Laboratory reaches for the petaflop
The Laboratory and IBM are about to enter a new era of computing performance -- known as the petaflop -- a sustained performance of 1,000 trillion calculations per second, or 1,000 teraflops.
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Thursday, September 7, 2006 Laboratory reaches for the petaflopThe Laboratory and IBM are about to enter a new era of computing performance -- known as the petaflop -- a sustained performance of 1,000 trillion calculations per second, or 1,000 teraflops.
Laboratory lauded for supporting Quality New Mexico
Laboratory Deputy Director John Mitchell shakes hands with Bill Enloe of Los Alamos National Bank on Wednesday during a presentation in Mitchell's office at Technical Area 3.
Vehicle traffic rerouted on truck route Friday
Laboratory employees coming to work on East Jemez Road (the truck route) Friday morning may encounter a new, minor detour.
Challenges of implementing renewable energy technologies addressed
The scientific challenges of sustainable energy technology will be discussed by Nathan Lewis at a Director’s Colloquium this afternoon in the Physics Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3.
Long-term care meetings continue at Lab
Los Alamos National Security employees can learn about long-term care insurance at meetings today in the Physics Building Auditorium at Technical Area 3.
Construction to begin on Pajarito Road
Construction activities in support of the Chemistry and Metallurgy Research Replacement Project are scheduled to begin Tuesday, September 12 on Pajarito Road alongside Technical Area 55 between TA-65 and TA-52, and in the vicinity of TA-55 along Pecos Drive (see map). supercomputing
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