Whoops. Two Russian engineers at a top-level facility tried to use a supercomputer to mine Bitcoins for their own personal gains, but were immediately caught. How? They apparently forgot about one little restriction.
Japan is looking to cement its position at the forefront of digital innovation by building a new supercomputer that aims to be the fastest in the world.
Named Cheyenne for the Native American tribe and the city in which the research center is located, the new supercomputer will study global climate data.
With two pre-exaflop computers already under construction, Nvidia has stepped up to provide GPUs for a new project signed by Obama to reach exaflop scale.
In a recent study, researchers found that in common use cases NAND flash can be used instead of DRAM for competitive speed at a fraction of the energy use.
For the fifth time in a row, China's Tianhe-2 is the fastest supercomputer in the world, but the U.S. is set up to make a comeback in the next few years.
As artificial intelligence continues its march from fiction into reality, a firm based in New Zealand is working on an angry computer for Australian banks.
IBM's Watson supercomputer is already a star, but its story is just beginning. IBM is partnering with firms to help more industries tap into its power.