CNETAnalysis: The Titan supercomputer has knocked the IMB Sequoia off the top spot to take the title of World’s Fastest Supercomputer . Those who move in the right kinds of circles won’t be surprised by this news; advance reports had apparently anticipated Oak Ridge National Laboratory’s Titan would take the gold when the Top500 Supercomputer Sites’ twice-yearly top 500 supercomputer sites chart was released. The Titan managed 17.59 Petaflop per second – that’s 17.59 quadrillion calculations per second and puts our ability to pat our heads and rub our tummies simultaneously to shame. But knowing that the Titan has 560,640 processors to its name, including 261,632 Nvidia K20x accelerator cores, makes us feel a little less inadequate. Also, we have souls and organic intelligence. Is it a bird? Is it a plane? In June 2012, we reported that the IBM Sequoia was the world’s fastest supercomputer but it now sits in second place; the previous number 1, Fujitsu’s K computer , now languishes in third. Not for the likes of you and I are the supercomputers housed in major computing laboratories; rather they are used to simulate nuclear weapons tests and other complicated scientific simulations. Related Stories Gary Marshall: Apple chips in Macs: say when, not if
CNews Karachi. July 05: A Pakistani Scientist in Britain has invented a new chemical for processing plastic (polythene) bags which has the quality of dissolution after its use in 105 days.A manufacturing unit for these plastic bags was being set up in Turkey while interest has been shown in the setting up of a big unit and manufacturing firm’s head quarter in Karachi which will be used to supply such dissolvable polythene bags to Asian countries. The Director of UK based firm Bio Plast Biodegradable Plastics GL Punn while leading a 15 member delegation called on EDO Municipal Services City Government Masood Alam. The Executive Director of Bio Plast Pakistan Muhammad Hanif Awan and M. Sultan Mehmood Awan was also present on this occasion. The Director of Bio Plast informed the EDO Municipal Services about the characteristics of new chemical. He said that the firm was going to set up its first plant in Turkey which will be operative in next two months. The delegation also praised the vi