Supercomputing's speed quest

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Researchers work to build supercomputers capable of running over a trillion mathematical calculations per second, which represents processor speed over 1,000 times faster than the most powerful models available in 1991. Companies such as Intel Corp seek to achieve teraflop speeds in future supercomputer models; Intel's latest model is called the Touchstone Delta, which performs four times faster than Intel's present supercomputer. Teraflop is derived from the Greek teras, which means one trillion, and the acronym flop, which computer engineers use to mean floating point operations per second. Intel's Touchstone Delta has the capacity to perform 8.6 billion mathematical calculations per second and will serve as a research prototype for a commercial teraflop supercomputer that Intel expects to market by 1995 or 1996. Supercomputers capable of teraflop speeds will influence the way physicists, astronomers and other scientists research scientific projects.

Semiconductors and related devices, Innovations, Computer industry, Product development, Intel Corp., INTC, Supercomputers, Supercomputer, Future Technologies

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I.B.M. triples speed of its data servers

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IBM introduces new versions of its $7,895 to $22,645 PS/2 90 and 95 microcomputer file servers that treble the processing speed of the previous models through the inclusion of Intel's 80486 microprocessor. High-end microcomputers that function as file servers provide the advantage of being able to use commercial software programs, lessening the expense for a company, while still providing full client-server functionality for the network. The filer server centralizes the data access for the network onto one machine. IBM has priced these new versions the same as the older ones, and price is dependent upon the system configuration. IBM has had a strong showing in the microcomputer file server market, which it only entered in Oct 1990, garnering 51 percent of the market share in the US for the 1st qtr 1992.

Prepackaged software, Usage, International Business Machines Corp., IBM, Product enhancement, File servers, Pricing Policy, Enhancements, File Server, Intel 80486 (Microprocessor), IBM PS/2 95 (Intel-compatible system), IBM PS/2 90 (486-based system)

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