Supercomputers

1,000 Core CPU Achieved: Your Future Desktop Will Be a Supercomputer

BY Kit Eaton | 01-04-2011 | 11:33 AM | INNOVATION

Scientists at the University of Massachusetts Lowell laugh in the face of Intel's weedy handful of cores in its new CPU lineup: They've just squeezed over a thousand processor cores onto a single chip. More than anything else, this hints your future desktop will be a supercomputer with Hal-like powers. READ MORE›

What Could You Achieve With 135,000 Laptops?

BY David Zax | 12-02-2010 | 9:01 AM | ETHONOMICS

The Department of Energy just awarded 1.7 billion processor hours on its two supercomputers, which have the brains of 135,000 laptops. Fifty-seven innovative research projects will look at projects in clean energy, medicine, climate change, and other areas.READ MORE›