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

Written By
Web Webster
Web Webster
Sep 30, 2004

“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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Web Webster

Web Webster

Web Webster has more than 20 years of writing and editorial experience in the tech sector. He’s written and edited news, demand generation, user-focused, and thought leadership content for business software solutions, consumer tech, and Linux Today, he edits and writes for a portfolio of tech industry news and analysis websites including webopedia.com, and DatabaseJournal.com.

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