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New Weather Supercomputers Ready for 2013 Hurricane Season On July 25, 2013, the National Weather Service, which is part of NOAA, flipped the switch on two new weather supercomputers that are running an upgraded hurricane research and forecasting model designed to more accurately project storm intensity and structure. |
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Researchers Create Programming Language for Quantum Computers Researchers at Dalhousie University in Halifax, Canada, have developed a new high-level programming language dubbed Quipper. What makes Quipper such a milestone for programming is the fact that it’s tailored for quantum computers. |
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China Builds World's Fastest Supercomputer China has overtaken the United States as home to the world’s fastest supercomputer. The new machine, dubbed Tianhe-2 (Milky Way-2), was created by China’s National University of Defense Technology and is expected to be up and running by the end of this year. |
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World’s Fastest Supercomputer Goes Obsolete after Five Years How’s this for a testament to the transience of modern technology? The world’s fastest supercomputer, fewer than five years ago, was decommissioned on March 31, 2013, and is set to be dismantled because its technology is obsolete. |
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Superstorm Predictions and Disease Diagnosis…from Your Mobile Device? Supercomputers and mobile devices may look at lot more like each other in the not too distant future as manufacturers look to increase power, while reducing size. As long as the value of human interaction isn't underestimated, we may see some pretty amazing machines in as few as five years. |
