Year of Awards for IBM and Power Architecture
IBM – 2009 Year of Awards
IBM Wins US National Medal of Technology and Innovation for Blue Gene Supercomputer Based on Power Architecture
In October, President Obama recognized IBM and its Blue Gene family of supercomputers with the National Medal of Technology and Innovation, the country’s most prestigious award given to leading innovators for technological achievement. Blue Gene’s speed and expandability have enabled business and science to address a wide range of complex problems and make more informed decisions — not just in the life sciences, but also in astronomy, climate, simulations, modeling and many other areas. Blue Gene also reflects breakthroughs in energy efficiency. With the creation of Blue Gene, IBM dramatically shrank the physical size and energy needs of a computing system whose processing speed would have required a dedicated power plant capable of generating power to thousands of homes. To watch the ceremony of President Obama awarding the National Medal of Technology and Innovation please click on the following link http://www-03.ibm.com/press/us/en/presskit/28422.wss
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