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IBM To Build World’s Fastest Linux Supercomputer

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

IBM has announced that Japan’s largest national research agency, the National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology (AIST), has commissioned the company to build what will be the world’s most powerful Linux supercomputer. The system will comprise a cluster of 1,058 of IBM’s new eServer 325 systems with 2,636 processors. Specifically, 2,116 of those…

Linux Hits Landmarks in Los Alamos Supercomputer Deals

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Los Alamos National Laboratory announced plans with system builder Linux Networx to build a Linux cluster supercomputer, using AMD Opteron processors, that will rank among the top 10 of the world’s fastest computers and will facilitate nuclear weapons research. Salt Lake City, Utah-based Linux Networx — which also scored a second deal for a smaller,…

Virginia Tech Building Power Mac G5 Supercomputer

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Using several new technologies and more than 1,000 dual-processor Power Mac G5 computers, Virginia Tech University is building a supercomputer cluster that is likely to rank among the fastest in the world. In addition to the G5 machines, the university said it is using a beta version of the latest release of OS X, new…

Virginia Tech Fine Tunes Power Mac G5 Supercomputer

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Virginia Tech’s decision to build a supercomputer out of 1,100 Apple Power Mac G5s — a true break from the architecture of traditional, mainframe supercomputers — allowed the university to cut its costs in half. According to researchers, the supercomputer represents a new model for ultra high-end computing in science and research. Virginia Tech’s dual…

NASA: Looking Back at Earth

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Say “NASA” and most people immediately think “space exploration.” But space also offers a unique vantage point for observations of Earth, and NASA devotes significant resources to scientific projects aimed at understanding our own planet and our impact on it. This is the first of three articles about NASA’s Earth-centric efforts and the role of…

Apple Previews Xgrid Clustering Technology

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Apple Computer set its sights even more squarely on supercomputing and distributed grid computing this week with the preview and beta release of its Xgrid technology designed for scientists and their compute-intensive environments. Apple’s announcement of the technology, available as a free beta download from the Cupertino, California-based company’s Web site, highlights the trend among…

Encrypted File Sharing: P2P Fights Back

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

Is it possible to end the investigations and prosecutions that the RIAA, the music download police and similar entities use to prosecute users of file-sharing networks? The answer depends, say online security experts, on which next-generation technology proves to be more successful. So far, enforcement investigators hold the upper hand. “Everybody now knows you can’t…

COLSA To Build Apple Xserve Supercomputer

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

COLSA Corporation has purchased 1,566 dual-processor 1U rack-mount 64-bit Xserve G5 servers from Apple to build a new supercomputer that the company hopes will be one of the fastest in the world. The supercomputer, named MACH 5, is expected to deliver a peak performance capability of more than 25 teraflops at a cost of US$5.8…

NEC Nips IBM in Supercomputer Race

Eylül 9, 2025 • technewsworld.com

NEC has upped the high-performance computer ante, launching today what it called the world’s most powerful vector supercomputer. The company said the SX-8 has a peak processing performance of 65 teraflops. That speed, however, which would require 512 nodes running together, has not yet been tested. IBM’s Blue Gene scalar supercomputer reached speeds of 36.01…

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