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BitTorrent is launched
BitTorrent, is a file sharing service, launched by BitTorrent, Inc. It was developed by Bram Cohen and was initially an open source program, but became closed source in 2005. BitTorrent enabled users to upload and download files, typically music and movies. -
Earth Simulator Supercomputer
Developed by the Japanese government to create global climate models, the Earth Simulator is a massively parallel, vector-based system that costs nearly 60 billion yen. A consortium of aerospace, energy, and marine science agencies undertook the project, and the system was built by NEC around their SX-6 architecture. -
Arduino
The Arduino used a Java-based integrated development environment and users could access a library of programs, called “Wiring,” that allowed for simplified programming. -
Nvidia releases Cuda GPU
Graphic Processing Units have become an important part of multimedia computing and graphics processing. CUDA was a concept that allowed for GPUs to do some of the functions usually reserved for the CPU, allowing devices and software to take advantage of the multi-threaded processing techniques and scalability of GPUs. -
IBM's Roadrunner supercomputer
The Roadrunner is the first computer to reach a sustained performance of 1 petaflop. It was used to model the decay of the US nuclear arsenal, analyze financial data, and render 3D medical images in real-time.