Distributed Computing

IBM takes Grid to the Clouds and Aids Solar Research

Greg Schnippel — Tue, 09 Dec 2008 07:29:13 -0800

IBM today announced that it is teaming up with Harvard University to launch a new worldwide grid project aimed at finding ways to make solar energy cheaper and more efficient.

Reaching for the Exa-scale, by BOINC-ing

Greg Schnippel — Fri, 17 Oct 2008 07:17:43 -0700

Today, the average personal computer can do a few GigaFLOPS (the acronym refers to doing one billion FLoating-point Operations Per Second). A modest cluster might do one thousand GigaFLOPS, or 1 TeraFLOPS. And for several years, one thousand TeraFLOPS, or one PetaFLOPS, was the Holy Grail of high- performance computing.

Biologists Enlist Online Gamers

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:35:01 -0700

Laptops as Earthquake Sensors

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:35:01 -0700

Artificial Intelligence, With Help From the Humans

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:29:45 -0700

Silicon Valley’s High-Tech Hunt for Colleague

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:29:43 -0700

Coming down to Earth: Africa@home

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:29:32 -0700

Amateur Cracks Secret Nazi Code

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:29:26 -0700

Distributed Computing to Crack WWII Encryption

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:29:25 -0700

The New Security: Cameras That Never Forget Your Face

Greg Schnippel — Sat, 05 Jul 2008 19:29:24 -0700