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Supercomputing model to map tectonic plates
Researchers from the University’s Institute for Computational Engineering and Sciences have developed a revolutionary supercomputing model that will be used to study Earth’s tectonic plates. Prior to this project, plate tectonics could not easily be studied on a global scale because computers were unable to process the large amounts of data involved. “It will change how people think in the field ...

Fri, 03 Sep 2010 01:02:56 -0700

Supercomputing brings the climate picture into focus
Recent advances in supercomputing have brightened the future of climate modeling, but they also bring to light complicated questions about the fundamental workings of our planet and our atmosphere.

Wed, 01 Sep 2010 13:16:59 -0700

University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute Accelerates Its Research with Addition of SGI Altix UV 1000
MINNEAPOLIS & FREMONT, Calif.----The University of Minnesota Supercomputing Institute for Advanced Computational Research and SGI , a global leader in HPC and data center solutions, today announced that MSI will deploy a new high performance computing system this fall, featuring an SGI® Altix® UV 1000 supercomputer, to accelerate its research program.

Mon, 30 Aug 2010 13:38:00 -0700

This computer does 1,000 trillion jobs per second
BEIJING, CHINA: China has installed the country's first domestically-made supercomputer capable of doing 1,000 trillion operations per second. Tianhe-1 is scheduled to begin operations this month, according to the National Supercomputing Centre in Tianjin.

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 05:11:26 -0700

NVIDIA Optimus and 3D Vision Notebooks Featuring New GeForce 400M Series GPUs Arrive for the Holidays
Six of Seven Top Vendors Now Shipping NVIDIA Optimus Notebooks

Thu, 02 Sep 2010 21:15:29 -0700