Supercomputer Launches World’s Largest Neuronal-Network Simulation Nick Kolakowski, August 2, 2013 2 min read Researchers in Japan and Germany have carried out what’s being described as the largest neuronal network...
Supercomputer Becomes Big Router for Radio Telescope Kevin Fogarty, July 23, 2013 6 min read Murchison Widefield Array antennas. Astrophysicists at MIT and the Pawsey supercomputing center in Western...
Human Brains as Supercomputers Kevin Fogarty, July 12, 2013 5 min read Wisdom of crowds? Data analytics are valuable because of their ability to filter huge volumes of data, pick out the...
Breaking Supercomputers’ Exaflop Barrier Kevin Fogarty, June 25, 2013 5 min read Titan, now the world's second-fastest supercomputer. Breaking the exaflop barrier remains a development goal for...
China’s Tianhe-2 Highlights Growing Supercomputer Battle Kevin Fogarty, June 18, 2013 5 min read Tianhe-2. A challenger from China took the top spot in the global supercomputer speed competition this week,...
Cray Brings Hadoop to CS300 Supercomputers Nick Kolakowski, June 17, 2013 3 min read Cray's CS300, as seen in a promo video. Cray is blending Apache Hadoop into its CS300 cluster...
IBM Revs Supercomputer with Tech Found Mostly in Laptops Kevin Fogarty, June 13, 2013 5 min read Blue Gene/L at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California. As corporations move further up the...
More Details of Tianhe-2 Supercomputer Emerge Kevin Fogarty, June 3, 2013 3 min read The Tianhe-2 will succeed the Tianhe-1A, seen here in Top500's supercomputing timeline. More details are emerging...
IBM’s Watson Entering Customer Service Market Nick Kolakowski, May 21, 2013 3 min read IBM's Watson supercomputer. IBM’s Watson supercomputing platform will now crunch consumer data. Big Blue has...
Alternative to Top500 List In the Works Mark Hachman, May 14, 2013 5 min read Blue Waters. A small revolution of sorts is brewing. Some people are quietly discussing alternatives to the popular...