items tagged with Supercomputer
Supercomputer drives Aussie research priorities: Carr
Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-11-16 02:50:32
The Commonwealth has tipped $26 million into a new supercomputer project at the Australian National University that could ultimately be used to crank through the massive volumes of data generated by the Square Kilometre Array project.
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Written By: James Riley
Section: Information technology news
Category: E-Government
2009-11-16 02:50:32
The Commonwealth has tipped $26 million into a new supercomputer project at the Australian National University that could ultimately be used to crank through the massive volumes of data generated by the Square Kilometre Array project.
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Australia's new supercomputer
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-11-15 22:51:23
Increasing raw throughput over its predecessor by a factor of ten, the new Sun Constellation supercomputer was officially launched today.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-11-15 22:51:23
Increasing raw throughput over its predecessor by a factor of ten, the new Sun Constellation supercomputer was officially launched today.
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US honours IT inventors
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2009-10-07 18:01:37
The US National Medal of Technology and Innovation has been presented to IBM and to PostScript inventors John Warnock and Charles Geschke. The medals were presented by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology people
Category: Shakers & Breakers - People
2009-10-07 18:01:37
The US National Medal of Technology and Innovation has been presented to IBM and to PostScript inventors John Warnock and Charles Geschke. The medals were presented by President Barack Obama at a White House ceremony.
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Supercomputer for Kiwi enviro forecasting
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-08-31 04:40:54
New Zealand’s National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has paid out big money to purchase an IBM supercomputer for use in environmental forecasting in one of the country’s most significant investments in science.
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Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news
Category: Market News
2009-08-31 04:40:54
New Zealand’s National Institute of Water & Atmospheric Research (NIWA) has paid out big money to purchase an IBM supercomputer for use in environmental forecasting in one of the country’s most significant investments in science.
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IBM tops latest Green500 supercomputer list
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-07-14 03:14:50
IBM has shamed its competitors, ranking by far the most environmentally friendly supercomputer maker. Eighteen of the top 20 systems on the Green500 list were made by IBM. The Green500 ranks supercomputers according to the number of floating-point operations per second they can perform for each watt of power consumed.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-07-14 03:14:50
IBM has shamed its competitors, ranking by far the most environmentally friendly supercomputer maker. Eighteen of the top 20 systems on the Green500 list were made by IBM. The Green500 ranks supercomputers according to the number of floating-point operations per second they can perform for each watt of power consumed.
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IBM leads Green Sigma Coalition
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 18:38:43
A new alliance led by IBM aims to improve energy, water, waste and greenhouse gas management through interoperability. Green Sigma applies Lean Six Sigma principles and practices to these areas.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 18:38:43
A new alliance led by IBM aims to improve energy, water, waste and greenhouse gas management through interoperability. Green Sigma applies Lean Six Sigma principles and practices to these areas.
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Intel infiltrates the Top500, Linux is unmoved
Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 17:30:17
Every six months, a list of the Top500 most powerful supercomputers is released. The 33rd list, released today, shows that more systems than ever are based on Intel CPUs; and Linux.
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Technology feature
Category: Virtualisation
2009-06-23 17:30:17
Every six months, a list of the Top500 most powerful supercomputers is released. The 33rd list, released today, shows that more systems than ever are based on Intel CPUs; and Linux.
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Southern hemisphere's largest HPCs coming to Australia
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-03-18 20:02:26
Australian weather forecasters are set to get a supercomputer 12 times as powerful as their existing system. More than 2500 Nehalem-based Sun Blades will be installed in Canberra and Melbourne.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2009-03-18 20:02:26
Australian weather forecasters are set to get a supercomputer 12 times as powerful as their existing system. More than 2500 Nehalem-based Sun Blades will be installed in Canberra and Melbourne.
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Intel Inside 379 of fastest 500 computers on planet
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-11-17 07:05:33
The 32nd list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, based on performance, has been published and Intel is inside an astonishing 379 of them! So, just how fast is the top ten?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-11-17 07:05:33
The 32nd list of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, based on performance, has been published and Intel is inside an astonishing 379 of them! So, just how fast is the top ten?
