Supercomputers
[via the NYT]
The US has used its supercomputers mostly for military purposes (the fastest in the world, the IBM Blue Gene/L is at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab).
The Japanese, on the other hand, have used their supersomputers for the following:
1) Climate simulation (the NEC machine)
2) Automobile accident simulations
3) Oil and natural gas exploration
By not restricting the use of supercomputers to only military purposes, and by opening them up for use by other commercial businesses (eg., auto companies in Japan), Japan tries to put its companies in a better position to compete internationally.
Other uses of supercomputers include:
1) Genomic research
2) Drug discovery
3) Cancer Research
4) Studying of complex phenomena such as turbulence, prediction of material properties, and the behaviour of high explosis
Boeing even designed a new plane completely through simulation, without ever building a prototype!
The US has used its supercomputers mostly for military purposes (the fastest in the world, the IBM Blue Gene/L is at the Lawrence Livermore National Lab).
The Japanese, on the other hand, have used their supersomputers for the following:
1) Climate simulation (the NEC machine)
2) Automobile accident simulations
3) Oil and natural gas exploration
By not restricting the use of supercomputers to only military purposes, and by opening them up for use by other commercial businesses (eg., auto companies in Japan), Japan tries to put its companies in a better position to compete internationally.
Other uses of supercomputers include:
1) Genomic research
2) Drug discovery
3) Cancer Research
4) Studying of complex phenomena such as turbulence, prediction of material properties, and the behaviour of high explosis
Boeing even designed a new plane completely through simulation, without ever building a prototype!
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