Sci-Edu
December 02, 2005
IBM's Blue Gene shown in Beijing http://english.peopledaily.com.cn/200512/02/eng20051202_225257.html
The world's fastest supercomputer-IBM's Blue Gene is shown at a press conference held by IBM in Beijing Thursday.
IBM has plans to promote Blue Gene in China's medical and meteorological fields, insiders revealed. Yet all-round commercial use of Blue Gene in China is not possible because of the restrictions the US government imposes. The supercomputer will stay in China for one month.
The Blue Gene ranks No. 1 on the list of Top 500 supercomputers by a speed of 280.6 teraflops It is applied in the fields of life science, weather forecast, astronomical observation, material science, and special effects of digital movies.
By People's Daily Online
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