Computing

June 29, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — On a table in a small meeting room at Sandia National Laboratories rested a picture of the deceased — a row of identical cabinets that formed part of the entity known as ASCI Red, the world’s first teraflop supercomputer.

March 29, 2006 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A new series of measurements — the next step in evolution of criteria to determine more accurately the efficiency of supercomputers — has rated Sandia National Laboratories’ Red Storm computer the best in the world in two of six new categories, and very...

December 5, 2005 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Representatives from the U.S. Department of Justice and U.S. Attorneys’ offices from around the country will be in Albuquerque Dec. 5-9 for the annual Computer Hacking and Intellectual Property (CHIP) Coordinator’s conference, hosted by the National Nuclear...

January 22, 2004 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — That computer on your desk is just your helper. But soon it may become a very close friend.

September 6, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — The latest version of CplantTM Antarctica, the upwardly mobile computer at Sandia, is expected by researchers to become the 20th fastest in the world after integrating, by early fall, 1,300 off-the-shelf computers recently arrived from Compaq Computer...

July 24, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — Over the past two years, a group at Sandia National Laboratories known informally as the Red Team has, at customer invitation, either successfully invaded or devised successful mock attacks on 35 out of 35 information systems at various sites, along with...

May 11, 2000 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Elaine Raybourn, a member of the Advanced Concepts Group (ACG) think tank at the Department of Energy's Sandia National Laboratories, is exploring new on-line communication methods that will allow her "to be in two places at once."

September 24, 1996 • ALBUQUERQUE, NM -- A fundamental insight achieved into crystalline materials called phosphors may help industry increase the amount and quality of colored light they give off and lead to the replacement of liquid crystal portable display screens, say scientists at Sandia...

September 6, 1996 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Traditional design and engineering constraints are being overcome with a new computer/robotics technology developed jointly by Sandia National Laboratories and Deneb Robotics, Inc. of Auburn Hills, Mich.

April 25, 1996 • ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. -- Four hours, 17 minutes, 46 seconds - less time than it takes most Americans to figure their taxes.