The University of Strathclyde's new supercomputer, based on a Sun Microsystems kit, is now up and running. Strathclyde spent £500,000 on the high-performance computer...Computerworld K From ACM TechNews | December 2, 2009
European researchers have created hardware and software that will enable companies to fundamentally revolutionize the way they manage and run their organization... From ICT Results | December 1, 2009
SAN FRANCISCO — In many ways, MySQL embodies the ideals of the populist software movement known as open source, in which a program’s creator releases it to the...The New York Times From ACM News | November 30, 2009
A team of six computer-savvy Stony Brook University undergraduates won first place honors in the SC09 Student Cluster Competition during the annual, internationally...Stony Brook niversity From ACM News | November 30, 2009
A new graphics processing units (GPUs) computer cluster will process CSIRO research data thousands of times faster and more efficiently than a desktop PC as a complementary...CSIRO (Australia) From ACM TechNews | November 25, 2009
A new state-of-the-art gaming facility should help Kingston University produce industry leaders in game development. Every desk in the laboratory has an Xbox and...Kingston niversity London (K) From ACM TechNews | November 25, 2009
Designers of the German supercomputers that won the latest Green500 prize, which rewards not just computing power but energy efficiency, did not set out to win...Don Monroe From ACM News | November 25, 2009
A research team from the San Diego Supercomputer Center (SDSC) at the University of California, San Diego and the University of California's Lawrence Berkeley National...CSD News From ACM TechNews | November 24, 2009
Nearly 100 IBM researchers are working on n.Fluent, a project to create an automatic translation tool that is fast and accurate enough to be used in instant-messaging...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 24, 2009
Intel is collaborating with three French research institutes to invest in an exascale research center in Europe. The new Exascale Computing Research Center would...eWeek From ACM TechNews | November 23, 2009
A man lies comatose on an operating table. The enormous spider that hangs above him has plunged four appendages into his belly. The spider, made of white steel,...New Scientist From ACM News | November 23, 2009
The Semantic Evaluation At Large Scale (SEALS) project will develop a new research infrastructure dedicated to the evaluation of semantic technologies. The infrastructure...niversidad Politecnica de Madrid (Spain) From ACM TechNews | November 23, 2009
Recent advancements in supercomputer design coupled with falling prices are breaking down the barriers that have traditionally surrounded computing-intensive research...The New York Times From ACM TechNews | November 23, 2009
At the recent SC09 supercomputing conference, the QCD Parallel Computing on the Cell (QPACE) was recognized as the world's most energy-efficient supercomputer....Julich Research Center From ACM TechNews | November 23, 2009
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. — Google began lifting the veil on its planned Chrome operating system on Thursday, but it said that computers powered by the software would...The New York Times From ACM News | November 20, 2009
The University of Southampton's new supercomputer was ranked 74th on the Top500 supercomputer list and is the fastest university-owned supercomputer in England....niversity of Southampton From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2009
The Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe (PRACE) has been researching promising petascaling techniques, as well as related work on optimization techniques...Partnership for Advanced Computing in Europe From ACM TechNews | November 20, 2009
A team of researchers has implemented support for 'trusted computing' in a commercially available version of the open source operating system Linux, breaking new... From ICT Results | November 20, 2009
Vast amounts of information that could hold the key to breakthroughs in environmental research will be made readily available through DataOne, a global data access...Oak Ridge National Laboratory From ACM News | November 19, 2009
Physicists at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) have demonstrated the first "universal" programmable quantum information processor able...National Institute of Standards and Technology From ACM News | November 19, 2009