Engineering News Blog

Engineering News

Latest news of interest to engineers. Sourced from GlobalSpec's Engineering News
Previous in Blog: Bendable Displays and Solar Cells Possible Using Cheap Copper Nanowires   Next in Blog: Forensic Astronomer Solves Walt Whitman mystery
Close

Comments Format:






Change Mode
Close

Subscribe to Discussion:

CR4 allows you to "subscribe" to a discussion
so that you can be notified of new comments to
the discussion via email.

Close

Rating Vote:







Add Vote
2 comments
Rate Comments: Nested

China Pushes Petaflop Power

Posted June 02, 2010 8:03 AM

From BBC News | Science & Environment | UK Edition:

China is ramping up efforts to become the world's supercomputing superpower. Its Nebulae machine at the National Super Computer Center in Shenzhen, was ranked second on the biannual Top 500 supercomputer list. For the first time, two Chinese supercomputers appear in the list of the top 10 fastest machines.

Read the whole article

Reply

Interested in this topic? By joining CR4 you can "subscribe" to
this discussion and receive notification when new comments are added.
Anonymous Poster
#1

Re: China Pushes Petaflop Power

06/02/2010 1:31 PM

So I wonder...when you unscrew the cover, who's "real" computer is actually inside there?

Reply
Electronic Wiz
Power-User

Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: Western Colorado, USA
Posts: 202
Good Answers: 16
#2
In reply to #1

Re: China Pushes Petaflop Power

06/02/2010 10:56 PM

A whole lot of abacus machines and monkeys.
Reply
Reply to Blog Entry
Have a Different Question?
2 comments

Previous in Blog: Bendable Displays and Solar Cells Possible Using Cheap Copper Nanowires   Next in Blog: Forensic Astronomer Solves Walt Whitman mystery

Advertisement

Got Something to Say?
Ask a Question
Start a Discussion

Search this Section
General Discussion:
Go

Search this Blog
Engineering News:
Go

Recent Blog Entries

CR4 Sections
Aerospace
BioMech & BioMed
Chemical & Material Science
Civil Engineering
Communications & Electronics
Education and Engineering Careers
Electrical Engineering
General Discussion
Instrumentation
Manufacturing
Mechanical Engineering
New Technologies & Research
Software & Programming
Sustainable Engineering
Transportation

Site Directories
Forum Directory
Blog Directory
User Group Directory
RSS Feeds

CR4 Rules of Conduct
CR4 FAQ
Site Glossary

Who's Online (62 right now)
Show Members
Advertisement