If you could hold the power and speed of a supercomputer in your hands, would you? Jack Dongarra, Distinguished Professor of Computer Science and the director of the Innovative Computing Laboratory, has discovered that you already can, kind of: Apple’s new iPad 2 would match a four-processor version of the Cray 2 supercomputer, the world’s fastest computer with eight processors in 1985. Using the LINPACK Benchmark, which measures a computer’s mathematical computing power—reported in millions of floating point operations per second (MFLOPS)—in solving a dense system of linear equations, Dongarra and other researchers have also discerned that the new iPad2 is about 10 times as fast as its predecessor, the original iPad.
A Surprise of a Lifetime
A Nature study led by UT Health Sciences researcher Rob Williams shows that genes linked to mortality shift across the lifespan and differ dramatically between sexes.
Solving Problems for Tennessee
UT researchers use a diversified funding portfolio to advance quantum technology, agriculture and other discoveries, supporting solutions for Tennessee while limiting the effects of shifting federal support.
Enter the Quantum Realm
UT System researchers are translating quantum science into practical technologies that strengthen cybersecurity, accelerate discovery, improve sensing and prepare a workforce for the emerging quantum economy.
