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Largest Private Supercomputer?

Wednesday, June 15th, 2005

/. “IBM has launched its Watson Blue Gene system, the largest privately owned supercompuer seen by the press. The super computer is described reaching a whopping 91.29 teraflops. IBM has plans on giving Academic researchers access to some computing time. Some more info can be found the IBM site. All this makes you wonder what other supercomputers are out there, not known to the press, and if it’s time to increase the size of your private key and strengthen your encryption.”

* Slashdot | Largest Privately Owned Supercomputer

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Virtual Brain Computing

Monday, June 6th, 2005

/. bryan8m writes “An IBM supercomputer running on 22.8 teraflops of processing power will be involved in an effort to create the first computer simulation of the entire human brain.
From the article: ‘The hope is that the virtual brain will help shed light on some aspects of human cognition, such as perception, memory and perhaps even consciousness.’ It should also help us understand brain malfunctions and ‘observe the electrical code our brains use to represent the world.’”

Slashdot | Effort to Create Virtual Brain Begins

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