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New Computer Cluster Gets Its Grunt from Games
Technology designed to blast
aliens in computer games is
part of a new GPU (graphics
processing units) computer
cluster that will process
research data thousands of
... > full story
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
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Hackers at the Movies
February 8, 2010 — Researchers in Ireland have analyzed 50 non-documentary movies from the last four decades featuring hackers and come to some intriguing conclusions about the hacker stereotype with implications for ... > full story -
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Safety in Numbers: A Cloud-Based Immune System for Computers
January 28, 2010 — A new approach for managing bugs in computer software has been developed by researchers in Switzerland. The latest version of Dimmunix, available for free download, enables entire networks of ... > full story -
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Distributed Computing
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Quantum Computers
Learning the Art of Creating Computer Games Can Boot Student Skills
January 24, 2010 — Computer games have a broad appeal that transcends gender, culture, age and socioeconomic status. Now, computer scientists think that creating computer games, rather than just playing them could ... > full story -
Quantum Computer Calculates Exact Energy of Molecular Hydrogen
January 14, 2010 — In an important first for a promising new technology, scientists have used a quantum computer to calculate the precise energy of molecular hydrogen. This groundbreaking approach to molecular ... > full story -
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Energy and the Environment
Environmental Policy
The Grid: A New Way of Doing Science
January 12, 2010 — A European consortium has brought the power of grid computing to bear on problems ranging from the genetic origins of heart disease to the management of fish stocks and the reconstruction of ancient ... > full story -
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Significant Advances Made in Molecular Computing
December 17, 2009 — Researchers have made significant advances in molecular computing. These include defining the fundamental limits of such 'biological computers'. Molecular computing attempts to use components of ... > full story -
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Computer Science
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Mobile Computing
Artificial Intelligence
3-D Microchips for More Powerful and Environmentally Friendly Computers
December 14, 2009 — Scientists are working on 3-D microprocessors cooled from the inside through channels with a liquid coolant. The method is expected to boost the performance of future ... > full story -
Trust Linux: Support Available
November 25, 2009 — Computer scientists have implemented support for ‘trusted computing’ in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new ground in the global drive ... > full story -
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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