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The Exa-scale Supercomputer of 2020

In the past year, Intel has launched three new research centers focused on different aspects of the same challenge: developing supercomputers with Exa-scale performance levels. That means a billion billion computations per second. To put that in context, if you … Continue reading

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Intel completes an Exascale research triple play

Today Intel formally announced the third in a series of joint research centers focused on driving high-performance computing systems to exascale levels. Exascale means performance surpassing a billion billion computations per second — enough to hypothetically scan through every word … Continue reading

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ScienceSim — what could you do with a 3D internet?

Today, we are launching a new world for immersive science.. and perhaps part of the path to a 3D internet. First, by way of explanation. I’ve been doing fun and wild things with computers since 1977 when I was a … Continue reading

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Immersive Science

One year ago, at the Intel Developer Forum, I spoke about how as computing technology advances and broadband connectivity becomes ubiquitous, today’s nascent virtual worlds and online games will evolve into a “3-D Internet.” I believe that eventually these immersive … Continue reading

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