News About Super Computers 19-NOV-09 en-us Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2009 - After a recent upgrade, NASA's premiere supercomputer located at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered the sixth spot on the Top500 list of the world's most powerful computers. The announcement was made at the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC09) in Portland, Ore.]]> Ames IO (SPX) Aug 25, 2009 - Srinivas Aluru recently stepped between the two rows of six tall metal racks, opened up the silver doors and showed off the 3,200 computer processor cores that power Cystorm, Iowa State University's second supercomputer.]]> Tokyo (AFP) May 14, 2009 - Japan's ailing IT giant NEC Corp. said Thursday that it would withdraw from a government-backed supercomputer project as part of its efforts to cut costs during the economic slump.]]> Albuquerque NM (SPX) Jan 20, 2009 - The worldwide attempt to increase the speed of supercomputers merely by increasing the number of processor cores on individual chips unexpectedly worsens performance for many complex applications, Sandia simulations have found.]]> Paris, France (SPX) Dec 18, 2008 - ESA is investing significant levels of funding in order to establish a European supply chain for fabrication of space-worthy telecommunications and radar devices made from a high performance semiconductor.]]> Columbia MD (SPX) Dec 02, 2008 - The Universities Space Research Association (USRA) is proud to announce the 25th anniversary of its Research Institute for Advanced Computer Science (RIACS). Since its inception in June, 1983, RIACS has conducted basic and applied research in computer science in support of NASA Ames Research Center in particular and of the nation's aeronautics and space-related programs in general.]]> San Francisco (AFP) Nov 19, 2008 - US technology firm NVIDIA rolled out high-performance "personal supercomputers" Tuesday that let desktop workstations handle mind-boggling tasks once far beyond their capabilities.]]> Moffett Field CA (SPX) Nov 19, 2008 - NASA's newest supercomputer at Ames Research Center, Moffett Field, Calif., has garnered the number three spot on the Top500 list of the world's most powerful computers. The announcement was made Nov. 17, 2008 at the International Conference for High-Performance Computing, Networking, Storage, and Analysis (SC08) in Austin, Texas.]]> Berkeley, Calif. (UPI) Oct 28, 2008 - A team of U.S. and British physicists reports taking a step toward quantum computing by successfully using a single atomic nucleus as solid-state memory.]]> Dresden, Germany (SPX) Jul 02, 2008 - Voltaire has announced that the company's InfiniBand-based switches are powering the world's largest supercomputer for the National Nuclear Security Administration's (NNSA) Los Alamos National Laboratory.]]>