MetaFilter posts tagged with supercomputer

Blue Brain

homunculus — Mon, 03 Mar 2008 13:42:02 -0800

Out of the Blue: "Can a thinking, remembering, decision-making, biologically accurate brain be built from a supercomputer?"

I, for one, welcome...

delmoi — Sun, 29 Apr 2007 09:43:30 -0800

[scifilter] Scientists use a supercomputer to simulate a biological neural structure "as big and as complex as half of a mouse brain"

Next generation chips and DVDs

mcgraw — Mon, 07 Feb 2005 11:34:03 -0800

Supercomputer-on-a-chip microprocessor design revealed on heels of report that third generation DVDs may implement an holographic storage technique.

A cluster of apple G5 machines at Virginia Tech

geir — Wed, 19 Nov 2003 02:22:24 -0800

A cluster of apple G5 machines at Virginia Tech ranked number 3 in the Top500 list of the world's fastest supercomputers. Apparently, the total cost of the system is around $5 million dollars while the two machines that beat it cost more than $300 million.

Cavatica — Thu, 09 Mar 2000 12:17:19 -0800

The Playstation 2, just like the G4 is considered a Supercomputer too. It's nice to know that hostile nations won't rip apart the system after they get gunned down in Metal Gear Solid.