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Cray announced on Thursday a new supercomputer that will leave its fastest counterparts in the dust.
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Cray has announced a new supercomputer that will leave its fastest counterparts in the dust.
A supercomputer in Japan that ties together 5,120 processors has widened its lead as the world's most powerful computer under a revised series of tests from market researcher IDC.
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Cray announced on Thursday a new supercomputer that will leave its fastest counterparts in the dust.
Much of the contemporary supercomputer world is focused on machines made up of a network of smaller computers, but NEC is going retro with its new model, the SX-7.
Advanced Micro Devices is looking to drum up support for its forthcoming 64-bit Opteron server chip.
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