Supercomputing, the new “space race”

Supercomputing, the new “space race”

President Obama ordained a mega project for the creation of the most powerful computer in the world, for to regain the site the EE.UU. had lost at China’s Tianhe- 2. But the ultimate objective is strategic. “Who doesn’t compute, does not compete”. The...
Discussions on Big Data live from Puerto Varas

Discussions on Big Data live from Puerto Varas

The fourth version of the CMM’s Pucon Symposium «Advanced Tools Applied to Frontier Astronomy, BioMedicine and Massive Data-driven Sciences» will be held at the city of Puerto Varas, Chile, from august the 26th till the 28th and will count with the participation...
EE UU and China compete in the supercomputers race

EE UU and China compete in the supercomputers race

A new horizon Since 30 years the supercomputers have been perpetrating a curious rule. Every ten years have multiplied their speed by the thousand. Additionally, the new horizons (from megaflops to gigaflops, from gigaflops to teraflops and from there to petaflops)...