Lenovo has revealed what it says is a part of the next-generation of supercomputers. At the International Supercomputing Conference in Frankfurt, the company confirmed it has completed the delivery and implementation of the world’s largest, Intel-based supercomputer at the Barcelona Supercomputing Center (BSC). Called MareNostrum 4, the 11.1 petaFLOP supercomputer will be housed in the world’s "most beautiful data center" at the Chapel Torre Girona at the Polytechnic University of Catalonia in Barcelona. There it will be used to power a number of scientific investigation processes, including human genome research, bioinformatics and biomechanics to weather forecasting and atmospheric composition. The system…
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