''The One'' - one of the fastest computers ever built

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World's Fastest Supercomputer To Be
Built At ORNL

World's Fastest Supercomputer To Be
Built At ORNL 05/12/2004 10:02 AM

Linux running more than half of the
world's fastest computers

Linux running more than half of the
world's fastest computers 06/22/2004 01:09 AM
DesktopLinux.com Jun 22 2004 5:11AM GMT

Linux systems now comprise more than
half of world's fastest 500 computers

Linux systems now comprise more than
half of world's fastest 500 computers 06/21/2004 07:03 PM
Go back more than a few years ago and Linux had zero representation among the world's fastest supercomputers, which relied on traditional, monolithic mainframe machines running Sparc, HP-UX, Unix or other operating systems. In the last few years, however, the open source operating system has begun dominating the list, thanks to clustering and Intel hardware in the supercomputing market.

Brothers Ravi and Rahul Soot sell
custom-built computers to diehard gamers

Brothers Ravi and Rahul Soot sell
custom-built computers to diehard gamers 04/01/2005 10:40 PM
Financial Post Apr 2 2005 2:13AM GMT

Andrew Kantor: CyberSpeak - Inside
-really inside - one of the world's
fastest computers (USATODAY.com)

Andrew Kantor: CyberSpeak - Inside
-really inside - one of the world's
fastest computers (USATODAY.com) 09/03/2004 10:25 AM
USATODAY.com - Yesterday I stood inside what is probably the world's third-most-powerful supercomputer - the Terascale Computing Facility at Virginia Tech. (I say "probably" because the testing won't be done till next week - the Department of Defense is using it right now and can't be interrupted.) It's composed of 1100 Macintosh G5 computers running in parallel.

Intego announces: ''The sky is falling''

Intego announces: ''The sky is falling'' 05/12/2004 06:49 PM
In yet another press release, Intego announces a new "trojan horse" masquerading as a Microsoft Office 2004 installer.

Quick Links or ''The Apple Aftermath''

Quick Links or ''The Apple Aftermath'' 01/07/2004 02:07 PM

iPod mini
New iPhoto
New iMovie
New iDVD
GarageBand
Xserve G5

How about a round of applause for Jonathan Gales, for his excellent coverage of the Macworld Keynote! And the same to Brian Burnham and Digital Bill for the images!

Like Pixels? Check out MacDesign

Big Mac is third fastest

Big Mac is third fastest 11/05/2003 10:59 AM
The Virginia Tech Supercomputer cluster affectionately known as "Big Mac" has posted numbers fast enough to qualify it for third fastest supercomputer, not fourth, as previously thought. The Register notes that the cluster, made up of 2,200 G5 processors in 1,100 Power Macintoshes, has reached 10.28 teraflops, which places it behind the Earth Simulator system at 25.9 teraflops and IBMs ASCI Q system at 13.8 teraflops. The two fastest systems are comprised of far more processors...

fastest primes

fastest primes 04/07/2005 05:13 PM
version .3 of fastestprimes released

The Fastest Gaming PC

The Fastest Gaming PC 09/20/2004 11:02 PM
G4 Tech TV Sep 21 2004 2:24AM GMT

Built to Last

Built to Last 03/14/2005 06:01 PM

« It's not your father's fortran, it's your grandfather's. :) »

The recent news about the problems plaguing Leica are somewhat disconcerting as it leaves the future of the company in question. It is likely that someone will buy them, probably Nikon or Canon, but ultimately the company and their products will change, possibly not for the better. Erwin Putz offers his observations and some speculation on the future. I appreciate and understand his remarks about the Leica's real purpose in life is to be a tool, rather than an object of desire for collectors and nouveau riche scene whores who find the Hermes MP a fashion accessory only surpassed by earrings from Tiffany. I have been regularly surprised at how many people recognise the camera and either want to fondle it in awe or think I'm crazy for dragging it around town with me everywhere I go. Cameras don't take pictures by themselves; they are meant to be used. I didn't buy it to keep in a box on the shelf. It is, perhaps, this perceived exclusivity of Leica that has created the mystique which protected it from becoming a cheap commodity.

It is, to be sure, an amazing instrument of satisfying heft in a small package which continues to impress me. Desire most often builds up expectations which then lead to disappointment. I was a little reluctant to buy a Leica having experienced this cycle of want and rejection so many times in life, but I saw an auction on eBay where a man who had purchased a Leica only months before had died and his son was dumping it on eBay which made me think that I shouldn't wait as long as his father did. Digital photography has made buying film cameras very affordable as I bid rather low and won the auction. I have not been even remotely disappointed since it arrived. I enjoy the signs of wear and tear as it only makes the camera more beautiful and uniquely mine.

