Science news articles about 'virtual supercomputer'Game lets geeks compete to build virtual supercomputer
... computer game for you. Rack-A-Node is an online video game that lets those über-geeks who love both science and technology try their hand at designing and operating a simulated research supercomputer.Idle computers offer hope to solve cancer's mysteries through grid computing project
... , grid computing allows Internet users worldwide to contribute their idle computer time, creating a "virtual" supercomputer to solve a difficult problem. In this case, the grid computing program is ... Virtual screening leads to real progress in drug design
... computer power. A REL1 analysis done on a regular desktop could take years while those on supercomputers take a few days. The computers used in this study, explains Amaro, are among the most powerful ... Thinking ahead: Bacteria anticipate coming changes in their environment
... in the past," says Tagkopoulos. Even with the vast number crunching power the supercomputers provided by the University's Computational Science and Engineering Support Group, their experiments took ... UC San Diego researchers identify potential new drug candidates to combat 'bird flu'
... of the mathematical calculations needed for these simulations that scientists often require the use of supercomputers. In this case, the researchers ran their data through a molecular dynamics ... UC San Diego's GreenLight Project to improve energy efficiency of computing
... of-magnitude more efficient modern-day machines, from embedded systems to high-performance supercomputers."
The computing and systems research will yield new quantitative data to support engineering ... From Xbox to T-cells: Michigan Tech researchers borrow video game technology to model human biology
... desktop, we can beat a computing cluster," says D'Souza. "We are effectively democratizing supercomputing and putting these powerful tools into the hands of any researcher. Every time I present this ...
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Game lets geeks compete to build virtual supercomputer
... computer game for you. Rack-A-Node is an online video game that lets those über-geeks who love both science and technology try their hand at designing and operating a simulated research supercomputer.Idle computers offer hope to solve cancer's mysteries through grid computing project
... , grid computing allows Internet users worldwide to contribute their idle computer time, creating a "virtual" supercomputer to solve a difficult problem. In this case, the grid computing program is ...Virtual screening leads to real progress in drug design
... computer power. A REL1 analysis done on a regular desktop could take years while those on supercomputers take a few days. The computers used in this study, explains Amaro, are among the most powerful ...Thinking ahead: Bacteria anticipate coming changes in their environment
... in the past," says Tagkopoulos. Even with the vast number crunching power the supercomputers provided by the University's Computational Science and Engineering Support Group, their experiments took ...UC San Diego researchers identify potential new drug candidates to combat 'bird flu'
... of the mathematical calculations needed for these simulations that scientists often require the use of supercomputers. In this case, the researchers ran their data through a molecular dynamics ...UC San Diego's GreenLight Project to improve energy efficiency of computing
... of-magnitude more efficient modern-day machines, from embedded systems to high-performance supercomputers." The computing and systems research will yield new quantitative data to support engineering ...From Xbox to T-cells: Michigan Tech researchers borrow video game technology to model human biology
... desktop, we can beat a computing cluster," says D'Souza. "We are effectively democratizing supercomputing and putting these powerful tools into the hands of any researcher. Every time I present this ...