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InternetNews September 6, 2006 David Needle	'RoadRunner' First to Supercomputer Finish Line IBM has won a bid to supply the U.S. Department of Energy's National Nuclear Security Administration with its latest supercomputer.
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InternetNews November 17, 2008 Andy Patrizio	AMD, HP Nab Wins in Supercomputer Rankings While AMD gets the top spots and HP surpasses IBM as the largest hardware provider, Intel continues to dominate the latest TOP500 list.
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Popular Mechanics June 9, 2008 Jancy Langley	How the PS3 Helped Build the World's Fastest Supercomputer The military isn't the only branch of U.S. government that relies on gaming companies for its R&D. Pentagon geeks may use Xbox 360 controllers, but government-funded scientists went straight for the hardware.
The Motley Fool September 11, 2006 Jack Uldrich	IBM's Got Serious Game IBM's ability to repurpose a chip designed for high-end video games to instead simulate nuclear war games suggests that Big Blue still has some "serious game." That's why investors should remain bullish on the company as a long-term investment.
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PC Magazine December 21, 2005 Sebastian Rupley	Super-Duper Computing The fastest computer on Earth, IBM's Blue Gene/L supercomputer, just got a whole lot faster.
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The Motley Fool October 20, 2009 David Lee Smith	The Chinese May Be Drilling at Your Doorstep A Chinese offshore company may end up in the Gulf of Mexico, or Ghana, or just about anywhere.
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The Motley Fool June 7, 2005 Stephen D. Simpson	Bolivia's Gas Pains Domestic unrest puts the fate of Bolivia's natural gas in question. Investors in Petrobras and Repsol YPF should definitely keep an especially watchful eye.
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