Blue Devil Airship is Getting a Super-High-Speed Optical Laser Downlink Upgrade
The Air Force's Blue Devil airship--a recent PopSci Best of What's New recipient and a potential answer to the military's expanding data glut problem--is getting yet another high-tech upgrade. Via a...
View ArticleIndia to Predict Monsoon Rains With Supercomputer Accuracy
In an effort to stay one step ahead of the summer monsoon season, Indian scientists are embarking on an ambitious and unprecedented project to build computer models that will…
View ArticleIndia Aims To Take The "World's Fastest Supercomputer" Crown By 2017
India's government-backed computing agency has submitted a plan to the government there that calls for a massive investment in next-generation supercomputing power. The…
View Article17-Petaflop Titan Supercomputer Is Now Officially The World's Fastest
The latest TOP500 rankings of the world's fastest supercomputers is out today, and as expected Oak Ridge National Laboratory's Titan has unseated Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory's Sequoia in...
View ArticleSXSW 2015: What IBM Has Cooking For Chef Watson's Future
Last year at South by Southwest, one of our editors was lucky enough to taste a kebab designed by IBM's Chef Watson. This year, my stomach grumbled--the only food in sight…
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Obama Calls For U.S. To Build World’s Fastest Supercomputer
China's Tianhe-2 is the world's fastest supercomputer... but not for long.Sam Churchill via Flickr, CC by 2.0Yesterday, President Obama signed an executive order to establish the National Strategic...
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