Computer sets world speed record
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AN IBM machine has reclaimed the title of world&#39;s fastest supercomputer, overtaking a Japanese model which caused shock waves within United States government agencies when it set a computing speed record in 2002.
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IBM Corp. claimed unofficial bragging rights Tuesday as owner of the world&#39;s fastest supercomputer. For three years running, the fastest supercomputer has been NEC&#39;s Earth Simulator in Japan.
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IBM's Blue Gene/L was  named the fastest supercomputer in the world on Monday, pushing Japan off the top of the list.
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A $US100 million ($A130 million) supercomputer being built to analyse the US nuclear stockpile has again set an unofficial performance record - the second in just over a month.
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In September, IBM announced that the Blue Gene/L prototype had sustained speeds of 36 trillion calculations per second. Last week, NASA announced that a system built by Silicon Graphics had topped that by sustaining 42 trillion calculations per second.
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The BlueGene/L supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory topped the list of the world&#39;s fastest computers once again, according to the new Top500 list released Wednesday. Built by IBM, BlueGene/L clocks in at 280.6 teraflops, or 280.6 trillion floating point operations per second.
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A partially assembled prototype of a new IBM supercomputer set a record of 70.72 trillion transactions per second earlier this week.
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A small, unmanned NASA jet flew into the record books Tuesday, setting a speed record for jet planes when it screamed out over the Pacific Ocean at Mach 9.6 speed -- almost 10 times the speed of sound -- project officials announced.
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The supercomputer, Blue Gene/L, is faster than NEC Corp.&#39;s Earth Simulator, which had been the world&#39;s fastest with its ability to sustain speeds of 35.
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International Business Machines (IBM) Corp. announced that it has created world&#39;s fastest computer that performs better and consumes 28 times less energy than a two time first place holder Japanese supercomputer.
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An IBM machine has reclaimed the title of world&#39;s fastest supercomputer, overtaking a Japanese computer that had caused shock waves at US government agencies when it set a computing speed record in 2002.
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Researchers have built a prototype of a 'desktop supercomputer' that runs 100 times faster than today's PCs.
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An I.B.M. machine has reclaimed the title of fastest supercomputer, overtaking a Japanese computer that had caused shock waves at United States government agencies when it set a computing speed record in 2002.
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IBM's (NYSE: IBM) Blue Gene/L, which is being installed at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, recaptured the supercomputer speed record that Silicon Graphics' (NYSE: SGI) Columbia system at NASA held for barely a week.
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A new computer worm emerged on  Tuesday which broke the speed record from the announcement of a  security vulnerability in Microsoft's Internet Explorer to a  full-blown virus that spreads in the wild.
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International Business Machines Corp. on Wednesday said it has developed the world&#39;s fastest computer, putting it back on top after a Japanese supercomputer claimed the title some two years ago.
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An IBM-built supercomputer being assembled for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has attained a record 70.72 trillion computations per second, the Energy Department said Thursday.