Researchers have created a breakthrough model biological supercomputer
Researchers from the EU-funded ABACUS project have created a model biological supercomputer that is both sustainable and highly energy efficient.
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Mar 3, 2016
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Microchip shrinks radar cameras to fit into a palm
Scientists at Nanyang Technological University, Singapore (NTU Singapore) have developed a chip that allows new radar cameras to be made a hundred times smaller than current ones.
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Feb 23, 2016
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Microsoft testing underwater datacenters
Microsoft on Monday revealed that as the world turns to computing power in the cloud it is working to put datacenters under water.
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Feb 1, 2016
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New Intel chip technology designed to foil hackers
Intel Tuesday announced a chip technology that the company said was designed to foil hackers who use fake emails to trick employees into revealing their usernames and passwords.
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Jan 20, 2016
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Open-source GPU could push computing power to the next level
Researchers at Binghamton University have become the first to use an open-source graphics processor unit (GPU) for research.
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Jan 19, 2016
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Panasonic and Facebook develop optical disc-based data archive system for data centers
Panasonic Corporation today announced that it has developed Freeze-Ray, an optical disc-based data archive system in collaboration with Facebook. By collaborating with Facebook, Panasonic was able to design Freeze-Ray to ...
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Jan 13, 2016
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Powerful replacement in works for climate-modeling computer
One of the most powerful computers in the world dedicated to climate change, weather and other earth science research will be replaced in 2017 by an even faster machine, officials announced Monday.
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Jan 11, 2016
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NCAR announces powerful new supercomputer for scientific discovery
The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) announced today that it has selected its next supercomputer for advancing atmospheric and Earth science, following a competitive open procurement process. The new machine ...
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Jan 11, 2016
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Supercomputer benchmark gains adherents
A software program that ranks supercomputers on their ability to solve complex problems rather than on raw speed alone continues to gain traction in the high-performance computing community.
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Dec 23, 2015
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Optimized software-controlled solid-state drive for big data processing
Fujitsu Laboratories today announced that it has developed a solid-state drive (SSD) in which flash memory can be directly controlled by software running on a server. By optimizing data positioning for access from an in-memory ...
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