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A rising star in solar power
Insight It may never eclipse silicon as the stuff panels are made of, but a material called CIGS (copper indium gallium selenide) has its advantages.
Tags: Processors, Power supplies, surge suppression
Asia moving to smart grids, cautiously
News Region's governments are mulling or preparing to trial smart grid technology, whilst keeping an eye on security risks associated with the new infrastructure.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Government, Web 2.0, Security, Asia, Cisco Systems Inc., Philippines, Singapore, Grid, grid computing
Roadrunner, Jaguar cement supercomp lead
News IBM's Roadrunner and Cray's Jaguar retain top two positions on latest Top500 supercomputer list, which also saw four new systems in the top 10.
Tags: Supercomputing, Multiprocessor servers, Cray Inc., Hewlett-Packard Co., IBM Corp., Intel Corp., performance, processor, supercomputer, Germany
US labs virtualize 1 million Linux kernels
News Sandia National Labs have simultaneously run more than a million Linux kernels on a single cluster, an accomplishment that could prove useful for antibotnet research.
Tags: Linux, Virtualization, Virtual Machine, Kernel, computer, Linux Kernel, high-performance, network, researcher, Internet
IBM's Roadrunner tops supercomputer list
News Big Blue captures half of the top-10 slots on the list of the world's most powerful computers, including the No. 1 spot with the first computer to break the petaflop barrier.
Tags: Supercomputing, Personal Computers, Green IT, IBM Corp., Cell, India, Dual-core, Computer, U.S. Department of Energy, processor
IBM plans 20 petaflop supercomputer
News Big Blue says the new system, named Sequoia, will smash old performance records in two years.
Tags: Desktops, Storage, Multiprocessor servers, Processors, IBM Corp., Security, National Nuclear Security Administration, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Computer, Sequoia
IBM breaks the petaflop barrier
News Performing one quadrillion calculations per second, the Roadrunner supercomputer has parallels with the human brain, says a project team member.
Tags: Supercomputing, IBM Corp., Database, Business Process, Computer, U.S. Department of Energy, processor, U.S., barrier, Ethernet
Superfast Ethernet project aims for 100Gbps
News U.S. government-funded project at Berkeley Labs plan to develop a superfast network capable of sharing large amounts of research data.
Tags: Web 2.0, Mobile platforms/communications, Department Of Energy, Juniper Networks Inc., U.S. Department of Energy, supercomputer, financial, network, scientist, Ethernet
Is smart grid the next green-tech bubble?
News IT heavyweights and start-ups eye stimulus money to modernize grid but there's concern too much money and hype could lead to inflated expectations.
Tags: Green IT, Clean Technology, Cisco Systems Inc., Google Inc., Grid, wind energy, venture capital, information technology company, network, Green IT
Earth Day a good time to rethink power use
News Devices in your home as well as your interactions with Internet servers can waste electricity.
Tags: Green IT, Energy, Electronics, Microsoft Windows Vista, Spam, Cell Phone, software, Microsoft Windows XP, Microsoft Windows, carbon dioxide
Internet speed record set
News Researchers are pushing the envelope in data transmission speeds as they look toward building supercomputing grids.
Tags: Supercomputing, IPv6
New microscope could focus nanotech dream
News Forget megapixel count. A device being created by the Department of Energy will be able to show things smaller than hydrogen atoms.
Tags: Nanotechnology
Critics brand OOXML a Microsoft 'marketing tool'
News XML author Tim Bray has accused Microsoft of pursuing OOXML standardization for marketing purposes, while others claim the ISO process is "broken" and "politicized".
Tags: Open source, Office suites
IBM talks up "computing on demand"
News CEO Sam Palmisano outlines the company's vision of businesses buying computing power the way they buy electricity today. Big Blue is staking US$10 billion on that vision coming to pass.
Take notice of three serious new BIND/DNS flaws
Insight Any BIND/DNS flaws are serious business, and now admins need to address three new, critical BIND vulnerabilities.
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