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Cosmological simulations key to understanding the universe

Tiziana Di Matteo, associate professor of physics at Carnegie Mellon University is harnessing the power of supercomputing to recreate how galaxies are born, how they develop over time and, ultimately, how they collapse.

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Feb 17, 2009 | popularity 3.3 / 5 (4) | comments 0




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Venerable early Jaguar system retires

ORNL lost a computing powerhouse with the March retirement of the Jaguar XT4 supercomputer.

Electronics / Hardware

created Apr 18, 2011 | popularity 1 / 5 (2) | comments 2

20 petaflops: New supercomputer for Oak Ridge facility to regain speed lead over the Chinese

(PhysOrg.com) -- The Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) campus in Oak Ridge Tennessee will soon play host once again to the fastest computer in the world (barring any new sudden announcements by the Chinese). ...

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created Mar 23, 2011 | popularity 4.5 / 5 (14) | comments 18 | with audio podcast report

Astronomers conduct most detailed cosmological simulation to date

By incorporating the physics of black holes into a highly sophisticated model running on a powerful supercomputing system, an international team of scientists has produced an unprecedented simulation of cosmic evolution that ...

Space & Earth / Astronomy

created Jun 28, 2007 | popularity 4.6 / 5 (19) | comments 0

ORNL team discovers new way to spin up pulsars

A team of scientists using Oak Ridge National Laboratory supercomputers has discovered the first plausible explanation for a pulsar's spin that fits the observations made by astronomers. Anthony Mezzacappa ...

Physics / General Physics

created Jan 05, 2007 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (20) | comments 0

Red Storm upgrade lifts Sandia supercomputer to 2nd in world, but 1st in scalability, say researchers

A $15 million upgrade to Sandia’s Red Storm computer has increased its peak speed from 41.5 to 124.4 teraflops in a computing terrain in which a single teraflop was a big deal only 6 years ago.

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created Nov 15, 2006 | popularity 3.4 / 5 (39) | comments 0

Twenty-two Projects Keep Supercomputer Super Busy

With 54 teraflops of computing power, Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Cray XT3 is helping solve scientific grand challenges, but scheduling the many research projects and keeping the massive machine operating at peak capacity ...

Other Sciences / Other

created Oct 25, 2006 | popularity 3.1 / 5 (10) | comments 0

ORNL Jaguar supercomputer surpasses 50 teraflops

An upgrade to the Cray XT3 supercomputer at Oak Ridge National Laboratory, the most powerful supercomputer available for general scientific research in the United States, has increased the system's computing ...

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created Aug 25, 2006 | popularity 2.5 / 5 (35) | comments 0

Pittsburgh Center Unveils a Bigger, Faster Supercomputer Called 'Big Ben'

Pittsburgh Supercomputing Center (PSC) now has it own "Big Ben" -- only this technological bellwether rings out in teraflops. PSC acquired Big Ben, the first XT3 system to be shipped from Cray, Inc., with a ...

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created Jul 21, 2005 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0


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