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Matrix Multiplication…

Matrices are used almost in every place imaginable… Matrices are used for computer graphics, risk management in the financial industry and all sorts of decision making.. This makes matrix multiplication a necessary operation in various industries.. However matrix multiplication is a very space and time consuming process, specially for huge matrices and this poses a […]

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Invest in Scientific Computing rather than Wind Tunnels..!!

The BMW Sauber F1 Team, chose to invest in a custom-built supercomputer, the Albert2, rather than in a second wind tunnel. Powered by 512 Intel Xeon 5160 dual-core processors, Albert2 can make 12.28812 calculations/sec.
Virtual Wind tunnels is a tremendous use of scientific computing in the automotive industry. The BMW team can run models with […]

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Rounding Errors in rendering webpages…!!

Somehow the problems caused due to rounding errors never seem to end.
Another kind of problem which we might encounter very often is the problem caused due to rounding errors in rendering web pages. This happens in cases where the dimensions of an object are defined in percentage(generally objects which change size according to the size […]

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