Fastest supercomputer for Earth Simulation!

Wow, a new Japanese supercomputer…. costing hundreds of millions of dollars was switched on this month…. and immediately outclassed its nearest rival. Before its launch, all of the top six supercomputers in the world were in the US. This new machine, called the Earth Simulator, is five times as fast as the best of these and is being used by the Japan Marine Science and Technology Centre to make predictions about the future of the Earth’s climate and its crust.

For details go here, here and here

Just added my bookshelf…

Got a bookshelf from Ning -> My Bookshelf.