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U.S. DOE now computes faster than anyone with Jaguar
Written By: William Atkins
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-11-11 12:35:03
The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Monday, November 10, 2008 that its newly updated Cray XT Jaguar supercomputer is the fastest “open science” computer in the world. It now purrs along at 1.64 petaflops, what correlates to 1.64 quadrillion mathematical calculations per second.
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Written By: William Atkins
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-11-11 12:35:03
The U.S. Department of Energy announced on Monday, November 10, 2008 that its newly updated Cray XT Jaguar supercomputer is the fastest “open science” computer in the world. It now purrs along at 1.64 petaflops, what correlates to 1.64 quadrillion mathematical calculations per second.
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Windows HPC Server 2008 goes RTM
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-09-23 02:40:11
Windows HPC Server 2008 is the latest member of Microsoft's operating systems family to go into production. HPC - high performance computing - is aimed at customers with major number-crunching tasks.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news
Category: Software
2008-09-23 02:40:11
Windows HPC Server 2008 is the latest member of Microsoft's operating systems family to go into production. HPC - high performance computing - is aimed at customers with major number-crunching tasks.
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Green supercomputer heading to Canada
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-08-14 22:29:30
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-08-14 22:29:30
The University of Toronto is set to become home to the largest - though perhaps not the fastest - supercomputer outside the US.
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IBM dominates Green500 supercomputer list
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-07-24 18:55:26
IBM has smashed its competitors in the latest Green500 list of the most energy-efficient supercomputers, which shows that performance and running costs need not be diametrically opposed. The latest list shows that other supercomputer vendors are struggling to compete with IBM in the bang per Watt stakes.
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Sustainability
Category: Green IT
2008-07-24 18:55:26
IBM has smashed its competitors in the latest Green500 list of the most energy-efficient supercomputers, which shows that performance and running costs need not be diametrically opposed. The latest list shows that other supercomputer vendors are struggling to compete with IBM in the bang per Watt stakes.
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Toshiba reveals PlayStation 3 powered supercomputer laptop
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-23 19:46:59
The new Toshiba Qosmio G50 laptop will feature a SpursEngine Quad Core HD processor. Based upon the same Cell design as found in the PS3 and the world's fastest supercomputer, is it more laptop than anyone really needs?
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Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-23 19:46:59
The new Toshiba Qosmio G50 laptop will feature a SpursEngine Quad Core HD processor. Based upon the same Cell design as found in the PS3 and the world's fastest supercomputer, is it more laptop than anyone really needs?
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Melbourne University to house fourth most powerful supercomputer in world
Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-19 07:13:15
A 400Tflop supercomputer costing $100 million is going to be built at the University of Melbourne in a facility devoted to life sciences and, with that performance, it would rank number four on the Top500 supercomputer list as it stands today. The Victorian state government has guaranteed to put up $50 million for the project, making it a sure bet that the major supercomputer vendors will be bidding for the business.
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Written By: Stan Beer
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-19 07:13:15
A 400Tflop supercomputer costing $100 million is going to be built at the University of Melbourne in a facility devoted to life sciences and, with that performance, it would rank number four on the Top500 supercomputer list as it stands today. The Victorian state government has guaranteed to put up $50 million for the project, making it a sure bet that the major supercomputer vendors will be bidding for the business.
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Microsoft scrapes into top 500 supercomputer list, but IBM rules supreme
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-18 19:49:19
IBM has obliterated the competition in the supercomputing stakes with the top 10 of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, but Microsoft has surprisingly scraped in at number 23 with its Windows HPC Server system. While Microsoft is an unlucky 13 numbers away from the top 10, does the wow start now?
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Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Core Dump
Category: Apple and anything else
2008-06-18 19:49:19
IBM has obliterated the competition in the supercomputing stakes with the top 10 of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, but Microsoft has surprisingly scraped in at number 23 with its Windows HPC Server system. While Microsoft is an unlucky 13 numbers away from the top 10, does the wow start now?
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Linux Leads the Super Pack
Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-18 08:45:15
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Written By: David Heath
Section: Information technology news
Category: Hardware
2008-06-18 08:45:15
The latest TOP500 listing of Supercomputers has been released with some interesting highlights. Australia has just one entrant (ranked 468), whereas there are 6 in New Zealand - 4 of which are identical systems at Weta Studios.
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