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Tianhe-2 may easily crush supercomputer speed record at 30.7 petaflops
Many suspect that China’s Tianhe-2 could win the supercomputer speed wars, but there haven’t been real numbers to back up that hunch. We now have some of those figures courtesy of Top 500′s Jack Dongarra, and Tianhe-2 could well be the new leader — by a gigantic margin. The cluster of Ivy Bridge and Xeon Phi chips has benchmarked at 30.65 petaflops when using 90 percent of its nodes, giving it a 74 percent edge (!) over the 17.6-petaflop Titan. There’s no guarantee that Tianhe-2 will hold the crown when the official Top 500 rankings appear on June 17th, but we don’t see any upstart rivals on the horizon. It could be lonely at the top… for a while.
Via: Ars Technica
Source: Netlib.org (PDF)
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Linux Mint 15 hits the web, begs for ‘Olivia’ Munn endorsement
As with previous releases, the newest Mint iteration, “Olivia,” comes in two distinct flavors: Cinnamon and MATE. While both have received a bit of polish, it’s the fresher Cinnamon that has gotten the most attention. Version 1.8 of the desktop environment has received plenty of bug fixes, along with a new dedicated settings panel that bypasses the GNOME control center. Support for “Desklets” (read: widgets) has also been added and the log-in screen is completely customizable through HTML5. Both versions benefit from the addition of MintSources, for managing software repositories, and MintDrivers, for managing drivers, obviously. While they’ll come in handy for consumers, the biggest advantage is that IT managers may now be more accepting of the refreshingly green Ubuntu derivative. The developers are calling version 15 their most ambitious release yet, and while we’re not completely convinced that’s true, it’s certainly a significant upgrade over November’s Nadia. You’ll find the full changelog and download links at the source.
Filed under: Software
Via: The Register
Source: Linux Mint 1, 2
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Ubuntu team closes its original ‘bug:’ Microsoft’s majority of PC market share
When Ubuntu Linux was still in early development back in August 2004, Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth filed a tongue-in-cheek first bug: that Microsoft had a majority of PC market share. Little did he realize that he’d have an excuse to cross that bug off the list in 2013. Since computing now includes phones and tablets, he argues, that leaves the traditional PC (and therefore Windows) in the minority versus Android, iOS and other platforms. Whether or not you agree with that market interpretation, Shuttleworth is ready to move on — he feels it’s better to polish Canonical’s own cloud, desktop and mobile efforts than to target someone else. It’s undoubtedly easy for Shuttleworth to make peace when the battle is supposed to be over, but we can’t object to such a healthy attitude.
Filed under: Cellphones, Tablets, Software, Microsoft
Via: NPR
Source: Ubuntu (1), (2)
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Samsung confirms Galaxy S 4 Mini: 4.3-inch display, 1.7 GHz dual-core processor
So, it might not be a surprise that it was in the works, but its official announcement today almost caught us off guard. Here it is, the Samsung Galaxy S 4 Mini. Now we can say for sure that there’s a (yet to be specified) 1.7 GHz dual-core processor, Android 4.2.2, GPS, GLONASS, WiFi, 8GB internal memory (expandable up to 64), and 1.5GB of RAM. The display is a 4.3-inch Super AMOLED qHD affair, which will be kept going by a 1,900 mAh battery, with the shooters coming in 8- and 1.9-megapixel resolutions. There’s LTE support — as you’d hope — in 6 band sets, plus single and dual-SIM 3G versions for certain markets. Color choices are white and black (for now), with no official word on price and availability at this time. Mini, just got bigger it seems.
Gallery: Galaxy S 4 Mini
Filed under: Cellphones, Mobile, Samsung
Source: Samsung
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Pebble firmware update 1.11 arrives with UI improvements, Simplicity watchface
Pebble’s smartwatch might have launched with limited capabilities, but the list of things it can do keeps growing. Now that the company has released firmware version 1.11, you can add a few more features to that list. The update brings notification and set time UI changes, multiple notification viewing, the wearer’s current speed measured by RunKeeper, swaps the music app’s next and previous buttons and squashes a few bugs. It also installs the Simplicity watchface on the device that’s sure to make minimalists happy. Sadly, there’s nary a hint of a new game in sight so you’ll have to make do with Tetris and Snake whenever the mood for smartwatch gaming strikes. To get version 1.11, launch your Pebble smartphone app and tap “check for FW update.”
David Fishman contributed to this report.
Gallery: Pebble Version 1.11.0
Source: Pebble
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