Smartphone chips to power prototype supercomputer
The Barcelona Supercomputing Center will deploy a prototype ARM supercomputer in July.
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China surpassing U.S. with 54.9 petaflop supercomputer
Intel-based system has China poised to take the global lead in Top500 supercomputing list this month.
Read more...DOST Strengthens R&D Capabilities with IBM Supercomputer
The Department of Science and Technology (DOST), the University of the Philippines (UP) and IBM have announced that the world-renowned IBM Blue Gene supercomputer has been chosen to support the Philippine government's priority R&D projects focused on reducing poverty, improving government processes and tools and enabling smarter weather management, as based on the National Economic Development Authority's Medium Term Development Plan. A priority initiative around weather prediction will be the pilot project to use the IBM Blue Gene supercomputer as its platform.
Read more...Cray offers a more modest supercomputer for the enterprise
Supercomputer manufacturer Cray has expanded its portfolio of systems for the technical enterprise market.
Read more...Indiana University dedicates biggest college-owned supercomputer
Indiana University today dedicated the fastest supercomputer owned by a university to date -- the new Big Red II system.
Read more...IBM 'overclocks' solar energy collector tech with supercomputer cooling
When most people think of solar power, they imagine a simple solar panel on the roof of their building. But to really amass a significant amount of energy from our Sun, we need to use reflecting dishes, known as solar concentrators, to align solar rays into a single energy-collecting point.
Read more...Japan’s KVH launches two new data centres in Singapore and HK
With an investment of about US$100 million, broadens Cloud platform capabilities across 10 sites in Asia and Europe
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