Beautiful Pics of Supercomputers

Posted by Alex in Gadget, Pictures, Science & Tech on January 27, 2009 at 8:38 pm


Z1 Computer, via epemag

Dark Roasted Blend, one of my favorite blogs which sucks at least 30 minutes of my free time whenever I visit, has a really neat post about real and imaginary supercomputers. This one above is the Z1 computer, built by German engineer Konrad Zuse, who built the world’s first programmable computer.

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Previously on Neatorama: The Wonderful World of Early Computing

 
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World's Most Beautiful Supercomputer

Posted by Robert Birming in Everything Else on December 16, 2007 at 4:59 am

This amazing piece of technology is installed in a former chapel at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center.

It’s called “MareNostrum” and it is currently the largest supercomputer in Europe and the 9th largest in the world.

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