Archive for the 'Supercomputer' Category

Jaquar chases Roadrunner for fastest supercomputer

Monday, November 17th, 2008

Two systems, including one based on x86 chips, have become the first ever to break the petaflop/s barrier in the latest Top500 supercomputer list. Cray’s XT5 Jaguar supercomputer has narrowly missed displacing IBM’s Roadrunner system as the world’s fastest supercomputer, according to the results of the bi-annual ‘Top500′ supercomputing…
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Flexing a super (computing) muscle

Monday, January 28th, 2008

The U.S. remains No. 1 in the world in high-performance computing, but IBM’s Dave Turek examines whether it can maintain its current domination. When it comes to high-performance computing, the U.S. enjoys a position of unparalleled dominance in the field of supercomputers. But there’s little guarantee that today’s…
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