Blue Gene Supercomputer

Researchers create character with reasoning abilities of child

harminka — Tue, 11 Mar 2008 12:27:47 -0500

Today’s video games and online virtual worlds give users the freedom to create characters in the digital domain that look and seem more human than ever before. But despite having your hair, your height, and your hazel eyes, your avatar is still little more than just a pretty face.

Moscow State University Buys Russia's First IBM Blue Gene Supercomputer

harminka — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:37:43 -0600

Moscow State University (MSU) and IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced details of an agreement to install a Blue Gene/P supercomputer at the Department of Computational Mathematics and Cybernetics. The new supercomputer, the first installation of the world famous Blue Gene computer in Russia, will be used for fundamental research in nanotechnology, new materials and life sciences.

Concrete flow researchers to use Argonne supercomputer

harminka — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 12:23:04 -0600

The Argonne National Laboratory of the Department of Energy (DoE) announced on Jan. 17, 2008, that a team of researchers at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has been awarded 750,000 central processing unit (CPU) hours on the IBM Blue Gene/P supercomputer at the Argonne Leadership Computing Facility.

IBM Blue Gene Supercomputers Top New List of Energy-Efficient Systems

harminka — Sat, 24 Nov 2007 09:34:56 -0600

The world's most powerful line of supercomputers -- IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Blue Gene family -- is by far the most energy-efficient, according to a new ranking of the TOP500 computers.

IBM Triples Computing Power at UAB

Anastvatz — Tue, 31 Jul 2007 07:47:33 -0500

University of Alabama Employs Blue Gene Supercomputer to Study Tumor Formations