U.S. supercomputing lead rings Sputnik-like alarm for Russia

Computerworld – Russia’s launch of Sputnik in 1957 triggered a crisis of confidence in the U.S. that helped drive the creation of a space program. Now, Russia is comparing the U.S.’s achievements in supercomputing with theirs, and they don’t like what they see.

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Seeking efficiency, scientists run visualizations directly on supercomputers

(PhysOrg.com) — If you wanted to perform a single run of a current model of the explosion of a star on your home computer, it would take more than three years just to download the data. In order to do cutting-edge astrophysics research, scientists need a way to more quickly compile, execute and especially visualize these incredibly complex simulations.

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