IBM Has Created a Monster

Published on November 7, 2004 By Black Xero In WinCustomize News

A half built Supercomputer being built for the US Government by IBM, already has a run at the title of the Worlds Fastest even though it is only partially complete.

The US energy secretary said on Thursday that the Supercomputer was able to process 70.72 teraflops per second. This is two times faster then the computer that currently holds the title of the Worlds Fastest Super computer.

BlueGene/L as its called is being developed for the US department of energy's National Nuclear Security Administration and is being constructed at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, California.

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