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Published online 29 September 2004 | Nature | doi:10.1038/news040927-11
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IBM claims supercomputer speed record
Unconfirmed test puts Blue Gene at top of league.
The information technology firm IBM says it has developed the world's most powerful computer.
The Blue Gene/L system performed just over 36,000 billion calculations a second during tests at IBM's Rochester office in Minnesota, the company announced on 29 September.
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