News tagged with parallel supercomputer

Researcher tests performance of diverse HPC architectures

Surveying the wide range of parallel system architectures offered in the supercomputer market, an Ohio State University researcher recently sought to establish some side-by-side performance comparisons.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Mar 29, 2012 | popularity not rated yet | comments 0

IBM pursues chips that behave like brains

Computers, like humans, can learn. But when Google tries to fill in your search box based only on a few keystrokes, or your iPhone predicts words as you type a text message, it's only a narrow mimicry of what ...

Technology / Hi Tech & Innovation

created Aug 18, 2011 | popularity 4.4 / 5 (17) | comments 18

Nvidia chip team gets 25 million dollars from US military

Nvidia on Monday said it is leading a team awarded 25 million dollars by Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to create a chip that leaves today's super computers in the dust.

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Aug 10, 2010 | popularity 4.2 / 5 (28) | comments 14

Fujitsu, JAEA Unveil Japan's Fastest Supercomputer

Fujitsu today announced that it has completed joint development of a new supercomputer system with the Japan Atomic Energy Agency (JAEA). The new supercomputer system went operational today.

Electronics / Hardware

created Mar 03, 2010 | popularity 2.3 / 5 (3) | comments 3

Research team 'virtualizes' supercomputer

A collaboration between researchers at Northwestern University, Sandia National Labs and the University of New Mexico has resulted in the largest-scale study ever done on what many consider an important part of the future ...

Technology / Computer Sciences

created Jan 20, 2010 | popularity 3.9 / 5 (7) | comments 0