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BBC NEWS | Technology | Fastest supercomputer to be built


Fastest supercomputer to be built


IBM's Blue Gene/L supercomputer
Currently, BlueGene/L is the most powerful computer in the world
Computer giant IBM will build the world's most powerful supercomputer at a US government laboratory.

The machine, codenamed Roadrunner, could be four times more potent than the current fastest machine, BlueGene/L, also built by IBM.

The new computer is a "hybrid" design, using both conventional supercomputer processors and the new "cell" chip designed for Sony's PlayStation 3.

Roadrunner will be installed at the Los Alamos Nation

BBC NEWS | Technology | Fastest supercomputer to be built.

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