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The state of personal supercomputers

Using blisteringly fast computers for simulations and complex modeling has become so widespread that some semiconductor manufacturers have begun marketing graphics-processing supercomputers that can fit under a desk.  NVIDIA announced this week that the Tesla D870 “deskside supercomputer” will be available in August of this year.  Check out the article on Ars Technica.
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Technologies of sight: supercomputers

When it comes to cutting edge visual technologies, the San Diego Supercomputer Center always seems to be doing something cool. A group of researchers from UC San Diego recently published a paper that for me is as fascinating as it is incomprehensible: “The Statistics of Supersonic Isothermal Turbulence.” As I’m a huge fan […]

Supercomputers: evolution and revolution

Charles J. Murray’s The Supermen: The Story of Seymour Cray and the Technical Wizards behind the Supercomputer invokes all of the images and paradigmatic power struggles we’ve become familiar with in the world of high-tech business. There’s Seymour Cray, the reclusive genius whose tooth-and-nail battle against bureaucracy made him the personal hero of computer […]