South Africa's fastest computer named after an animal and ranked in the top 150 worldwide
The most powerful supercomputer in South Africa and on the African continent, Lengau, debuted in 121st place on the Top500 list of supercomputers in June 2016.
It was unveiled by the Centre for High...
South Africa recycling supercomputer hardware
South African researchers are reusing decommissioned supercomputer hardware to bolster the country's high-performance computing infrastructure.
An initiative led by the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) sees this retired...
Hackers breached South Africa's top supercomputer and used it to mine crypto
The CSIR’s Centre for High Performance Computing (CHPC) has notified users of a serious security breach on its Lengau compute cluster, with user credentials and private keys likely compromised.
Emails sent to CHPC...
Bad news about load-shedding in South Africa
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has released its annual statistics on power generation in South Africa for 2020.
The statistics reveal that load-shedding occurred for 859 hours of the year (9.8%) despite a reduction in...
CSIR launches MEME Internet broadcast platform
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research (CSIR) has developed a software solution that enables content creators to have their own Mobile Internet broadcast platform where the content will be accessible to anyone with a smart device.
The...
CSIR unveils world’s first digital laser
The Council for Scientific and Industrial Research announced the development of the world’s first digital laser
South African fire detection tech to assist Angola
A South African fire detection system will be used to deal with Angola’s wildfire problem, the CSIR said on Wednesday.
Want it? Make it. That’s the possibility of 3D printing
It looks as if a world where everything from hearts to cars can be made at the touch of a button may not be so far away
TV white spaces broadband network launching soon
A pilot project which will use TV white spaces spectrum to build a broadband network capable of high speeds here soon
10Gbps SANReN Tshwane fibre optic network officially launched
R36 million Tshwane fibre optic network which was completed in March officially launched by CSIR and Department of Science and Technology