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'Jaguar' supercomputer gaining speed

Cray Inc. said it has sealed a deal to overhaul the US Department of Energy's "Jaguar" supercomputer, making it faster than any other machine on the planet.

Electronics / Hardware

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Japanese supercomputer becomes world's fastest (Update)

A Japanese supercomputer has become the fastest in the world, making calculations more than three times faster than a Chinese rival, its developers said Monday.

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created Jun 20, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (10) | comments 13

China boasts world's fastest supercomputer

China is set to trump the US to take the number one spot for the fastest supercomputer ever made in a survey of the world's zippiest machines, it was reported Thursday.

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Fujitsu develops world's fastest processor

(AP) -- Japanese computer maker Fujitsu Ltd. said Wednesday that it has successfully developed the world's fastest supercomputer processing unit with more than twice the speed of the current leader.

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When worlds collide: Researchers harness supercomputers to understand solar storm, magnetosphere

If the sun is anything, it is reassuring. It rises, sets, and rises again, allowing us to grow crops, get tan, and power homes, just to name a few of humanity's most important life-sustaining functions. No ...

Space & Earth / Space Exploration

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From opening thunder to closing whimper

Thanks to lightning-fast software from the Department of Homeland Security's Science and Technology Directorate (DHS S&T), if a truck bomb was discovered in Lower Manhattan we will now be able to predict the ...

Technology / Engineering

created Feb 01, 2012 | popularity 4 / 5 (1) | comments 0

Virginia Tech unveils HokieSpeed, a new powerful supercomputer for the masses

Virginia Tech crashed the supercomputing arena in 2003 with System X, a machine that placed the university among the world's top computational research facilities. Now comes HokieSpeed, a new supercomputer ...

Electronics / Hardware

created Dec 21, 2011 | popularity 3.7 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Researchers create tool for 'Circuit-Aware' reliability testing

(PhysOrg.com) -- A PML research team has devised a reliability data transformation methodology that could ease one of the semiconductor industry’s most vexing problems: reliability qualification.

Technology / Semiconductors

created Dec 09, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (3) | comments 0

Creation of the largest human-designed protein boosts protein engineering efforts

(PhysOrg.com) -- If Guinness World Records had a category for the largest human-designed protein, then a team of Vanderbilt chemists would have just claimed it.

Biology / Cell & Microbiology

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Cray replaces IBM on U. of Illinois supercomputer

The University of Illinois says Seattle-based Cray Inc. will take over construction of the stalled $300 million Blue Waters supercomputer project, three months after IBM pulled out citing cost and technical concerns.

Electronics / Hardware

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity not rated yet | comments 1

Three DOE labs now connected with ultra-high speed network

The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) is now supporting scientific research at unprecedented bandwidth speeds – at least ten times faster than commercial Internet providers – with a new network that connects thousands ...

Technology / Telecom

created Nov 14, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (1) | comments 2

Kraken set to deliver two billionth CPU hour, sustains 96 percent utilization

Kraken, the world's fastest academic supercomputer, is adding some impressive credentials to its resume. Not only will the Cray XT5 deliver its 2 billionth CPU hour to open science during the week of the SC11 Conference, ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Nov 13, 2011 | popularity 5 / 5 (2) | comments 0

Tokamak experiments come clean about impurity transport

A fusion reactor operates best when the hot plasma inside it consists only of fusion fuel (hydrogen's heavy isotopes, deuterium and tritium), much as a car runs best with a clean engine. But fusion fuel reactions ...

Physics / Plasma Physics

created Nov 10, 2011 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (5) | comments 23 | with audio podcast

PRIMEHPC FX10 supercomputer wins crown for Fujitsu

(PhysOrg.com) -- Fujitsu yesterday announced a new commercial supercomputer, the PRIMEHPC FX10. The announcement is a stunner because of its specs, and right on the heels of this month’s other Fujitsu ...

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