Oak Ridge National Laboratory
Thomas Pigford, nuclear safety proponent, dies
He began studies toward his doctorate degree and after wartime service in the Navy and two years at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, he received his advanced nuclear engineering degree...
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Munger: ORNL positioned well for post-stimulus funding
...for Blount Smoky Mountains Effective 7:42pm March 14, 2010 Expires 4:00am March 15, 2010 Munger: ORNL positioned well for post-stimulus funding There won't always be as much...
The challenge of developing software for these new systems "is really daunting," said Jack Dongarra, a professor of computer science at University of Tennessee and a distinguished research staff member at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. Machines that have a quarter of million compute cores today are expected, within the decade, to have as many as 100 million cores. "We're interested at looking at what is needed in terms of standards, in terms of a real software stack for exascale, and we have to start planning now,"
U.S., EU, Russia set aside $13.6M for exascale software work Computer World | 1 month ago
Turning Gas Flares into Fuel
...(this accounts for 0.5% of all carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels, according to a 2005 estimate by Oak Ridge National Laboratory). "Today we flare enough natural gas to power...
Bison on I-20 was headed to farm in Sparta, owner says
...Enterprises of Knoxville and hope to get started in the summer of 2011. Minter, a former director at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory, wants to start the camp to get students...
For Iran, Enriching Uranium Only Gets Easier
...1 or 2. All told, there are 20 operating enrichment plants in the world, according to a recent study by Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Oak Ridge, Tenn. Nuclear specialists said that...
Close to home: Knoxville's housing market is picking up
...economist at the University of Tennessee. The employment base includes the University of Tennessee, Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Tennessee Valley Authority, operator of the...
Cummings named NCSU Park Scholar
...by top companies and nonprofit agencies, including Procter & Gamble, GlaxoSmithKline, Cisco Systems and Oak Ridge National Laboratories, as well as the March of Dimes, the American...
IBM: Reinventing the Wheel at the Speed of Light
...perspective, today's fastest supercomputer (a 37-000-processor monster built by Cray (Nasdaq: CRAY) for the Oak Ridge National Laboratory) achieves peak performance of 2.3 Petaflops,...
Committee approves four TVA board nominees, who now need Senate OK
...Senate for consideration. n Marilyn Brown, an energy policy expert from Atlanta who formerly worked at Oak Ridge National Laboratory. n Neil McBride, an Oak Ridge attorney with a long...
IBM Aims to Replace Copper Chip Interconnects With Light (PC World)
...would be nearly 600 times faster than the world's most powerful computer, a Cray XT5 called Jaguar at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee, which is was benchmarked at 1.75...
XO Communications Selected by Memphis Coalition for Advanced Networking to Provide Fiber Network
...regional connections. MCAN connects the Memphis and mid-south region with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) and with other national and international research and scientific...
6 Months, $90,000 and (Maybe) a Great Idea
...successful as those in Silicon Valley. Mr. Bauer worked on the Department of Energy's E.I.R. project at Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee. "It was fascinating but also very...
