Simplicity makes for superfast computing 
A radically new
approach to computer design promises to deliver within 5 years a
supercomputer that is 500 times faster than any available today.
References:
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supercomputer. Available at http://www.research.ibm.com/news/detail/bluegene.html.
Further Readings:
Peterson, I. 1999.
Simulations nab protein-folding mistakes.
Science News 155(March 6):150.
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Big-league computing. Science News 154(Dec. 12):383.
Peterson, I. 1995.
PetaCrunchers. Science
News 146(April 15):234.
Raloff, J. 1999. Souping up supercomputing. Science
News 155(Feb. 27):136.
Sources:
David V.
Chudnovsky
Institute for Mathematics and Advanced Supercomputing
Polytechnic University
Brooklyn, NY 11201
Web site: http://web.poly.edu/research/imas.cfm
Monty M. Denneau
IBM Thomas J. Watson Research Center
P.O. Box 704
Yorktown Heights, NY 10596
Thomas Sterling
Center for Advanced Computing Research
Mail Code 158-79
1200 E. California Boulevard
California Institute of Technology
Pasadena, CA 91125
Web site: http://www.cacr.caltech.edu/
From Science
News, Vol. 156, No. 24, December 11, 1999, p. 373. Copyright ©
1999, Science Service. |