International Business Machines (IBM) has announced that it is developing the world’s most powerful computer for the US government. The machine will be known as Sequoia and will have the power of two million laptops. That’s unbelievable but true. Sequoia is being developed to bolster the American nuclear capabilities. The US Department of Energy will receive it by 2011.

Sequoia system will be able to run the most complex computer simulations and will be of great help in nuclear research. 1.6 million microprocessors will be responsible for its super computing speed of 20 quadrillion calculations per second. According to IBM, more than $100 million will be spent on the development of the system. The size of the system will be gigantic and it will be kept in a very large sized building. The company also said that this will be most environment friendly system and will consume six megawatts of energy per year (the average power consumption of 500 US households). Sequoia will also be useful for research related to human genome, climate and astronomy.

The system will offer much more precise weather forecasts. The forecasters will be able to predict climatic conditions precisely for a small area (spread across 1km). The current weather forecasts are more localised as it targets areas measuring at least 10km in size. Currently the Sequoia possesses the same power as around 2 million Lenovo ThinkPad SL500 laptops. But given the rapidly advancing pace of computer technology, we are sure IBM will one day let organisations other than the US government make use of its groundbreaking technology

There is good news for pro mobile gamers. MSI has recently launched its new gaming monster called the MSI GT627. It’s a new laptop that is optimised for gaming on the go. The company had unveiled this one at the Consumer Electronic Show (CES) 2009. It is powered by MSI’s Turbo Drive engine Technology that offers CPU overclocking at the touch of a button.

The MSI GT627 has got everything a professional gamer thinks of. From high definition graphics to extraordinary processing speed to Dolby Digital sound, the MSI has incorporated everything in this ‘tiny monster’. This specimen is far more powerful than your MSI Megabook GX600 or MSI Wind. However due to high performance hardware and loads of options included in the machine the overall weight increases. So if you are not ready to put some extra pressure on your shoulders and lap then it will certainly disappoint you but if you are more focused on high-tech gaming then the MSI GT627 is one of the best gaming laptops on the planet as of now.

This gaming oriented laptop features:

• 15.4” LCD monitor
• NVIDIA Geforce 9800M GS 3D graphic card with 1GB DDR3 VRAM
• 7.1 channel output
• Intel Core2 Duo processor on Intel PM45 Express Chipset
• High definition video scaling
• Built in 2.0 mega pixels web cam
• Wide range of connectivity options including USB, HDMI and Wi-Fi

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