IBM to commercialize Blue Gene supercomputer
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Called the IBM eServer Blue Gene, the Power-based supercomputer employs a mix of cooling and clustering technologies and starts at $1.5 million.
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The IBM computer is based on a technology called BlueGene/L, which takes an approach radically different from that used by NEC&#39;s machine, called the Earth Simulator.
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The Blue Gene/L system performed just over 36,000 billion calculations a second during tests at IBM&#39;s Rochester office in Minnesota, the company announced on 29 September.
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IBM is expected to announce today that it has built a supercomputer that could qualify as the world's fastest machine.
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IBM&#39;s still incomplete Blue Gene/L system being built in Rochester, Minnesota, has officially been named the fastest supercomputer in the world.
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IBM announced today that an IBM BlueGene/L supercomputer has surpassed NEC&#39;s Earth Simulator in Japan to become the world&#39;s most powerful supercomputer.
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NEW YORK - IBM is claiming unofficial bragging rights as owner of the world&#39;s fastest supercomputer. IBM says its still-unfinished &quot;BlueGene System&quot; can sustain speeds of 36 teraflops.
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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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IBM has assembled a 16,000-processor version of its BlueGene/L supercomputer, which on Sept. 16 edged out the Earth Simulator, built by IBM rival NEC, as the most powerful supercomputer on the planet.
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Technology giant IBM will announce today that it has built the world&#39;s most powerful supercomputer, surpassing the performance of a machine in Yokohama, Japan.
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With performance almost double that of the Earth Simulator, in Yokohama, Japan, IBM&#39;s Blue Gene/L on Monday was officially ranked first on the Top500 list of the world&#39;s fastest supercomputers.
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NOVEMBER 08, 2004 (IDG NEWS SERVICE) - Fresh from setting a record for performance among supercomputers just a few days ago, IBM today announced it is making a commercial version of its Blue Gene system available for businesses and scientific researchers.
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IBM, a while back, showcased its supercomputer, Blue Gene/L, at Top 500 supercomputer contest. At that time, the company was behind in performance by a Japanese firmâs supercomputer that managed to take away the first place crown.
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The Earth Simulator, an NEC supercomputer, is surpassed, at last. IBM announced yesterday that its Blue Gene/L supercomputer had achieved a sustained performance of 36.
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New York: The US-based software major IBM, along with representatives of the world&#39;s leading science, education and philanthropic outfits, has launched a global effort aimed at harnessing the vast computing power of individuals and business computers and
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IBM&#39;s Blue Gene/L supercomputer has recaptured the speed record briefly held by Silicon Graphics Columbia system. Blue Gene/L, which is being installed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, hit 70.
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IBM said that its Blue Gene/L supercomputer trumps the performance of SGI&#39;s recently announced Columbia system installed at NASA by more than 65 percent.