buy a series of supercomputers from Cray, IBM and Silicon Graphics to be installed at national laboratories, the government has announced. TAGS: Cray Inc., teraflop, supercomputer, Silicon Graphics Inc., Blue Gene/L, lab, department, Japan, IBM Corp., acquisition, U.S.

IBM supercomputer top-ranked blade machine

November 5, 2004 Barcelona's MareNostrum isn't the fastest supercomputer on Earth, but 20 teraflops with regular blade servers is nothing to sneer at. TAGS: teraflop, blade, Blue Gene/L, supercomputer, blade server, Barcelona, Cray Inc., IBM Corp., server

Sun eyes supercomputing glory

June 26, 2007 The linchpin is a piece of hardware that conducts traffic between the servers, memory and data storage.Image: Sun's Constellation System TAGS: teraflop, supercomputing, Sun Microsystems Inc., supercomputer, switch, Blue Gene/L, InfiniBand, high-performance computing, blade, data storage, storage system, port, networking, high-performance, server, 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., rank, supercomputing, calculation

New supercomputers overhaul top ranks

June 22, 2005 Stays at the top of supercomputer hill are becoming increasingly short-lived, as five of the top 10 systems are new to the list. Photos: The fastest supercomputer TAGS: teraflop, Blue Gene, Dave Turek, supercomputer, Sandia National Laboratories, Blue Gene/L, IBM Corp., AMD Opteron, Intel Xeon, Intel Itanium, HP, Apple Computer, 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 Itanium, Intel Xeon, HP, Linux, Japan, Intel, server

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., ranking, Silicon Graphics Inc., NEC Electronics Corp., IBM Corp., agency, server

'Big Mac' supercomputer one of world's fastest

October 24, 2003 A supercomputer built by Virginia Tech from 1,100 dual-processor Macintosh G5 PCs looks likely to rank with the five fastest machines in the world, despite costing a relative pittance. TAGS: teraflop, supercomputer, cluster, Linux NetworX, peak, figure, InfiniBand, Intel Itanium 2, Apple Macintosh, Intel Xeon, Apple Computer, Japan, HP, PC, server

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, NEC Electronics Corp., supercomputer, forecasting, weather, U.K., representative

Sun fuels cosmic research

December 17, 2003 The company invests in the next generation of SETI@Home, a distributed computing project that aims to open the doors to inexpensive, shared computing--and extraterrestrial intelligence. TAGS: teraflop, distributed computing, Sun Microsystems Inc., computing, computer user, IBM Corp., generation

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.

Virginia Tech beefs up Mac supercomputer

October 26, 2004 School is the second organization to pre-announce performance claims before the November release of a list of the world's fastest computers. TAGS: Apple Xserve, teraflop, supercomputer, supercomputing, Apple Computer, school, Apple Macintosh, server

Apple sells supercomputer sequel

June 21, 2004 U.S. Army contractor snaps up $5.8 million, 1,566-server supercomputer, as Mac maker angles for its share of the market. TAGS: teraflop, supercomputer, Apple Xserve G5, Apple Xserve, Apple Computer, IBM PowerPC, networking, Apple Mac OS X, server, IBM Corp., Apple Macintosh
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