BlueGene was an IBM project aimed at designing supercomputers that can reach operating speeds in the petaFLOPS (PFLOPS) range, with low power consumption
private individuals. The EPFL bought the BlueGene computer at a reduced cost because it was still a prototype and IBM was interested in exploring how applications
trademark IBM), nicknamed Big Blue, is an American multinational technology company headquartered in Armonk, New York and present in over 175 countries. IBM is
hardware and operating systems. The XL C/C++ compilers target POWER, BlueGene/Q, and IBM Z hardware architectures. A common high level optimizer across the