Super Computing

Dell PowerEdge T310 Server



Dell PowerEdge T310 Server
Dell Inc. has launched a new server computer with Intel Xeon processor. It has got 1GB RAM and is termed to be one of the fastest servers in the market. The DellTM  PowerEdgeTM  T310 server delivers enterprise-level performance, redundancy and comprehensive manageability options in a 1-socket tower that is simple to own, deploy, and manage.... Full story

Water-cooled IBM supercomputers for 2010



Water-cooled IBM supercomputers for 2010
IBM and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology at Zurich plan to build a water-cooled supercomputer whose surplus heat will be re-used to heat the university's buildings. The Aquasar supercomputer will be located at the ETH Zurich facility, and it will start operations next year that is by middle of 2010. The supercomputer will combine two rack-mounted IBM BladeCenter servers, each containing multiple blades ... Full story

Petascale Grids used to explore Evolutionary History



Petascale Grids used to explore Evolutionary History
Researchers  at Georgia Tech, the University of South Carolina, and the Pennsylvania State University have been employing Petascale Supercomputing Grids to analyze the evolution of organelles among organisms and study the evolutionary history. We’ve all known for several years now that the chimpanzees also share 96 ... Full story

SGI installs Ireland’s fastest supercomputer in 3 hours



SGI installs Ireland's fastest supercomputer in 3 hours
Ireland's most powerful computer was installed in three hours and powered up in just one day, thanks to a rapidly deployable computing platform from Silicon Graphics, Inc. (SGI).  The installation was carried out at Irish Centre for High-Performance Computing, new SGI Altix ICE system powers climate change and life sciences research.... Full story

IBM’s Blue Gene exploring Protein Folding mystery



IBM's Blue Gene exploring Protein Folding mystery
IBM's Blue Gene project has resulted in a new frontier in the Super computing arena.  Blue Gene systems are being employed by scientists and researchers worldwide to find solutions and run applications for the benefit of the mankind.   Blue Gene systems are being extensively used to find out the mysteries behind Protein folding and  Molecular Dynamics.... Full story

IBM’s Roadrunner - Fastest Super Computer



IBM's Roadrunner - Fastest Super Computer
The new Roadrunner supercomputer is the first such machine capable of executing more than 1 quadrillion (1,000 trillion) floating point operations per second, a computation rate otherwise known as 1 petaflop. Roadrunner - IBM's latest offing in the Super Computer arena tops the Top500 Super Computing list.  The 32nd edition of the list of the world’s TOP500 supercomputers was released on ... Full story
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