Archive for the ‘Technology’ Category

It’s been in the works for years when the Americans turned over their lives to Homeland Security. Soon, all the pieces are in place for the taking. “The technotronic era involves the gradual appearance of a more controlled society. Such a society would be dominated by an elite, unrestrained by traditional values. [...] The capacity [...]

On October 28, 2010, China stunned the world by unveiling the world’s fastest supercomputer, Tianhe-1A and putting NVIDIA’s Tesla GPUs to good use: A whopping 50-percent faster than the previous record holder, Tianhe-1A scores 2.507 petaflops in LINPACK benchmarking despite being half the size of a regular supercomputer. According to the press release, Tianhe-1A epitomizes [...]