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  • World's most powerful computer is doubled in size

    03/14/2005 3:03:33 AM PST · by Swordmaker · 10 replies · 367+ views
    MacWorld ^ | 3/11/2005 | By Robert McMillan, IDG News Service
    World's most powerful computer is doubled in size Blue Gene/L, already ranked as the fastest supercomputer on the planet, has been doubled in size, according to researchers at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in Livermore, Calif. Livermore has been running a 32,000 processor system since December, but three weeks ago trucks began delivering the components that allowed Livermore to add another 32,000 processors worth of power to the supercomputer, effectively doubling its processing power. Though there are still some adjustments being made, the system is now operational, said Robin Goldstone, group leader with the Production Linux Group at Lawrence Livermore. "It's...