Leica will move more into the digital realm, especially if they decide to sell out to one of the larger camera companies, where the technology just hasn't reached the point of matching the quality or creative flexibility that their analogue cameras with film have had for decades. If you've always wanted a Leica, an M6 or an M7 or an MP, now is the time to surf eBay and used camera shops for a decent deal since it's likely that as scarcity increases [if Leica sells to Canon, et. al] the prices will skyrocket as I've already seen them start to creep up. The new Voigtländer Bessa R2A and R3A are very tempting cameras [I highly recommend the CameraQuest dealer, too], especially the 1:1 finder, and sell at 1/5th the price of a new M7. It's a good time to be interested in film photography since the cameras you've always wanted are much more affordable and often cheaper than the 'prosumer' digital cameras which will be headed for the big magnet in the sky in three years or less. I suspect that my Leica will outlive me. :)

As an amusement for Ignatz who gives us such gems like the magic cone [NSFW] I'm using the magic of digital instant gratification to create the gripping, edge of your seat, journalistic series I have titled, Watching the [Easter] Grass Grow. Even more enthralling than a chia pet. Tune in tomorrow and every day to see if I managed to remember to water the seeds or see if anything has managed to turn any other colour than brown.

And, a couple of local photo sites that I've noticed recently; 365.fi which is a photo-a-day from a group of photojournalism students in Finland [and could someone who knows them encourage them to set-up an RSS feed of some sort?], Seppo's Photoblog is a random and entertaining photoblog and DiDaRoom which offers a nicely done view into the past and present of life in Finland in small vignettes. Ooops, I forgot to add Snapshot Asthetics as my RSS reader doesn't sort by country. :)

Who Cares About the Fastest Internet
Ever?

Who Cares About the Fastest Internet
Ever? 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
Those who caught the announcement last week that researchers had broken an Internet land-speed record might be forgiven for expressing a collective shrug. A billion bits per second? New Macintosh PowerBooks already ship with Gigabit Ethernet connections. Why should people care about this seemingly ho-hum achievement?

Fastest supercomputer gets faster

Fastest supercomputer gets faster 03/25/2005 06:28 AM
The world's fastest supercomputer, Blue Gene, has broken its own speed record, reaching a trillion calculations a second.

Apple G5: Is It World's Fastest PC?

Apple G5: Is It World's Fastest PC? 12/27/2003 01:53 AM
Even the least expensive configuration should outperform any of Apple's G4 computers and keep pace with 2.4 GHz Pentium PC. By Gene Steinberg (Gannett News Service via MyAppleMenu)

UK gets fastest-ever wireless broadband

UK gets fastest-ever wireless broadband 06/08/2004 08:32 PM

Tatra Mac G4 - fastest Mac on the four
wheels?

Tatra Mac G4 - fastest Mac on the four
wheels? 01/25/2004 05:43 AM
Autoon liitetty Macintosh Tsekeistä .. too much time, a car, and a Mac .. Power Mac G4 car system .. awesome car mod

mujmac.cz/art/hw/tatra_mac_eng.html
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IBM Claims New Supercomputer As Fastest

IBM Claims New Supercomputer As Fastest 11/14/2003 03:31 AM
AP via Daily Press Nov 14 2003 2:28AM ET

Tatra Mac G4 - Fastest Mac On Four
Wheels?

Tatra Mac G4 - Fastest Mac On Four
Wheels? 01/22/2004 10:25 AM

G5 Cluster Officially 3rd Fastest

G5 Cluster Officially 3rd Fastest 11/16/2003 09:23 AM
Virginia Tech's G5 cluster has officially been ranked as the world's third fastest supercomputer, with a performance of nearly 10.3 trillion calculations per second. Number 1 was Japan's Earth Simulator at 35.6 Tflops per second and number 2 the Los Alamos ASCI Q at 13.8 Tflops. The Virginia Tech cluster, built of 1100 DP 2GHz G5s, cost only $5.2 million, a fraction of the cost of the others in its class.

The fastest nanotube in the west

The fastest nanotube in the west 04/30/2004 12:11 PM
Or the east, for that matter

IBM To Build Fastest-Ever Supercomputers
for U.S.

IBM To Build Fastest-Ever Supercomputers
for U.S. 03/20/2003 01:05 PM
IBM has won a contract to build two research supercomputers -- likely the fastest in the world -- for the U.S. Department of Energy. Combined, the machines will be capable of performing more than 460 trillion calculations, or teraflops, per second, and will approach the computational ability of the human brain.

Is This Company Built to Last?

Is This Company Built to Last? 05/27/2004 10:54 AM
Black & Decker has a lot going for it, but it faces some challenges, too.

Built NEC Tough

Built NEC Tough 08/30/2004 06:26 AM

LIAM "THE INTERN" MCNULTY -- NEC announced a new notebook PC last week that can seemingly take quite a beating. It may cost around $4,000 and weigh 6 pounds, but who cares when it can survive a 3 foot drop and withstand up to 131 degrees Fahrenheit? While they were at it, NEC went ahead and made the thing "dust and waterdrop" resistant too.

