internetnews.com: IBM's Blue Gene Claims Fastest Supercomputer

"IBM secured the top spot in the rankings for world's fastest supercomputer as Blue Gene/L ran at a sustained speed of 36.01 teraflops, or trillions of calculations per second, this week.

"Blue Gene/L knocked NEC's Earth Simulator from the top spot on the Top 500 list for world's fastest computers. At a peak speed of 35.86 teraflops, the Japan-based Simulator had set the record for fastest machine in 2002..."

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