Innovapedia | Articles On Latest Innovations & Innovative Solutions » supercomputer http://www.innovapedia.org Innovations articles anyone can create, edit, and share Sat, 22 Oct 2011 17:33:33 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 Aquasar – Eco-Friendly Supercomputer http://www.innovapedia.org/home/innova-tech/aquasar-eco-friendly-supercomputer/ http://www.innovapedia.org/home/innova-tech/aquasar-eco-friendly-supercomputer/#comments Sat, 30 Oct 2010 23:05:36 +0000 innova http://www.innovapedia.org/?p=1523 Read More ›]]> In an effort to achieve energy-aware computing, the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH), and IBM announced plans to build a first-of-a-kind water-cooled supercomputer that will directly repurpose excess heat for the university buildings.

The innovative system, dubbed Aquasar, is expected to decrease the carbon footprint of the system by up to 85% and estimated to save up to 30 tons of CO2 per year, compared to a similar system using today’s cooling technologies.

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