Besides that, it looks pretty cool. Another feature is the convenient handle, so when you're uhh...fighting off Siberian tigers with a toothpick in the Himalayas, you can rest assured your laptop is close at hand. (What are Siberian...fine - Ed.)

Read - Press Release [NEC]

Built to Swim

Built to Swim 08/08/2004 02:01 PM
Michael Phelps's mission is not just to match Mark Spitz's seemingly untouchable record of seven gold medals in one Olympics, but also to better his own seemingly untouchable greatness.

Built Into Eudora

Built Into Eudora 04/09/2004 03:54 PM
Morrbus Iff writes that Eudora now has Google searching built-in: you can highlight some text, right-click, and be sent to &ip=xx.yyy.xxx.yyy&adtest=off&q=search%20term%here">a page like this....

New VIA Mini-ITX has Built-in 12V DC-DC

New VIA Mini-ITX has Built-in 12V DC-DC 11/10/2003 10:56 PM
VIA Technologies has announced a new Mini-ITX form factor motherboard that seems even more suited to mobile robot use than the EPIA M10000 we recently reviewed. The new board is the EPIA TC and includes a built-in 12V DC-DC power converter, allowing the board to be easily used with any 12VDC battery. The board comes in two flavors, one with a 600MHz EDEN ESP CPU for those who want to go totally fanless and one with a 1GHz C3 CPU for those who need more processing power.

The Greatest Car Ever Built

The Greatest Car Ever Built 12/18/2003 05:03 PM
The Greatest Car Ever Built O mighty Slant-6 engine, most magnificent creation of the coal-steel industrial heart of America at the zenith of her manufacturing genius! (NY Times, req required).

Built-in web services

Built-in web services 06/09/2004 05:53 AM

I'm actually kind of terrified with the prospect of what will happen when blogging tools like Blogware, TypePad and Blogger discover built-in web services.

Oh my god - AdSense is bad enough!

They'll be too much money to go around - for everyone - and another 50M people will get blogs.

But 100M will be writing reviews and recommendations.

:-)

Google Adsense.

I added an Adsense banner to the top bar of the blog.

This is a data gathering exercise. I'll definitely share results when I have some. In the meantime, let me know what you think.

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You built it, now implement it

You built it, now implement it 02/21/2003 02:11 AM
CNET Feb 21 2003 1:25AM ET

e-DMS Workflow built on .Net

e-DMS Workflow built on .Net 09/07/2004 08:48 AM
ZDNet Sep 7 2004 12:52PM GMT

7E7 to be built in Everett?

7E7 to be built in Everett? 12/08/2003 03:28 AM

Oh, also on the news over the weekend is a report that the 7E7 will be built in Everett (about 45 minutes from my house).

This is good news for this area because it'll keep thousands of jobs here. Yes, the politicians here gave up billions in a tax deal. Isn't that called "corporate welfare?" Yes it is. But, the politicians did the right thing. Keep the jobs here. Maryam's finding the job situation here very tight.

It's official: G5 supercomputer ranked
3rd fastest

It's official: G5 supercomputer ranked
3rd fastest 11/16/2003 01:26 AM
As expected, Virginia Tech's "Big Mac" supercomputer cluster, built with 1,100 Power Mac G5s, officially ranks third among the world's 500 most powerful supercomputers...

Experts Dub Va. Tech Computer
3rd-Fastest

Experts Dub Va. Tech Computer
3rd-Fastest 11/16/2003 03:58 PM
AP via Los Angeles Times Nov 16 2003 3:21PM ET

Experts dub Va. tech computer
3rd-fastest

Experts dub Va. tech computer
3rd-fastest 11/16/2003 03:58 PM
Boston Globe Nov 16 2003 3:16PM ET

Fastest DDR2 Competition Thickens

Fastest DDR2 Competition Thickens 04/08/2005 03:24 PM
TechTree Apr 8 2005 7:53PM GMT

Savvis Fastest Growing, Netcraft Says

Savvis Fastest Growing, Netcraft Says 05/07/2004 02:48 PM
theWHIR May 7 2004 6:41PM GMT

Shikatronics, OCZ, and the Fastest
Memory Yet @ AnandTech

Shikatronics, OCZ, and the Fastest
Memory Yet @ AnandTech 06/29/2004 05:31 PM

Apple's "world's fastest" G5 ads pulled
in the UK

Apple's "world's fastest" G5 ads pulled
in the UK 11/10/2003 11:12 PM
The UK's Independent Television Commission has decided that Apple's claim that the G5 is the "the world's fastest, most powerful personal computer" does not meet their standards for truth in advertising.

Desktop Brawl: Is The Mac G5 The World's
Fastest?

Desktop Brawl: Is The Mac G5 The World's
Fastest? 04/13/2004 11:26 AM
The controversy over Apple's use of SPEC benchmarks, the discarding of the "fastest computer" claim and the adoption of new tests may call into question the idea of benchmarks themselves rather than Apple. By Christopher Allbritton, Popular Mechanics (via MyAppleMenu)
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