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University builds supercomputer using Raspberry Pi micro PCs

University builds supercomputer using Raspberry Pi micro PCs
  • Posted September 13, 2012, 7:00 AM by Shawn Knight | Filed in Hardware
  • A team of scientists at the University of Southampton led by Professor Simon Cox have built a low-cost supercomputer comprised solely of ARM-based Raspberry Pi micro computers. More specifically, the team has combined 64 units to create a parallel computer…

IBM to build low-power, exascale computer for largest-ever radio telescope

IBM to build low-power, exascale computer for largest-ever radio telescope
  • Posted April 2, 2012, 6:30 PM by Rick Burgess | Filed in Industry News, Hardware With Video
  • For the next five years, IBM will be working with the Netherland's National Institute of Radio Astronomy (ASTRON) in hopes of developing a low-powered, exascale supercomputer. According to IBM, such a computer would be millions of times faster than today's…

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