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Oak Ridge 'Jaguar' Supercomputer Is World's Fastest
An upgrade to a Cray XT5
high-performance computing
system deployed by the
Department of Energy has
made the "Jaguar"
supercomputer the world's
... > full story
Tennessee's Kraken Named World's Third Fastest Computer, ORNL's Jaguar Is No. 1
East Tennessee is now home
to two of the world's three
fastest computers, according
to new rankings. The Top 500
list of the world's fastest ... > full story
Kraken Becomes First Academic Machine To Achieve Petaflop
The University of
Tennessee's Kraken
supercomputer was just
upgraded to a peak
performance exceeding one
petaflop, making it the
... > full story
Trash Or Treasure? Discarded US Computers Often Get A Second Life
More computers discarded by
consumers in the United
States are getting a second
life in developing countries
than previously believed,
... > full story
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Science At The Petascale: Roadrunner Results Unveiled
October 26, 2009 — The world's fastest supercomputer, Roadrunner, at Los Alamos National Laboratory has completed its initial "shakedown" phase doing accelerated petascale computer modeling and simulations of a variety ... > full story -
Internet Services: Researchers Save Electricity With Low-Power Processors And Flash Memory
October 15, 2009 — Researchers have combined low-power, embedded processors typically used in netbooks with flash memory to create a server architecture that is fast, but far more energy efficient for data-intensive ... > full story -
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World's Smallest Computers Made of DNA and Other Biological Molecules Made to 'Think' Logically
October 14, 2009 — The world's smallest computers, made of DNA and other biological molecules, just got more "user ... > full story -
Computer Network Denial Of Service Denial
October 2, 2009 — A way to filter out denial of service attacks on computer networks, including cloud computing systems, could significantly improve security on government, commercial, and educational ... > full story -
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Distributed Computing
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Keyboards And Mice Can Harbor Hospital Infections
October 1, 2009 — Although hospital computer equipment can act as a reservoir for pathogenic organisms, including MRSA, researchers found that bacterial contamination rates from computer equipment were low, possibly ... > full story -
Controlling The Language Of Security: A New Language Could Improve Home Computer Security
September 20, 2009 — Korean computer scientists have developed a security policy specification for home networks that could make us more secure from cyber attack in our ... > full story -
Distributed Computing
Computer Science
Information Technology
Quantum Computers
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Mobile Computing
Grid Computing, The New Commodity
August 25, 2009 — Researchers have created a platform for trading computing resources that allows the selling and buying of standardized computing resources. In the process, they could make computing a utility like ... > full story -
Many Online Social Networks Leak Personal Information To Tracking Sites, New Study Shows
August 25, 2009 — More than a half billion people use online social networks, posting vast amounts of information about themselves to share with online friends and colleagues. A new study has found that the practices ... > full story -
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Distributed Computing
Energy Technology
Engineering
Information Technology
Civil Engineering
New Supercomputer Cystorm Unleashes 28.16 Trillion Calculations Per Second
August 25, 2009 — Cystorm, Iowa State University's second supercomputer, is capable of a peak performance of 28.16 trillion calculations per second. It will help researchers advance their work in materials science, ... > full story -
Police Woman Fights Quantum Hacking And Cracking
August 13, 2009 — Computer scientists are working to prevent quantum computers from compromising today's online ... > full story
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