IBM: Blue Gene Saves Energy, Space.(International Business Machines Corp.)

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NEW YORK--Customers across the board are looking for systems that consume a lot less power and take up less floor space, which is creating a huge opportunity for IBM to promote its Blue gene supercomputer to a range of industries, including the financial sector on Wall Street.

In an address entitled "IBM Blue Gene: ultra-scaling and power efficiency for computational advantage in financial services," at the Linux on Wall Street conference here April 24, Dave Turek, the vice president of deep computing at IBM, said energy, floor space and the ability of systems to be recycled are the biggest issues facing customers...

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