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Re:In Graphics: Supercomputing Superpowers by scorchin on Monday May 31, 2010 @08:05AM (#1392375)
How does that relate to finance? I know that protein folding involves massive computation, as it was what our university cluster was being used for 40% of the time.
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Re:In Graphics: Supercomputing Superpowers by SandB0x on Monday May 31, 2010 @07:47PM (#1393826)
Sorry, for some reason I only read the first and last sentences of your post. Maybe they are used for economic forecasting by governments?
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Re:In Graphics: Supercomputing Superpowers by hugh3 on Monday May 31, 2010 @01:36PM (#1393016)
I don't know why the grandparent mentioned it, but I do know that D.E. Shaw works on both.
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Re:In Graphics: Supercomputing Superpowers by bbgm on Monday May 31, 2010 @03:27PM (#1393250)
There's DE Shaw, the Hedge Fund and DE Shaw Research. Different focus for each entity.
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