8th December 2012 Archive
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Behold ATLAS, the fastest computer of 50 years ago
Britain's first supercomputer remembered on its birthday
Think today's computing industry moves fast? Try that of decades past. Moore's Law predicts that processor power will double every couple of years or so, but on December 7, 1962, the scientific computing power of the entire UK is said to have doubled in a single day. That was the day they switched on the original Ferranti …
Data Center 8 Dec 01:47
