IBM Vietnam - News en-vn © Copyright IBM Corp. 2007, 2008. All rights reserved. See http://www.ibm.com/legal/vn/ for copyright and trademark information. askibm@vnet.ibm.com Ranjini N Rao/India/IBM@IBMIN Tue, 17 Jun 2008 04:00:00 GMT ibm.com http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/ http://www.ibm.com/i/ibm_logo_120x60.gif http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/ As expected, a new supercomputer built by IBM for Los Alamos National Lab topped the latest list of the world's 500 fastest computers. Other IBM machines were the second and third faster, and IBM computers accounted for more than 40 percent of the entire list. http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/17/a351555r22340p38.html http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/17/a351555r22340p38.html The most powerful Windows-based computer in Europe is being installed in Stockholm's Umeå University. Nicknamed "Akka", the supercomputer incorporates IBM Power microprocessors, Cell Broadband Engines and Intel processors and is about 3,000 times faster than the average laptop. http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/16/t876756t40487e63.html http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/16/t876756t40487e63.html Tokyo Ohka Kogyo Co., Ltd. (TOK) and IBM are teaming up to cut the cost of solar energy. http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/15/f346852b03814w18.html http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/15/f346852b03814w18.html The IBM Center of Excellence for Water Management in Dublin, will help understand some of the environmental complexities of Ireland's Galway Bay. When it officially opens in a few weeks, the center will focus on research and services for monitoring, managing and forecasting environmental challenges such as the movement of pollutants in fresh and sea water. http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/15/i590949m08095r35.html http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/15/i590949m08095r35.html Kyoto University and IBM's Tokyo Research Laboratory have developed a system that can simulate urban transport situations encompassing millions of individual vehicles in complex traffic interactions. http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/09/y456231h84717c59.html http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/09/y456231h84717c59.html In IBM's labs, tiny rivers of water are cooling computer chips that have circuits and components stacked on top of each other. The design promises to increase the number of circuits on a chip and significantly reduce energy consumed by data centers. http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/04/l259568c87380f12.html http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/06/04/l259568c87380f12.html ARMONK, N.Y., April 16, 2008 - IBM (NYSE: IBM) today announced first - quarter 2008 diluted earnings of $1.65 per share from continuing operations compared with diluted earnings of $1.21 per share in the first quarter of 2007, an increase of 36 percent as reported. http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/04/16/s577941v20503g72.html http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/04/16/s577941v20503g72.html A report from IBM outlines new risks to people, cargo, global financial and information flows and transportation. http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/04/15/t175601v97980n37.html http://www.ibm.com/news/vn/en/2008/04/15/t175601v97980n37.html http://www.ibm.com/legal/vn/en/ http://www.ibm.com/legal/vn/en/