Looking to match the kind of computing power it created in the BlueGene/L supercomputer — a supercomputing system made up over more than 130,000 processors — IBM launched this week what it called the fastest privately-owned supercomputer in the world. The system is sister to BlueGene, dubbed “BGW,” and is expected to rank among the world’s three fastest public/private super systems. Big Blue said BGW, which stands for Watson Blue Gene system, will be used to push progress in life sciences, hydrodynamics, materials sciences and other fields.
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IBM Builds Sister for Top Supercomputer
Posted by: Jay Lyman June 13, 2005 01:51 PMLooking to match the kind of computing power it created in the BlueGene/L supercomputer — a supercomputing system made up over more than 130,000 processors — IBM launched this week what it called the fastest privately-owned supercomputer in the world. The system is sister to BlueGene, dubbed “BGW,” and is expected to rank among the world’s three fastest public/private super systems. Big Blue said BGW, which stands for Watson Blue Gene system, will be used to push progress in life sciences, hydrodynamics, materials sciences and other fields.