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Made in IBM Labs: Holey Optochip First to Transfer One Trillion Bits of Information per Second Using the Power of Light

By Guest PostMarch 8, 2012Technologybreakthrough, chip scale transceivers, clint schow, era of big data, holey optochip, ibm, information per second, internet access, los angeles, milestone, nanometer, one terabit, one trillion bits, optical component, optical vias, optochip, parallel optical transceiver, prototype optical chipset, scientist, silicon cmos chip, Technology, us library of congress, vcsel

• Researchers invent novel technique by fabricating tiny holes in a single quarter-inch chip to boost data transfer rates
• Until now, it was not possible to transport terabits of data for existing parallel optical communications technology
• New prototype compactly and efficiently delivers ultra-high interconnect bandwidth to power future supercomputer and data center applications

LOS ANGELES – 08 Mar 2012: IBM scientists today will report on a prototype optical chipset, dubbed “Holey Optochip”, that is the first parallel optical transceiver to transfer one trillion bits – one terabit – of information per second, the equivalent of downloading 500 high definition movies. The report will be presented at the Optical Fiber Communication Conference taking place in Los Angeles.

With the ability to move information at blazing speeds – eight times faster than parallel optical components available today – the breakthrough could transform how data is accessed, shared and used for a new era of communications, computing and entertainment. The raw speed of one transceiver is equivalent to the bandwidth consumed by 100,000 users at today’s typical 10 Mb/s high-speed internet access. Or, it would take just around an hour to transfer the entire U.S. Library of Congress web archive through the transceiver. (more…)

IBM Completes Acquisition of Emptoris to Expand Smarter Commerce Initiative

By Guest PostFebruary 1, 2012Technologyacquisition, cloud based analytics, craig hayman, digital marketplace, emptoris, emptoris solutions, global process services, gps, ibm, industry solutions, smarter commerce, software, supply risk

*IBM completes acquisition of Emptoris to expand Smarter Commerce initiative*

ARMONK, N.Y., – 01 Feb 2012: IBM today announced it has completed its acquisition of Emptoris Inc. The acquisition expands IBM’s cloud-based analytics offerings that provide supply chain intelligence leading to better inventory management and cost efficiencies.

Emptoris solutions bring more intelligence to procurement and supply chain operations with spend, supplier and contract management for Smarter Commerce. Smarter Commerce helps organizations that are struggling to meet the demands of a rapidly changing market. The acceleration in online connectivity and speed, combined with the explosion of information and unprecedented access to it, is reshaping globally interconnected commerce systems. This new digital marketplace requires companies to respond rapidly to customer demands by automating their buying, marketing, selling and service processes. (more…)

Jeopardy! Winnings Spur IBM and Scripps Research Institute Collaboration to Fight Against Malaria

By Guest PostNovember 18, 2011Science, Technologyafrica, alex l perryman, asia, clean water techniques, critical to human health, drug resistant strains, economic distress, go fight against malaria, hiv, human competitors, ibm, jeopardy game, malaria, mike pique, multi drug resistant aids, plasmodium falciparum, renewable energy materials, ruth huey, sargis dallakyan, scripps research institute, south america, stefano forli, subhash sinha, supercomputer of the people, watson computing system, world community grid, world health organization

*Project to use 2 million PCs to crunch numbers, compress 100 years of research into just one*

LA JOLLA, CA and ARMONK, NY – IBM’s Watson computing system broke new ground earlier this year when it defeated two celebrated human competitors on the Jeopardy! game show. Now, The Scripps Research Institute is hoping to do something equally novel but more critical to human health with part of the prize money from that tournament: Find a cure for drug-resistant malaria. And it’s asking for the public’s help.

