supercomputing
Computing

IBM’s Blue Gene/Q Heading To University Of Melbourne

Gizmodo AU

IBM’s just announced that one of its Blue Gene/Q supercomputers will be heading to the University Of Melbourne. Its task? Intensive medical research.

January 5, 2012
Geek Out

Watch This Gorgeous And Terrifying Simulation Of Hurricane Katrina As It Gathers Strength

This dramatic visualisation of hurricane Katrina masterfully captures the monster storm for a period of 1.5 days as it gathers strength over warm ocean waters.

December 4, 2010
Computing

Hunting Child Pornographers With A 1.8 Petaflop Supercomputer

Bad news, child pornographers: you’re now being hunted by a supercomputer. Over the course of the next year, one million processing hours on Jaguar, Oak Ridge Labs’ 1.8 petaflop supercomputer, will be dedicated to ferreting out child porn’s loathsome producers.

October 27, 2010
Science

Bees Solve Hard Computing Problems Faster Than Supercomputers

In a new study, researchers report that bumblebees were able to figure out the most efficient routes among several computer-controlled “flowers,” quickly solving a complex problem that even stumps supercomputers.

November 30, 2009
Gaming

Department Of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s To Upgrade Supercomputer

Apparently the Department of defence believes that PS3 consoles are a better value for supercomputer clusters than IBM products specifically designed for the purpose. Though the recent price drop probably didn’t hurt in justifying a 2,200 console order.

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