Year: 2003

It’s official: G5 supercomputer ranked 3rd fastest

Posted by | Nov 16, 2003 | |

As expected, Virginia Tech’s “Big Mac” supercomputer cluster, built with 1,100 Power Mac G5s, officially ranks third among the world’s 500 most powerful supercomputers. The US$5.2 million system, officially named “X,” ranked No. 3 with a performance of 10.3 trillion calculations per second, or 10.3 teraflops. The No. 1 and No. 2 systems were Japan’s Earth Simulator and Los Alamos National Laboratory’s ASCI Q with performance of 35.6 teraflops and 13.8 teraflops, respectively.

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Marathon announces DeskMount for Power Mac G5

Posted by | Nov 14, 2003 | |

Marathon Computer has announced its first desk mounting solution for Apple’s Power Mac G5. The company’s DeskMount for G5 is made of heavy-duty aircraft-grade aluminum and attaches a Power Mac G5 to the underside of your desk or work surface. The entire surface of the G5 DeskMount is coated with a tough, resilient material designed to prevent scratches and dings, while at the same time preventing vibration from being transmitted between desk and computer. DeskMount for G5 also features a built-in cable management system.

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Microsoft CTO lauds iPod

Posted by | Nov 14, 2003 | |

David Vaskevitch, Microsoft’s chief technology officer, this week praised his iPod in front of an audience of IT directors and developers. “Vaskevitch, who reports directly to chairman Bill Gates and is responsible for developing a strategy and architecture for future Microsoft platforms, was speaking on a discussion panel on wireless devices at the Salesforce.com user and developer conference in San Francisco on Tuesday,” reports ZDNet UK.

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