IBM Press room - 2008-06-09 Fact Sheet & Background: Roadrunner Smashes ...

topics:

IBM

www-03.ibm.com - 11/17/2008

IBM Press room - 2008-06-09 Fact Sheet & Background: Roadrunner Smashes the Petaflop Barrier - United States

—

Made from Commercial Parts. In total, Roadrunner connects 6,562 dual-core AMD Opteron chips as well as 12,240 Cell chips (on IBM Model QS22 blade servers). The Roadrunner system has 98 terabytes of memory, and is housed in 278 refrigerator-sized, IBM BladeCenter racks occupying 5,200 square ...

appleinsider.com - 11/13/2008

Docs show Apple failed to find ideal successor for iPod chief

— appleinsider.com — A series of statements made in court filings by tentative iPod & iPhone chief Mark Papermaster and... those who recruited him at Apple show that the company at first considered him a secondary pick. They also reveal that IBM's own management has ... (more) Docs show Apple failed to find ideal successor for iPod ...

Computing

iPod

IBM

Comments vote down MacMagazine found this 11/13/2008found this

crn.com - 11/15/2008

Papermaster Countersues To Escape IBM's Legal Hounds - The Channel Wire - IT Channel News And ...

— crn.com — Mark Papermaster, the former IBM technical whiz who's being sued by a jilted Big Blue after taking... a position at Apple last month, is attempting to wrestle free of the clutches of IBM's legal team by filing a countersuit. IBM claims that it competes ... (more) Papermaster Countersues To Escape IBM's Legal Hounds - ...

Computing

IBM

Comments vote down Boing Boing Gadgets found this 11/15/2008found this

gizmodo.com - 11/17/2008

IBM Roadrunner Tops Cray as the Official World's Fastest Supercomputer [Supercomputers]

— gizmodo.com — It's like a geek soap opera. Just last week, Cray bragged that their updated Jaguar XT supercomputer... was the world's fastest. Now this week, IBM responds to the trash talk with a number one ranking of their Roadrunner system on the newly published ... (more) IBM Roadrunner Tops Cray as the Official World's Fastest ...

Computing

IBM

Comments vote down Tech Blog found this 11/17/2008found this

Blog Reactions

Gizmodo: IBM Roadrunner Tops Cray as the Official World's Fastest Supercomputer [Supercomputers]

MacMagazine: Roadrunner lidera o ranking TOP500 dos supercomputadores

Comments

Related Content

Apple recruits top chip designer, IBM responds with suit
appleinsider.com 10/31/2008 — Apple recently recruited a top chip designer from IBM, resulting in a lawsuit that seeks to prevent the executive from taking his knowledge as "IBM's top expert in Power architecture and technology" to the Mac maker.

Apple iPhone Chief Claims He Didn't Violate IBM Contract -
informationweek.com 11/7/2008 — Apple's newly appointed chief of iPod and iPhone engineering said his move to Cupertino does not violate a noncompete contract he signed with former employer IBM because Apple and IBM are not competitors. "To the best of my knowledge, IBM does not ...

IBM Press room - 2008-07-29 Made in IBM Labs: IBM Research Develops Technology to Aid Human Memory - United States
www-03.ibm.com 8/3/2008 — ARMONK, NY - 29 Jul 2008: To help people remember key facts, today, IBM (NYSE: IBM ) unveiled a software technology created in its Research Labs that uses the images, sounds, and text recorded on everyday mobile devices to help people recall names, ...

New Apple hire fights back in countersuit against IBM
appleinsider.com 11/15/2008 — The tug of war over the future of Mark Papermaster, an executive hired away from his post at IBM to head up Apple's handheld efforts, got a bit nastier on Thursday when the microprocessor expert countered a lawsuit from his former employer with one of ...

Classic IBM Packaging
gearfuse.com 11/14/2008 — Here's a photo of a ledger from the 1984 collection from IBM. Those striking pastels and regal fonts really bring it all together. Look how proud IBM was: "For the introduction of the IBM PC, we designed the packages and software manual, creating, ...

IBM gives update on STT-based MRAM
eetimes.com 12/18/2008 — SAN FRANCISCO -- At this week's International Electron Devices Meeting (IEDM) here, IBM Corp. will provide a sneak preview of its MRAM, based on spin torque transfer (STT) technology. In a paper, IBM will describe the key element of a 4-Kbit test ...

U.S. taps IBM for 20 petaflops computer
eetimes.com 2/3/2009 — SAN JOSE, Calif. The U.S. government has agreed to buy two supercomputers from IBM Corp., including one to be in use in 2012 that will ultimately scale to 20 petaflops, an estimated ten times the performance of today's most powerful system. Terms ...

Court response defends new Apple mobile hire's jump from IBM
appleinsider.com 11/8/2008 — Apple's contentious decision to hire a former IBM executive has been explained by the iPhone and iPod maker -- and the new recruit himself -- as a carefully thought-out decision that doesn't run afoul of earlier agreements.

newglobalfoundry.com 10/7/2008 — IBM Support for The Foundry Company “We welcome The Foundry Company into the IBM alliance as part of our existing joint-development agreement with AMD, and are pleased to see the company investing in New York, said Dr. John E. Kelly III, senior vice ...

IBM to keep tabs on Papermaster's new position at Apple
appleinsider.com 1/29/2009 — As part of his settlement with IBM last week, Mark Papermaster will be required to sign and submit court-governed declarations every few months saying he hasn't divulged any of the company's trade secrets while performing his new duties at Apple.