China is now number 1 in supercomputer

I just can't believe this could happen to the US where they owned and invented the technologies. But it is a reality, China is now called the super power in supercomputer. China has usurped the supercomputer crown from the United States. It may seem like just a day in the life--just another former glory of the United States falling to a rival nation. But, in the post-Cold War, Internet-era, this particular claim to fame comes with crucial bragging rights that can define the nation.

China's Tianhe-1A supercomputer, located in Tianjin at the National Supercomputer Center, is the new leader, though, with performance measured at 2.57 petaflops per second. The Chinese supercomputer is nearly 50 percent faster than the Cray, and another Chinese supercomputer--the Nebulae--holds the number three spot.

The United States still owns 275 of the top 500 supercomputers in the world, but that number has dwindled slightly--falling from 282 just since June of this year. The United States is not sitting idly by and watching its dominance of the supercomputer arms race trickle away, though.

In fact, the United States isn't just planning on retaking the supercomputer crown from China with some meager 50 percent gain in performance. The United States is developing two supercomputer systems reported to be theoretically capable of 20 petflop performance. That is an increase in performance almost 1000 times greater than the Chinese Tianhe-1A.

AMD Joins MeeGo

AMD Joins MeeGo Linux Open Source Project for Next-Generation Mobile, Embedded Platforms. AMD to Contribute Engineering Resources to Help Drive Linux-Based Open Source Operating System for mobile.
This is a good combination since ADM has good reputation in making chips for embedded devices and for PCs in general.

Complete story from here: http://www.marketwatch.com/story/amd-joins-meego-linux-open-source-project-for-next-generation-mobile-embedded-platforms-2010-11-15?ref=nf

Android 2.3 'Gingerbread' is ready for showdown

Android mobile operating system is ready to be served up to users—literally. The official Google Mobile Twitter account now links to a rather suspicious image of a plethora of gingerbread cookies that have been baked in the style of, you guessed it, the Android logo.

The culinary move comes in the wake of Google's first big clue that Gingerbread was nearing release—the launch of a giant Gingerbread man in the front of the company's Mountain View, Calif. headquarters. It's been a longstanding tradition that larger-than-life replications of the company's mobile OS codenames, all conveniently themed around delicious desserts, get added to the ever-expanding "sculpture gallery" at Google.

Ginerbread is the codename for the next version of Android and dubbed 2.3. With the functionalities that IPhone can only be envied of such as Video Chat, and VoIP and other services that integrated directly into its mobile OS.

With the plan of release Gingerbread on Samsung Nexus S, the new Android be the PLAYER and should be the real competitor to IPhone.