El Capitan crowned most powerful supercomputer
When it comes to exaflops it is the floppiest
El Capitan has been ranked as the most powerful supercomputer in the world. It boasts a benchmark performance of 1.742 exaflops, or 1.742 quintillion calculations per second, far exceeding its initial target.
Supercomputer sale
Cheyenne supercomputer is up for grabs
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Those were the Crays
Supercomputer out matched by a Raspberry Pi
The UK government’s supercomputers in the 1970s would now be outclassed by a Raspberry Pi according to one of the testors of both.
AMD is still king of the wild Frontier
Top of the supercomputers
The Top500 organisation released its semi-annual list of the fastest supercomputers in the world, and the AMD-powered Frontier supercomputer retained its top spot.
Europe gets ARM-based supercomputer
Jupiter of the world's most powerful
One of the world's most powerful supercomputers will soon be online in Europe, using ARM-based chips instead of x86 parts.
UK invests £900 million in a new supercomputer
After Brexit UK fears falling behind in the AI race
The UK, which once had an Empire and a favoured status in Europe, is having to invest in its own supercomputer as it fears falling behind the rest of the world in artificial intelligence.
Microsoft built a cloudy supercomputer as part of its OpenAI plans
But it was unsure if it could build anything that big
Software King of the World Microsoft knew that it would have to build a cloud-based supercomputer if it had a chance of getting its OpenAI plans working – the problem was that it was unsure it could use its own Azure product to do it.
IBM runs an AI based supercomputer
Fortunately it is using it for "good"
IBM has unveiled its "AI supercomputer" composed of a bunch of virtual machines running within IBM Cloud."
Tesla's new supercomputer caused power cut in Palo Alto
Might have a few energy problems
Tesla's new Dojo supercomputer tripped the power grid in Palo Alto even when it was only operating its first chip and training tiles.
Boffins warn that no one could control an AI supercomputer
If we are dumb enough to give a supercomputer that functionality we are truly stuffed
Top boffins have warned that if humanity ever gives a super computer AI level functions, we are as doomed as a country whose chancellor signed over most of his countries' energy needs to Russia.