Tag: fastest

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Chip giants split supercomputing honours

By Iain Thomson | Nov 19, 2009 | Comment Now

AMD and Intel evenly placed in top 10.

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Fastest desktop in the world launched

By Sylvie Barak | Nov 4, 2008 | Comment Now

Lewis Hamilton wasn't the only Brit setting records for speed today as UK retailer Yoyo Tech unveiled the world’s fastest desktop PC, unceremoniously shoving the two time ...

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Middle East gets into supercomputing

By Iain Thomson | Oct 4, 2008 | Comment Now

The King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) has announced a partnership with IBM to build the fastest supercomputer in the Middle East.

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Apple fastest growing computer manufacturer in US

By Iain Thomson | Jul 18, 2008 | Comment Now

Apple computers have enjoyed an excellent second quarter of 2008, with sales growing faster than any other manufacturer.

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'Intrepid' supercomputer fastest for science

By Clement James | Jun 19, 2008 | Comment Now

The US Department of Energy's (DoE) high performance computing system is now the fastest supercomputer in the world for open science, according to the Top 500 list of the ...

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Intel claims world's fastest mobile processor

By Iain Thomson | Jul 18, 2007 | Comment Now

Intel has unveiled processors which the company claims are among the fastest in the world.

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IBM unveils world's fastest processor

By Iain Thomson | May 22, 2007 | Comment Now

IBM has unveiled what it claims is the fastest processor in the world - the Power 6 runs at 4.7GHz, and has an 8MB L2 cache and 790 million transistors built on a 65nm scale.