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more about #ibm more comments → Voyou_Charmant: "isn't it just a bit curious that someone thought to save on upgrading the supercomputer just after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released?" Tha... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Do they get a discount for buying in bulk? more » The5thElephant: Along with 2200 copies of MW2 our "next-gen" soldiers will finally receive realistic training and will be more capable due to perks providing increase... more » AtomFury: Oh common, we ALL know that they're really just organizing a massive LAN party :D. I hope they remembered to order 5000 bags of Doritos too. more » Dallifornia: ...courtesy of the best Black Friday sale, ever. more » Jamez: IMB? IBM maybe? Or are we talking about something completely different? more » aogfilter001: Yeah, I'll bet a few of the "backup" units are being stored "off site" in the homes of the technicians. more » pirate_panda: Note that they had to buy the old non-slim models. The new slims are decidedly inappropriate for supercomputing because they don't support Linux. more » Weihovah: "isn't it just a bit curious that someone thought to save on upgrading the supercomputer just after Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 was released?" i w... more » skierpage: I thought Cat Brain was a mind-blowingly impressive follow-on to the Blue Brain simulator. Blue Brain simulates a single neocortical column. It's on... more » Duckspwn: So now scientists have gotten themselves into a brain simulator pissing contest. Awesome. Progress, here we come! more » Poop Cooper: Meanwhile, scientists are puzzled by the dog brain simulator, unsure of whether they've created something endearing or stupid. Decide for yourself in... more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Clearly the rat is thinking, "Oh shit! Oh shit! Oh shit! Please let this just be a cat-skin rug and not an actual live cat..." more » Jrsy Devil's Advocate®: Henry Markram, why do you hate cats? more » tomsomething: What exactly is the Turing test on artificial cat brains? "I did something and it ignored me. SUCCESS!" more » -
#military
Department of Defense Buys 2,200 PS3s to Upgrade Supercomputer
Apparently the Department of Defense believes that PS3s are a better value when it comes to supercomputers than IBM products specifically designed for the purpose. Granted recent price drops probably didn't hurt in justifying a 2,200 console order either. More » -
#ai
Rat Brain Simulator Calls IBM's Cat Brain Simulation Bogus
The cat brain simulation IBM supposedly pulled off has just been called out as a "PR stunt" by the leader of the Blue Brain project, who says that it's all a "mass deception of the public." More » -
#processors
The Cell Processor Is Going Extinct (Updated)
IBM's shitcanning the Cell processor line—you know, the chip that's in the PS3 and uh, Toshiba laptops and TVs—according to their VP of Deep Computing, making the current PowerXCell 8i the last of its ilk. Updated. More » -
#science
It Takes 147,456 PowerPC Processors To Out-Think a Single Stupid Cat Brain
Also on IBM's cat-sized-brain-simulation materials list: 143 terabytes of RAM, miles and miles of cabling, a million watts of electricity, 6675 tons of air conditioning equipment, and an acre of floor space. More » -
#supercomputers
World's Fastest Supercomputer Is World's Largest, Tackiest Case Mod Too
This is Jaguar, the new King of the Petaputer Hill, running at 1.75 petaflops-per-second. The Cray XT5 supercomputer was behind IBM's Roadrunnner for more than a year, until some clever scientist decided to paint a running Jaguar all over it. More » -
#warranty
ThinkPad's $100 a Year Warranty Service is Actually Pretty Good
Boing Boing Cory relates this tale using his $100/year global support service for his Lenovo laptop and actually liking what eventually happened. Wha?? More » -
#science
Battery 500 Project Wants to Make a 500 Mile Range Electric Car Battery
IBM, UC Berkeley and five US National Labs are collaborating in a consortium to make an electric vehicle battery that goes all the way up to 500 miles per charge. More » -
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#retromodo
The Videophone as Imagined In 1910 Still Had Dancing Webcam Girls
I'm ashamed to admit I was surprised someone had the videophone figured out as early as 1910. I also need to apologize to that old crazy guy in the park—your Prohibition-era webcam stories may have been true after all! More » -
#lenovo
Lenovo Goes All Multitouch On Us With the X200 Tablet, T400s
The most important thing to remember about the multitouch Apple tablet is that it doesn't exist. So how about two multitouch laptops that do, from another hardware manufacturer that people actually like? Enter Lenovo's ThinkPad X200 tablet and T400s. More » -
#microprocessors
Gadgets of Our Future Will Continue To Get Smaller and Faster Thanks To Nanowires
Computers have been getting smaller for years, yet they cram the same amount of power if not more. Essentially that is Moore's Law, or the theory that every year the number of transistors per square inch on integrated circuits doubles. More » -
#ibm
IBM Files Patent For Tweeting TV Remote
Good lord, this is all we need. A TV remote that allows users to easily ramble on about the shows they watch via their blog or twitter account. For better or worse, IBM appears to be working on this technology. More » -
#quantumcomputing
IBM Takes First 3D Image of Atomic Bonds
From what I remember of chemistry, molecules were presented on computer screens, or at the very least with dowels and balls. Thanks to this incredible discovery, however, I'm jealous of how tomorrow's engineers will view—and control—nature's building blocks. More » -
#dna
IBM Examining Microchips Built On DNA "Origami" Nanostructures
From the "at least 10 years out" category of microchip fabrication comes word that IBM is working to reduce future costs and microchip sizes by using DNA. More » -
#nettops
Lenovo IdeaCentre C100 All-in-One Nettop Will Have a Touchscreen, Eventually
Here at the gdgt party, Lenovo introduced an all-in-one nettop we haven't seen before: The IdeaCentre C100 is an Atom-based, 20-inch nettop that will eventually pack Windows 7 and a touchscreen, but it'll have touchless Vista first. More » -
#privacy
IBM SNAzzy Knows Your Circle of Friends Better Than You Do
That heavy breathing you hear on the phone sometimes? It's IBM. More » -
#pc
Intel 8088: The Chip That Gave Birth to the Borg
This is the Intel 8088. A beast with 29,000 transistors that could be clocked up 8MHz in its 1979 heyday, it was the second chip to use the x86 architecture, and the brains inside the original IBM PC. More » -
#gizmodo79
Then and Now: IBM Personal Computers
Gizmodo '79 is a week-long celebration of gadgets and geekdom 30 years ago, as the analog age gave way to the digital, and most of our favorite toys were just being born. More » -
#android
IBM Seer Augmented Reality App Ensures No Confused Android Users At Wimbledon
Android is quickly becoming the go-to mobile OS for augmented reality apps: just days after Layar gave us a realtor's tour of Amsterdam, IBM has released a similar—and more comprehensive—app for attendees of the Wimbledon tennis tournament. More »
