IBM Creates Fastest Computer
Scientists at the Los Alamos government weapons lab have managed to build the world’s fastest computer. The computer has the ability to sustain 1,000 trillion operations in a single second.
IBM’s Energy Department announced their new breakthrough Monday and stated that the computer will be used to help maintain the country’s nuclear weapons stockpile.
Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman says the new computer, named Roadrunner, also will be used to help solve global energy problems and “open new windows of knowledge” in basic research.