Prize-winning calculations
While running a program that simulates magnetic interactions in iron, researchers achieved the highest computer speed yet attained in a practical application.
References:
Information about the record-breaking performance in a supercomputer simulation of magnetism is available at http://www.lbl.gov/Science-Articles/Archive/one-teraflop.html.
Additional information about the Gordon Bell Prize finalists can be found at http://supercomp.org/sc98/awards/.
From Science News, Vol. 154, No. 24, December 12,
1998, p. 383.
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