Tuesday, February 10, 2009

IBM building 20-petaflop machine; Green Grid plans 'Data Center 2.0' design guide

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IBM building 20-petaflop machine to secure nuclear stockpile

Jon Brodkin By Jon Brodkin
IBM built the world's first petaflop machine last year, and is now working on a computer that's 20 times faster. Read full story

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02/10/09

Today's most-read stories:

  1. Wikileaks releases 6,780 Congressional reports
  2. Mac clone maker wins legal round against Apple
  3. Microsoft rounds out voice assault
  4. Security problems still plague retailers' wireless LANs
  5. Mommas don't let their babies grow up to be engineers
  6. Porn site feud spawns new DNS attack
  7. Top 10 spam-friendly registrars named and shamed
  8. Cisco is not ruling out layoffs
  9. Nortel still signing up customers
  10. Apple planning TV with iTunes integration and DVR capability?


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