Monday, May 31. 2010
In graphics: Supercomputing superpowers
Via BBC
-----
The biannual Top 500 supercomputer list has been released. Use this graphic to explore the world's fastest number crunchers or find out more about alternative supercomputer powers.
The data used to generate the interactive treemap visualisation come from a draft of the June 2010 TOP500 Supercomputing list. This ranks most of the world's fastest supercomputers twice a year. There may be minor differences between this list and the final published list.
The graphic allows you to see the visualise the list by the speed of each machine; the operating systems used; what it is used for; the country where it is based; the maker of the silicon chips used to build the machine and the manufacturer of the super computer.
The maps were produced using the Prefuse Flare software, developed by the University of California Berkeley.
Related Links:
Related Links:
fabric | rblg
fabric | rblg is the survey website of fabric | ch -- studio for architecture, interaction and research. We curate and re-blog articles, researches, exhibitions and projects that we notice during our everyday practice.
Most articles concern the intertwined fields of architecture, territory, art, interaction design and science. From time to time, we also publish here information about our own work and research. This website is used by fabric | ch as archive and references. Late 2009, we decided to share it openly with all those interested in the same topics as us.
The people that regularly post so far on this blog are part of the founding members of fabric | ch: Christian Babski (computer scientist), Christophe Guignard (architect, interaction designer) and Patrick Keller (architect, inter- action designer).
