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Let’s get one thing straight off the bat: carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology has a ways to go before it convinces anyone that it is a real long term solution. Personally, I think there’s a greater chance of seeing the hydrogen economy develop before we see CCS achieve any real success, and we all know that the hydrogen economy is always ten years away…
Nvidia on Tuesday announced a personal supercomputer that delivers the computing power of a cluster at 1/100th of the price and in the form of a standard desktop workstation. It is working with partners to release the GPU-based Tesla Personal Supercomputer.
Supercomputers, shared resources that consume hundreds of kilowatts of power and cost millions of dollars to build and maintain, are typically used to carry out scientific research. Nvidia is bringing this power to the desktop.
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