• Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 12th, 2010
Dark Matter Explains the Shapes of Galaxies

Dark Matter Explains the Shapes of Galaxies

No two galaxies are alike

Pi Gets 127 Billion New Digits

Pi Gets 127 Billion New Digits

It now features nearly 3 trillion

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • January 6th, 2010
New Equations for Modeling the Big Bang

New Equations for Modeling the Big Bang

They could aid supercomputer research

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 17th, 2009
Jaguar Supercomputer Becomes Fastest in the World

Jaguar Supercomputer Becomes Fastest in the World

An upgrade made it move ahead of IBM's Roadrunner

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • November 6th, 2009
SDSC Receives $20 Million to Create 'Gordon'

SDSC Receives $20 Million to Create 'Gordon'

The funds have come from the NSF

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 27th, 2009
Roadrunner Models Unseen Universe's Origins

Roadrunner Models Unseen Universe's Origins

The supercomputer was the first to break the petaflop barrier

  • Space
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • October 20th, 2009
RIT Advances Black Hole Knowledge

RIT Advances Black Hole Knowledge

Supercomputer algorithms are the only option

NICS Gets First Academic Petascale Computer

NICS Gets First Academic Petascale Computer

The Kraken is a Cray XT5 supercomputer

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 30th, 2009
Home Computers Join Artificial-Life Research

Home Computers Join Artificial-Life Research

Internet-connected units will act like a supercomputer

  • Sci Pry
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • September 22nd, 2009
A Trillion Triangles Calculated

A Trillion Triangles Calculated

Thousand-year-old problem finally resolved

First Biological Robots to Be Made of Mould

First Biological Robots to Be Made of Mould

Plasmodium will help create them

  • Nature
  • By Tudor Vieru
  • August 25th, 2009
NASA Expands Climate Simulation Supercomputer

NASA Expands Climate Simulation Supercomputer

The improved system will create more complex models

Replacing Supercomputers' Graphics-Processing Clusters

Replacing Supercomputers' Graphics-Processing Clusters

They are slowly becoming obsolete

Experts to Simulate the Future of Mankind

Experts to Simulate the Future of Mankind

Airline flights and economic crises could be predicted

New Petascale Computer Can Model Humankind

New Petascale Computer Can Model Humankind

It will be built by Virginia Bioinformatics

NEC and Hitachi Withdraw from Japan's Supercomputer Initiative

NEC and Hitachi Withdraw from Japan's Supercomputer Initiative

The move has left the project in disarray

Supercomputer Hours Made Available by the DOE

Supercomputer Hours Made Available by the DOE

The initiative has scientists buzzing with excitement

 
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