Yahoo and Computational Research Laboratories (CRL) want to support cloud computing research, and they’re doing more than dedicating a couple of spokespeople (or even a room full of engineers) to the cause.  The two companies will instead work with the fourth fastest supercomputer in the world.

Search queries that engines like Yahoo’s rarely see can be problematic for the technology, and frustrating for the searcher who doesn’t receive a relevant response.

The M45 supercomputer provided by Yahoo opened its ports to its partners at Carnegie Mellon University, where the initiative should help boost research that benefits the broader Internet community.

It’s probably entirely appropriate that if a supercomputer is going to be set up to strive for creative answers to tough questions, that hardware will consist of Apple Xserve G5s.

According to the Kyodo News, Japan is working on a computer that runs faster than Tom Cruise from reality. In fact, it’ll be 73 times faster than the world’s current speed demon, IBM’s American Blue Gene/L, or so says a very confident group of Japanese scientists.

Weapons design and other projects have been slated for the 1,024 node Linux-based cluster.

The BlueGene/L supercomputer at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory placed first for the second consecutive year.

Dubbed the Watson Blue Gene (BGW) system, the most powerful privately owned supercomputer debuted in New York State today.

IBM’s Blue Gene supercomputer, while running benchmark software, beat its own speed record by performing 183.5 trillion calculations (183.5 teraflops) every second. The previous record was 92 teraflops per second and was established 6 months ago.

IBM’s (Quote, Company Info) growth spurt in the market for supercomputers got a boost Friday when the company announced the sale of one of its new p655 Unix servers to the University of Texas at Austin (UT) to help scientists develop environmentally-friendly oil drilling techniques.