To that end, Scripps Research and IBM are encouraging anyone in the world with a personal computer to join World Community Grid, a sort of “supercomputer of the people” that will crunch numbers and perform simulations for “GO Fight Against Malaria”—the project that Scripps Research and IBM have launched at https://www.worldcommunitygrid.org. (more…)

IBM Announces Supercomputer to Propel Sciences Forward

By Guest PostNovember 15, 2011Technology10 petaflop system, 16 compute cores, aging nuclear deterrent, blue gene family of supercomputers, blue gene q, bob meisner, brian connors, Chicago, climate change, electric car batteries, energy efficient supercomputer, energy research, evolution of the universe, green500, grid and network management, high-performance computing, hpc, ibm, ibm powerpc, lawrence livermore national laboratory, llnl, mike papka, mira, multi threading for long code sections, national nuclear security administration, next generation supercomputing project, nnsa, powerful supercomputers, President Obama, sequoia, ultra scale technical computing platform, united states

*Blue Gene/Q tackles major challenges of the day, delivers up to 100 petaflops at peak performance*

ARMONK, NY – 15 Nov 2011: IBM today announced its next generation supercomputing project, Blue Gene/Q, will provide an ultra-scale technical computing platform to solve the most challenging problems facing engineers and scientists at faster, more energy efficient, and more reliable rates than ever before. Blue Gene/Q is expected to predict the path of hurricanes, analyze the ocean floor to discover oil, simulate nuclear weapons performance and decode gene sequences.

When it is fully deployed in 2012 at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), the system, named “Sequoia”, is expected to achieve 20 petaflops at peak performance, marking it as one of the fastest supercomputers in the world. The capabilities this system represents will help ensure United States leadership in high performance computing (HPC) and the science it makes possible. Moreover, Blue Gene/Q is expected to become the world’s most power-efficient computer, churning out 2 gigaflops per watt. (more…)

IBM Completes Acquisition of Algorithmics

By Guest PostOctober 21, 2011Technologyacquisition of algorithmics, advanced analytics capabilities, algorithmics, analytics capabilities, analytics technologies, bluecrest, data, financial risk, financial services industry, hsbc, ibm, integrated risk management, london, nedbank, nomura, openpages, rob ashe, scotia capital, societe generale, the allianz group, toronto

ARMONK, N.Y. – 21 Oct 2011: IBM today announced the closing of its acquisition of Algorithmics. The acquisition expands IBM’s business analytics capabilities in the area of financial risk. Algorithmics provides software and services for improved business insights at banks and investment and insurance organizations to assess risk and address regulatory challenges. The purchase price is $380.2 million

Algorithmics’ capabilities, combined with IBM’s recent acquisition of OpenPages, gives clients a full array of financial and operational risk technology offerings and services to help with these challenges. The ability to gain granular insight into financial risks in advance provides businesses with critical information vital to their operations. (more…)

IBM Joins European Consortium to Build a Smart Grid Using Renewable Energy

By Guest PostOctober 13, 2011Technologyecogrid, edison project, energy grid, ibm, renewable electricity, renewable energy, smart grid

Armonk, NY and Copenhagen, Denmark & COPENHAGEN, Denmark – 13 Oct 2011: IBM today announced it has joined a collaborative consortium to help develop an energy grid that uses at least 50 percent of renewable energy sources, such as wind power, solar energy and biogas. Led by a European Union-funded consortium, the EcoGrid EU project will demonstrate a smart energy grid that will allow smart devices to use renewable electricity based on near real-time pricing and availability. (more…)

Chinese Government and Businesses Continue to Embrace IBM Smarter Computing

By Guest PostSeptember 6, 2011Technologyadvanced it environments, andy ho, China, china national bureau of statistics, farmers, guizhou mobile, guizhou provincial health department, ibm, ibm powervm virtualization technology, ibm systems and technology group, ibm tivoli monitor, it infrastructure, nbs, new rural cooperative medical scheme, nrcms, remote villages, smarter computing systems, software, tourist sites, wireless city

*National Bureau of Statistics, Guizhou Provincial Health Department, and Guizhou Mobile leverage IBM optimized systems and cloud technology*

BEIJING and ARMONK, – 06 Sep 2011: IBM announced this week the continued adoption of its smarter computing systems, software, and services across China’s private and public sectors.

IBM is working with the China National Bureau of Statistics, Guizhou Provincial Health Department and Guizhou Mobile to help each build more advanced IT environments based on IBM’s optimized system architecture, data and analytics integration, and cloud computing capabilities. Through these smarter computing initiatives, each organization will improve their operational efficiencies and end-user services. (more…)