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Big Mac Supercomputer Heads For Top Ranks
News In preliminary performance tests carried out on 2,112 of the system's 2,200 processors, the so-called "Big Mac" cluster achieved 8.1 teraflops, or trillions of operations per second, according to figures published on Wednesday.
[October 23, 2003, 13:00]
'Big Mac' Broken Up And Sold
News That's because in January, the university said it was upgrading its "Big Mac" supercomputer to use Apple Computer's rack-mounted Xserve. As a result, some of the machines that landed Big Mac at No.in the list of Top 500 supercomputers are now being...
[February 13, 2004, 9:30]
Microsoft Mulls 'Big Mac' Pricing Index
News Taylor suggested that Microsoft may need to adjust its pricing to reflect a country's cost of living, or what he called the "Big Mac" index. How much does a Big Mac cost in India versus in New York versus in Taipei, and how do you map a similar Big...
[March 1, 2004, 8:15]
Last Big Push For 'Classic Mac' OS
News The next major update to Apple Computer's Mac OS 9 has passed its first testing milestone. The product, known inside the company as Fortissimo, will incorporate new drivers, new interface elements and offer better integration with the Mac OS X...
[July 19, 2000, 9:50]
'Big Mac' Gets An Upgrade
Talkback For what purpose Virginia Tech developed its new System X? The team should show us the result which could not come without the super computer's power.
[October 26, 2004, 20:26]
'Big Mac' Gets An Upgrade
News The fastest Mac supercomputer has gotten faster, thanks to an Xserve makeover. Virginia Tech plans to announce on Tuesday that its System X now operates at 12.25 teraflops, or 12 trillion calculations per second, up from 10.28 teraflops in its...
[October 26, 2004, 15:10]
'Big Mac' Broken Up And Sold
Talkback What a colossal waste of money! Didn't VT just build that ridiculous SC? Is Barney Fife running the operation over there or what?
[March 23, 2004, 19:42]
Member Review Computer Warehouse Boss Sees Big Mac OS Sales
News Jonathan Cole, chairman of Computer Warehouse, the UK's largest Mac reseller, said his firm had sold 500 UK-built Mac clones under its own brand in the first two months of offering the product, and expects to sell 6-8,000 systems in the next 12...
[June 10, 1997, 9:32]
Mac Cluster Rises In Supercomputing Ranks
News According to the latest performance figures from Virginia Tech's Terascale Cluster, nicknamed the Big Mac, the system is computing at 9.55 trillion operations per second, or teraflops. The Big Mac is turning heads in the high-performance computing...
[October 31, 2003, 13:10]
Roundup: Mac Expo 2000
News Last big push for 'Classic Mac' OS Wed, 19 Jul Sources say Mac OS 9 has passed its first big testing milestone Thu, 13 Jul The Mac industry got a new dose of product speculation the week before Apple's big gathering in New York
[July 18, 2000, 9:45]
Enthusiasts Gaze Into IMac Crystal Ball
Talkback I am sure wireless features will play a big role in the next mac, i think a vision from the future from an HP/Microsoft effort had the idea of a dockable portable, but if mac gets it out first then why not.have you seen the new mac monitors, two...
[July 29, 2004, 21:26]
Third Parties Line Up New Mac Gear
News Some Mac companies have jumped the the gun on the start of Macworld Expo/San Francisco on Tuesday with big announcements. Adobe Systems, Canon, Epson, Iomega, and LaCie are among the growing list of companies unveiling Mac products before the show.
[January 9, 2001, 15:41]
Apple Retreats On Gaming Tools At WWDC
News The big question is, Will old and current games run on Mac OS X? Game developers attending Tuesday's "Games and Mac OS X" session at Apple's Worldwide Developers Conference this week in San Jose, California, didn't get what they expected.
[May 18, 2000, 8:38]
Cray's Nuclear Simulator To Hit Mass Market
News In preliminary performance tests carried out on 2,112 of the system's 2,200 processors, the so-called Big Mac cluster achieved 8.1 teraflops, or trillions of operations per second. While the system is still being tuned, and final results won't be...
[October 27, 2003, 15:40]
US Report: Apple Overhauls Developer Program
News According to Mac programmer Steve Sisak, a consultant with Codewell, "the hardware discount isn't really such a big deal. We need to be lowering the barriers to doing Mac development instead of raising them," said Clent Richardson, Apple director...
[April 9, 1998, 10:30]
Apple Cuts UK Hardware Prices
News NPDTechworld analyst Stephen Baker praised the high-end iMac, which comes with a 1GHz PowerPC G4 processor, 17-inch widescreen flat-panel monitor, 256MB of double data-rate (DDR) SDRAM, an 80GB hard drive, a 4X DVD recording drive, 64MB GeForce4...
[February 5, 2003, 14:47]
Hackers Claim To Use ITunes For Music Sharing
News The new music jukebox software, released two weeks ago as part of a set of high-profile Apple music announcements, contains features that allow Mac users to stream music to each other over a network. The sharing feature is only as strong as a given...
[May 13, 2003, 8:10]
The Day Ahead: Apple Asks For Leap Of Faith, Wall Street Balks
News The G4 Cube -- What was supposed to be the ultimate Mac with the best design on the planet couldn't get consumers excited. Toss in a new Mac operating system, cool toys such as iMovie and Jobs was touting the company's ability to "control the...
[October 19, 2000, 13:01]
2005: Apple's 1984?
Leader With the iPod selling in the tens of millions and the Mac mini exciting the interest of millions more, Apple may be poised on the edge of true populism. The launch of the Mac mini could also reignite the old hostilities between Apple chief Steve...
[January 18, 2005, 12:50]
