Blue Gene is an IBM project aimed at designing supercomputers that can reach operating speeds in the petaFLOPS (PFLOPS) range, with low power consumption. The project created three generations of ...

IBM is looking into ways it can leverage its Blue Gene supercomputer within the company’s BladeCenter line of ultra-thin blade servers, a company executive has confirmed. “We’ve been looking into ways ...

Leveraging the reputation of its high-powered Blue Gene supercomputer line, IBM Corp. Friday unveiled its Blue Gene on Demand offering to customers that want periodic ultra-high performance without ...

Fresh from setting a record for performance among supercomputers just a few days ago, IBM today announced that it is making a commercial version of its Blue Gene system available for businesses and ...

Supercomputing is more widely available to cost-conscious institutions thanks to IBM’s decision to lower the price of Blue Gene/L before releasing its newest – and more expensive – supercomputer. IBM ...

President Obama on Friday awarded IBM the 2008 National Medal of Technology and Innovation for the IBM Blue Gene family of supercomputers. The medal is the nation’s highest honor for technological and ...

IBM has announced plans to put some of its big iron to work next year to help a Dutch astronomy lab construct a radio telescope that scientists hope will let them gaze deeply enough into space to ...

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